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Charles Hammond moved from Island Grove to Jacksonville, Ill., in March, 1843, and died there, July 4, 1843. His widow died Sept., r$45, at Island Grove.
HARBUR, LEVI, was born Nov. 21, 1797, in Garrard county, Ky. When he was a child his parents moved to Christian county, in the same State. He was there married, June 29, 1817, to Eleanor Ashley, and moved to Madison county, Ill., in Sept. following, accom- panied by his wife and his brother Samuel. He left his brother in Madison county, and with his wife went to the southern part of Missouri, remaining one and a half years, and had one child there. He returned to Madison county, where Mrs.
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Eleanor Harbur died, Sept. 10, 1819. Leaving his child in the care of a friend, he came to what is now Sangamon coun- ty, one and a quarter miles east of the town of Loami. He went eighty miles to Ed- wardsville, obtained a license, returned to the San-ga-ma country, and was married March 25, 1820, to Mary Sawyers. They had ten living children in Sangamon county. Of his children-
WILLIS, born April 24, 18IS, in Southern Missouri, was married in San- gamon county to Elizabeth Darneille. They have fivechildren, and live in Scot- land county, Mo.
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DELILAH, born March 9, 1821, mar- ried Benjamin Wyckoff, had one child, and Mr. W. died, and she married Peter Ellicott. They have two living children, and live in Scotland county, Mo.
ELIZABETH, born Sept. 13, 1822, married Joseph Farrer, who died, leaving two children, and she married Lorenzo Garner, had several children, and she died near Warsaw, III.
REBECCA, born April 2, 1825, mar- ried Elza Boyer, had one child, and she and her husband both died.
MARY, born Jan. 8, 1827, married Turner Underwood. See his name. He died and she married Mr. Thompson, and resides at Hamburg, Fremont county, Iowa.
SAMUEL B., born Sept. 10, 1830, married Lucinda Thurman. They have seven children, and live in Greene coun- ty, Mo.
WILLIAM R., born Sept. 19, 1832, married Elizabeth Fisher, have six child- ren, and live in Moultrie county, Ill.
NANCY FANE, born Sept. 6, 1835, married Robert Gray, had three children, and Mr. Gray died, and the widow mar- ried Miles Meacham, and lives in Warren county, Ill.
MARION D., born Sept. 21, 1842, married Martha Meacham. She died, leaving one child, and he married Sarah Meacham. They have one child, and live in Warren county, Ill.
SARAH A., born Feb. 16, 1845, mar- ried Martin Landgrebe, have four child- ren, and live in Moultrie county, Ill.
LEVI MI., born August 5, 1848, lives with his father .- 1873.
Mrs. Mary Harbur died Sept. 8, 1857, and Levi Harbur was married Oct. 1, 1861, to Frances Young. They have two living children-
ELISHA 2. and
ORA ELLEN, live with their par- ents on the farm where Mr. H. settled in 1827. It is three miles south of New Berlin.
Levi Harbur says that the snow of 1830-31 was three feet four inches on an average, and that he resolved if it ever went off, Illinois would not hold him long. The snow went off, but he did not. I have measured a stump near where Mr. H. resides. It is white oak, eight feet high and two feet in diameter at the top. Mr. Harbur says he cut it not more than two feet above the snow, so that the snow must have been six feet deep at that place, but that was drifted. It will be seen that the two brothers spell the family name differently; each claim to be right.
HARBOUR, SAMUEL, was born Sept. 24, 1799, in Garrard county, Ky., and was taken by his parents, in in- fancy, to Christian county. In 1817 he accompanied his brother Levi to Madison county, Ill., and from there he came to what is now Chatham township, Sanga- mon county, arriving Oct., 1819. He was married March, 1823, to Elizabeth Briscoe. They had one child-
ELIZABETH, born Jan. 26, 1824, married James McBride. They had five children, and she died, April 5, 1854, leav- ing her family in Brown county, III.
Mrs. Elizabeth Harbour died Feb., IS24, and Samuel Harbour and Elizabeth Lindley were married July 28, 1826. They had nine children-
LEVI, born March 11, 1827, married Jan. 27, 1847, to Cynthia Bilyeu. They have ten children-ANNA marned Sam- nel Workman. See his name. SAM- UEL married Mary Workman, have two children, PETER and LEVI, and live in Loami township. PETER married Sally Workman, and live in Loami township. MARY J. married John Brewer, have one child, JESSE, and live in Chatham township. NANCY married Jacob Workman, have one child, and live in Loami township. ELIZABETH, DI- CEY, SALLY, LEVI, Jun., and JOHN
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W., reside with their parents, two miles south of Loami.
