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ROWER, NETTIE E., ANNIE F., and JAMES B. L. Dr. J. B. Smith died Dec. 30, 1869, in Springfield. Mrs. Agnes Smith and children reside with her mother. ANN GANET., born July 17, 1844, died June 7, 1851, in Springfield, Ill.
William Harrower died July 27, 1869, in Springfield. His widow resides on east Monroe street, Springfield, Ill. Mr. Harrower was a stone mason, and worked on the Capitol which he found. in course of construction by the State of Illinois. He completed it by building the porticos. He was an earnest, consistent member of the Presbyterian church, and as such won the esteem of the community generally. He served several years as a member of the city council of Springfield.
HARGIS, THOMAS, was born in 1775, in West Virginia, and was married there about 1Soo to Susan Riley. She was born in 1782. They had two children in Virginia, and moved to Cum- berland county, Ky., where they had eight children, and then moved to Sanga- mon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1830 in what is now Fancy creek town- ship. Of their ten children-
NANCY married James McDaniel, and died, leaving four children, who live with their father at West Point, Iowa.
ELIZABETH married Spencer Stone, had nine children, and Mr. S. died. Two of their children-JEFFERSON married Sarah Moran, and lives one mile east of Athens. SARAH married James B. Glascock. See his name. Mrs. Stone lives at Wapella, Ill.
JOHN C. died in Kentucky, at twenty- five years old.
SARAH married Jeremiah Dooley, moved to Galena, and she died, leaving three children there.
DORCAS married Jefferson Smith, moved to Wisconsin and died, leaving two children there.
WILLIAM married Nancy Strode. They had nine children, and moved to Doniphan county, Kan., in IS57, and he died there, One son, THOMAS J., was living in Sangamon county in IS62, and enlisted in Co. K, 115th Ill. Inf., for three years. He was wounded at the battle of Chicamauga, and discharged on account of physical disability. He was married, while a soldier, to Harriet Judd, and re- sides three miles east of Springfield. The
family of William Hargis live near Troy, Kansas.
THOMAS married Druzilla Shepherd. He died, leaving a widow and four child- ren, in Fulton county, Ill.
ALVA W. was killed in Kentucky by a cotton gin, at seven years of age.
MINERVA f. married John Smith, have nine children, and live in Fulton county, Ill.
AMANDA married Alonzo McCauley, have five children, and live in Fulton county.
SUSAN B. married James B. Strode. See his name.
Thomas Hargis established a pottery soon after he came into the county. He was a local preacher in the M. E. church in Kentucky, and joined the traveling connection in Illinois. He was in charge of a circuit at the time of his death, which took place in Fulton county in June, 1850. His widow died there in 1860.
HARPER, JAMES, was born Jan. 3, 1801, in Tennessee. He was mar- mied there to Elizabeth Cochran, who was born Oct. 7, 1So1. They had five children in Tennessee, and moved to San- gamon county, Ill., arriving June 10, 1831, where they had three children. Of their children-
LOUISA, born Sept. 29, 1821, in Ten- nessee, was married in Sangamon county to Allison Lucas.
MARTHA, born May 15, 1823, in Tennessee, and died in Sangamon county, Illinois.
WILLIAM, born Oct. 1, 1825, in Tennessee, married in Sangamon county to Lucretia Penick, and live in Christian county, Ill.
LAFAYETTE, born Aug. 9, 1827, in Tennessee, raised in Sangamon county, was a soldier, from Galena, in the Mexi- can war, married, Sept. IS, 1847, to Mar- tha J. Smith, have eight children, and live near Osage Mission, Kansas.
ELIZABETH f., born March 10, IS31, in Tennessee, married in Sangamon county to Zacharia Burtle. See his name.
MELINDA, born April 17, 1833, in Sangamon county, married Thomas O. Gatton. See his name.
FRANCIS M., born July 16, 1835, in Sangamon county, married Bell Deboe,
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and live in Cotton Hill township, Post- office, Pawnee.
MARY E., born April 16, 1839, in Sangamon county, married Josephus Gat- ton, Jun. See his name.
James and Elizabeth Harper both died in Sangamon county, and were buried at St. Bernard Catholic church.
HARLAN, JOHN C., was born April 18, 1815, in Cecil county, Md .; came to what is now Ball township, Sangamon county, April 2, 1839. He remained one year, returned to Maryland, came to San- gamon county the second time, traveling all the way in a wagon, and most of the time alone. He was married in Ball township, east of Chatham, July 11, 1843, to Lydia A. White, who was born Sept. 3, 1825. They moved to the vicinity of Waverly, Morgan county, and had nine living children there. Of their children-
LOUIS E., born April 13, 1844, mar- ried Dec. 25, 1872, in Shelby county, Ill., to Susan Humphreys, and resides near Buckley, Ill.
JOHN C. and WILLIAM P., twins, born Jan. 2, 1848, reside with their pa- rents.
JOANNA, born Oct. 21, 1850, mar- ried William R. Megredy, Oct. 8, 1872. See his name.
SARAH A., born Sept. 24, 1852, GEORGE F., born Sept. 20, I 856, CHARLES O., born Sept. 17, 1858, MARY L., born March 11, 1861, and ELMMER E., born July 11, 1863, all re- side with their parents.
John C. Harlan moved in March, 1868, to the vicinity of Buckley, Iroquois coun- ty, Ill., and now-1876-resides there.
HARLAN, SILAS, was born Jan. 5, 1781, in Berkley county, Va. He went to Christian county, Ky., and came to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in 1827. He entered about one thousand acres of land, and improved a farm, three and a half miles south of Chatham. Elizabeth Messick was born March