WILLIS, born Oct. 17, 1828, married Oct. 14, 1858, to Matilda L. White. They have five living children, ELIZABETH, JOHN W., MARTHA J., WILLIS, Jun., and BENJAMIN F., and reside five miles southwest of Chatham.
ANNA, born July 6, 1830, married Jacob Workman. See his name.
ELISHA, born March 4, 1832, mar- ried Manvilla Shelton. They had six children, and Mrs. Harbour died, and he married Tabitha Ribble, and lives in Ma- coupin county.
JOSEPH, born Dec. 13, 1833, in Sangamon county, married March 15, 1860, to Rachel L. White, who was horn Nov. 10, 1842, in Lafayette county, Wis. They had nine children, three of whom died under three years of age. Of the other six-EMMA J., RACHEL A., GEORGE B., MATILDA E., CHARLES M. and DAVID F., reside with their parents, five miles west of Chatham.
LAVINA f., born Dec. 11, 1835, married Oct. 19, 1856, to Jasper Harbour. Mr. H. died Nov. 25, 1869, in Barton county, Mo., leaving a widow and three children, who live in Chatham town- ship.
NANCY D., born Feb. 26, 1839, lives with her mother.
SAMUEL, Jun., born Dec. 10, 1841, died Jan. 23, 1865.
Samuel Harbour died in 1874, and his widow resides on the farm where they settled, in 1829. It is five miles west of Chatham.
HARDIN, ASA, born Nov. 22, 1785, in Adair county, Ky., was married there, Feb. 4, 1813, to Elizabeth Taylor, who was born Feb. 29, 1790, in Orange county, Va. They had ten children in Kentucky, and moved to Morgan county, Ill., and two years later to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1832, at Island Grove. Of their children-
HAMES T., born Dec. 3, 18:3, in Adair county, Ky., came to Sangamon county, with his parents, and was married May 1, 1843, in Iowa, to Mary A. Pitzer. She died, leaving two children-OLI- VIA died young. BEN is a teacher, and lives with his uncle, William Stitt, in Sangamon county. James T. Hardin
went to California, and was drowned by the upsetting of a skiff on Feather river Nov. 3, 1849.
NANCY Y., born April 29, 1815, in Adair county, Ky., was married in Sanga- mon county, Ill., to George Crane. They have five children, and live at Fairfield, Iowa.
SARAH F., born Nov. 25, 1816, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, Ill., Aug. 14, 1834, to Greenbury Rucker. They had two children. MY- RA married James Phillips. They have two children, and live at Centre Ridge, Woodson county, Kansas. MARY lives with her uncle, William Stitt. Mr. Rucker died in 1846, and Mrs. R. died in 1854; he in Morgan county, and she in Sangamon county, Ill.
STEPHEN, born March 25, ISIS, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, Dec. 25, 1844, to Elizabeth C. Parker. They had five children. ALICE died, aged seventeen. VIRGINIA died in her twentieth year. JULIETTE and CLARA live with their uncle and aunt Stitt. CHARLES is a member of Co. G, Ist United States Dragoons now- I873-and stationed in California.
MARY, born July 5, 1819, in Ken- tucky, was married in Sangamon county to John R. Reagor, who died, leaving four children. Mrs. Mary Reagor mar- ried M. D. Archibald. They had two children, and she died in Iowa.
YOHN f., born Nov. 25, 1820, in Adair county, Ky., was married in San- gamon county, Sept. 12. 1855, to Mrs. Frances C. Butler, whose maiden name was Brown. They have one living child, J. DICK. Mr. Hardin was elected city assessor and collector of Springfield, in 1864, elected clerk of Sangamon county, in Nov., 1873, and resides in Springfield.
EVAN T., born Dec. 23, 1822, in Kentucky, brought up in Sangamon county, was married there Jan. 29, 1852, to Leutha A. Boynton. They have seven children. Evan T. Hardin and family live near Calhoun, Harrison county, Iowa.
ELIZABETH, born Sept 5, 1824, in Adair county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county, Ill., to William Stitt. See his name.
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WILLIAM, born Nov. 25, 1827, in Kentucky, was brought up in Sangamon county, Ill., and enlisted in June, 1846, in Co. A, of the 4th Ill. Inf., under Col. E., D. Baker, and died in Mexico, Oct. 30, I846.
ALBERT, born Sept. 17, 1830, in Adair county, Ky., brought up in Sanga- mon county, enlisted in 186-, in Co. C, Ill. Inf., for three years, and died at Bowling Green, Ky.
Asa Harding died Aug. 22, 1847, and Mrs. Elizabeth Harding died Feb., 1854, both in Sangamon county, Ill.
HARMON, MRS. CATHA- RINE, whose maiden name was Sears, was born about 1755, in North Carolina. She was married to George W. Harmon, and had three children in North Carolina. They moved to Simpson county, Ky., where they had six children. Mr. Har- mon died there about 1825. Mrs. Har- mon, with eight of her children, moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1827, in Island Grove. One of her children married in Kentucky and came later.
ADAM, born in 1780, in North Caro- lina, came to Sangamon county in 1847 or 'S, and married Mrs. Polly Weaver, whose maiden name was Donner, daughter of George Donner. Sce his name. They had two children, and he died in. 1853. His family moved to the vicinity of Fair- field, Iowa.
JACOB, born in North Carolina, married in Kentucky, to Esther Imler, came to Sangamon county, had three sons, and moved to Fairfield, Iowa, where Mr. H. died. His sons went to Lone Tree, Oregon, and reside there.
FRANCES, born in North Carolina, married in Kentucky to David Charlock, came to Sangamon county in 1827, and had four children. Their eldest and youngest sons went to Mason county, and died there. ABSOLOM P., born Jan. I, 1829, in Sangamon county, married Jane Foster, have eight children, MARY F., JOHN W., SARAH L., ROXANA, MARIA, MARTIIA, MINNIE and ROSABEL, and live near Berlin. Absolom P. Charlock en- listed Aug., 1862, in Co. A., 106th Ill. Inf., for three years, served full term, and was honorably discharged. ELIZA- BETH, born April, 1830, married James Walker, and lives in Berlin. David Char-
lock died in 1842, and his widow resides in Berlin .- 1875.
MARY, born in Kentucky, married in Island Grove to Jacob Sears, and she died in 1849, in Sangamon county. He went, in 1855, to Missouri, and was then nearly one hundred years old.
ABSOLOM S., born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Elizabeth Donner, daughter of George Donner. They had eight children in Sangamon county, and Mrs. H. died May 16, 1850. The family moved to Libertyville, Iowa, where Mr. Harmon died, April, 1871.
CELIA, born Sept., 1818, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to John Foutch, Sen. See his name.
HENRY M., born May 4, 1805, in Simpson county, Ky., married Dec. II, IS28, in Island Grove, to Mary A. Fontch. They had eight living children in Sanga- mon county. CAROLINE, born Dec. 20, 1829, married June 4, 1852, to Joel Ellis. See his name. GEORGE W., born Oct. 11, 1831, married Dec. 30, 1858, to Nannie H. Taylor, who died Sept. 23, 1860. He enlisted August, 1862, in Co. A., 106th Ill. Inf., for three years, was commissioned ist Lieutenant at the organ- ization of the company, promoted to Cap- tain, April, 1863, and resigned in Oct., 1864, after which he spent four years in the gold diggings of Montana. He was married Dec. 31, 1871, to Mrs. Almira E. J. Melvin, whose maiden name was James. She was born Jan. 29, 1842, in Rock- bridge county, Va. G. W. Harmon and wife reside in Berlin. CATHARINE, born Dec. 27, 1833, married Dec. 25, 1866, to John W. Bucher, have four child- ren, and live in Island Grove. JOHN W., born Dec. 23, 1835, married March 23, 1862, to Isadora Montague. They have three children, and live near River- ton, Fremont county, Iowa. THOMAS W., born March 14, 1838, enlisted Aug., 1861, in Co. D, 26th Ill. Inf., for three years, was wounded at Mission Ridge in IS63, and died from its effects, May 16, 1864, at . Camp Butler. NANCY A., born Dec. 26, 1840, married Dec. 25, 1860, to Anthony A. Rhodes, had one child, and she died Dec. 14, 1868. HENRY H., born Nov. 1, 1844, married Dec. 26, 1870, to Millie Garrard, have one child, and live at Marysville, Kan. FRANK- LIN P., born Nov. 21, 1852, lives with
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his mother. Henry M. Harmon died August 1, 1871, and his widow resides in Berlin.
MARGARET, born in Kentucky, married to Govert Fleharty. They have five children, and live near Oxford, Henry county, III.
CATHARINE, born in Kentucky, married David Weger. They had five children; two died. She resides in Iowa.
Mrs. Catharine Harmon moved to Iowa in 1854, and died near Libertyville, Jeff- erson county, in the summer of 1860, aged about one hundred and five years.
HARNSBERGER, JACOB, was born in 1781, in Rockingham county, Va., and was there married to Catharine Harnsberger. They had two children in Virginia, and moved to Clarke county, Ohio, where seven children were born, and from there to Clinton county, Ind., where one child was born, and Mrs. Harnsberger and one child died there. The eldest son went to Wisconsin, mar- ried, had one child, and died there. Two sons and three daughters remained in Indiana. Mr. Harnsberger and three sons came to Sangamon county, arriving Aug. 29, 1839, in what is now Cartwright township. Of the three sons-
HENRY M., born Feb. 2, 1823, in Clarke county, Ohio, married Feb. IS, 1846, in Sangamon county, to Melinda A. Harrison. They had four children- JOHN J. married Nancy C. Campbell, has one child, CARRIE, and lives in Men- ard county, near Pleasant Plains. G. LEONARD, S. AMANDA C. and M. A. VIRGINIA, live with their parents. Henry M. Harnsberger and wife reside three and one-half miles northeast of Pleasant Plains-1873.
GEORGE G., born in 1825, in Ohio, and married Mary Scott. They have four living children, and reside six miles north- east of Decatur.
JACOB S., born in IS29, married Sarah Starr, have three children, and re- side near Tionus, Bibb county, Ala.
Jacob Harnsberger died Sept., 1847, in Montgomery county, Ala.
HARRISON, EKEKIEL, was born Oct. 6, 1752, in Rockingham county, Va. Sarah Bryan was born July 31, 1753, in the same county. They were there married in 1775, and had nine chil- dren in Virginia. The family emigrated,
about 1816, to Christian county, near Hopkinsville, Ky. Mr. H., with his wife, three sons and one daughter, moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Nov. 4, IS22, north of Richland creek, in what is now Cartwright township. Of the four children-
HESSE, born May 24, 1777, married in Virginia to Rachel Harrison, moved to Christian county, Ky., and from there to Sangamon county, and after a stay of but two years, moved to Missouri. His first wife died in Missouri. He married again, had five children, and died on the evening of Dec. 31, 1872, at Mexico, Audrain county, Mo.
REUBEN, born June 12, 1779, in Rockingham county, Va., married there, May 16, 1804, to Parthenia Harrison. She had one child, and died in Virginia. Mr. H. was married Nov. 29, 1810, to Barbara A. Harnsberger. They had three children, and moved, in 1818, to Christian county, Ky., where one child was born, and came to Sangamon county, Ill., in company with his father, arriving Nov. 4, 1822, on Richland creek. Of his five children: LEONARD C., the only child by the first wife, was born Feb. 4, 1805, in Virginia, entered the ministry in the M. E. Church at eighteen years of age, was married in South Carolina, moved to Summerfield, Alabama, and died there in 1867, leaving a widow and eight children. Of the children by the second wife, GEORGE M., born March 20, 1813, in Virginia, came to Sangamon county with his parents in IS22. He studied medicine in Springfield under Dr. Jacob M. Early, rode on horseback to Virginia, sold his horse there and went by stage to Philadelphia, and graduated in April, IS40, at Rush Medical College. He was the second graduate in any medi- cal college, from Sangamon county, Dow Matheny being the first. Dr. George M. Harrison was married May 28, IS40, near Harrisburg, Rockingham county, Va., to Maria B. C. J. Houston. They came at once to Sangamon county, and he engaged in practice on Richland creek, where they had three living children, namely: ANN AMANTHA, born August 13, 1841, in San- gamon county, Ill., was married June 7, 1866, in Virginia, to Frank W. Elliott. They have three children, Irene II., Charles E. and William H., and live in
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Cartwright township. REUBEN II., born . time (1873) his home has been on the Nov. 9, 1842, in Sangamon county, en- same spot, included within an area of four rods square. SARAH U., born Dec. 20, 1817, in Kentucky, married Feb. 14, 1849, to Daniel Megredy, and died July 4, 1849, less than five months after marriage. MELINDA A., born March 20, 1820, in Christian county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon county to Henry M. Harnsberger. See his name. Mrs. Barbara A. H. died Aug. 23, 1842, in Sangamon county, and her husband, Reuben Harrison died May 3, 1852, at Summerfield, near Selma, Ala- bama. listed in 1862, for three years, in the 114th Reg. Ill. Inf., served full time, and was honorably discharged in 1865. He was married in the spring of 1875, in Nebras- ka, to Mary J. Hendrickson, and resides on land received for his services in the army, situated near York Center, York county, Nebraska. SARAH B. C., born May 8, 1844, married Thomas Cummings. See his name. Mrs. B. C. J. Harrison, died Jan. 11, 1845, and Dr. G. M. Harri- son was married Nov. 25, 1847, to Mary A. Megredy. They had nine living chil- EZEKIEL B., born July 19, 1786, in Virginia, married Ann Bell. They had six children in Kentucky. One, a twin, died when they were moving to Illinois, and they had four children in Sangamon county. Their son, MILTON B., mar- ried Mrs. Martha Sutton, whose maiden name was Hunter. They have one child, MARTHA HI. ANABEL, and reside in Peters- burg. LUCINDA P. married Enoch Megredy. See his name. Mrs. Ann H. died, and Ezekiel B. Harrison married Elizabeth Stewart, and he died in June, 1851, at Petersburg. dren: EMMA E., born April 27, 1849, was married March 28, 1872, in Sanga- mon county, to Philip Oscar Hodgen, who was born Nov. 19, 1845, near Burlington, Iowa. They have two children, William O. and Clara M., and reside in Peters- burg, Menard county, Ill. M. JENNIE, born May 22, 1850, was married Dec. 26, 1872, to George S. Beekman. They have one child, Harry Y., and live in Tallula, Menard county, Ill. JULIA s .. was mar- ried Jan. 1, 1874, in Sangamon county, to William E. Beekman. They had one child, Edward Y., and Mrs. Julia S. Beekman died June 18, 1875. ABBIE, MELINDA, JOHN E., WILLIAM II., MARY B. and HENRIETTA live with their mother. Dr. George M. Harrison died Sept. 1, 1873. He had been to the house of a Ezekiel Harrison died about 1835, and Mrs. Sarah Harrison died June 6, 1845, both in Sangamon county. neighbor on business, and was returning late in the evening. His horse arriving at home without a rider, search was in- HARRISON, FIELDING. was born about 1777, in Rockingham county, Va. Anna Quinn was born about 1779, in Culpepper county, Va. They were married in Culpepper, and made their home in Rockingham county, until they had one child. They moved about 1805 to Christian county, Ky., where they had five children, and from there moved to Sangamon county, Ill., ar- riving Nov. 1822, at the north side of Richland creek, in what is now Salisbury township. Of their six children- stituted, and his body found at the cross- ing of a sharp ravine, where it was thought the horse had tripped and thrown him over its head. His widow resides on the farm where he commenced practice in 1840. It is north of Richland creek, and two and a half miles west of Salis- bury. JOHN H., born April 6, 1815, in Rockbridge county, Va., raised in San- gamon county, and married in Menard county, May 17, 1843, to Sarah A. Con- over, who was born March 15, 1825, near Princeton, N. J. They had eight living PETTON L., born Sept. 7, 1804, in Rockingham county, Va., married Nov. 13, 1827, in St. Louis, Mo., to Eliza B. Cartwright, both of Sangamon county. They had nine children in Sangamon county. FRANCES A., born Nov. 27, 1828, married William H. Purvines. Sce his name. WEALTHY M. J., married children. PARTHENIA E. F., died Feb. 2, 1862, in her seventeenth year. CHARLES H. lives in Kansas. SUE, SAM. B., GEORGE R., HOAT and VANNIE live with their pa- rents. John H. Harrison resides on the farm where his grandfather Harrison set- tled in 1822. From that to the present
LUCINDA B., born March 13, 1792,, in Virginia, married in Sangamon county to Rev. Theophilus Sweet. See his name. She died August 20, 1873, at the house of her nephew, J. H. Harrison.
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Nathan S. Purvines. See his name. SARAH M. married, Feb. 22, 1854, to Amos Ely, a native of Philadelphia. They had two children. HARRY dicd, aged six years. ALBERT lives with his parents in Chicago. P. QUINN, born May 20, 1837, married June 4, 1867, to Emeline L. Lamothe, who was born Dec. 12, 1843, in Alton. They have one child, LUELLA, and live two miles east of Pleas- ant Plains. CATHARINE married William P. Crafton. See his name. PETER L. married Elizabeth F. Cart- wright. They have two children, and live near Pleasant Plains. EMILY W. married Benjamin Berry, of Morgan county, Ill. They have one child, WIL- LIAM PEYTON, and live at Pleasant Plains. CAROLINE A. married Josiah W. Owen, and live five miles west of Pleasant Plains. VICTORIA M. mar- ried Dr. James T. Logan. They have one child, EVA MAY, and live at Tolona, Ill. Peyton L. Harrison remembers see- ing sixteen hundred Pottawattomie In- dians camped about one mile north of where he now lives. They were about leaving the country, in the winter of 1823 Qr '4. While the Indians were there he fired into a herd of deer and killed one. Some of the Indians saw him, and he feared they would take his game, but his fears were soon dispelled by their express- ing admiration for the young hunter, in saying boy! boy! then pointing to the deer they said, buck ! buck! Peyton L. Harri- son and wife reside one mile west of Pleasant Plains.
JOHN F., born Feb. 5, 1So7, in Christian county, Ky .- the day was long known as the cold Friday-He married Parthenia Harrison (a sister to Milton B. Harrison of Petersburg.) They had six children, and live in Petersburg.
PEACHY A., born Nov. 19, 1809, in . Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Robert Harrison. They had nine chil- dren. Of their children-FIELDING T. lives in Alton. CASTLE R. lives in Jacksonville. JOHN H. lives in Taylor- ville, Ill. SIMEON B lives at Morrison- ville, Ill. JAMES married and lives in Kansas. Robert Harrison died in 1855 or 6, and Mrs. Peachy A. Harrison died in 1866, both in Alton.
MARY E., born June 5, 1St1, in Ken- tucky, married in Sangamon county to
Irwin Randall. They have seven child- ren, and live in Edwardsville.
SIMEON Q., born Sept. 27, 1816, in that part of Christian which is now Trigg county, Ky., married in Sangamon coun- ty to Mary A. Renshaw. They had five living children. ROBERT P. married Almeda J. Bone. ANNIE Q., born May 26, 1848, married, Jan. 19, 1870, to Dr. Joseph B. Cloud (son of Rev. New- ton Cloud, of Jacksonville, Illinois.) He died Dec. 31, 1873, in Pleasant Plains. Mrs. Cloud lives with her father-1873- JENNIE E., born Dec. 19, 1850, married Dec. 24, 1868, to Frank Cassell. They have one child, s. QUINN, and live in Pe- kin. Mr. Cassell is a practicing lawyer. MARY R., IDA V. and SUE A., reside with their parents, two miles northeast of Richland station, Sangamon county.
MARTHA f., born Jan. 31, 1820, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to James Harrison. They had four child- ren. James Harrison died July 8, 1873, near Shullsburg, Wis., and his widow re- sides there. Their son, Dr. W. H. Harri- son, lives at Warren, Ill .- 1873.
Fielding Harrison died June 11, 1829, and his widow died Aug., 1835, he in Sangamon county, and she in Alton, Illinois.
HARROWER, WILLIAM, born Aug. 20, 1SOS, in Stirling, Scotland. In 1833 he came to New York city, and returned to Scotland in about three years, and came back in company with a number of Scotch people; his future wife being of the party. He was married, May 9, 1838, in New York city, by Dr. Brownlee, to Janette Blacklock, who was born June IS, ISog, in Lockerbie, Scotland. They at once moved to Springfield, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1838, where they had four children.
DAVID W., born Sept. 29, 1839, lives with his mother.
GAMES, born Jan. 22, 1841, died March 6, 1871, in Springfield, Ill.
AGNES, born June 2, 1842, in Spring- field, was married Oct. 12, 1864, to James B. Smith, son of Rev. James Smith, D. D. J. B. Smith was born June 3, 1840, in Nashville, Tenn, graduated at Cincin- nati Medical College, in ,1865, and prac- ticed medicine in Cerro Gordo and Daw- son, Ill. Dr. J. B. Smith and wife had four children, BRAINARD HAR-
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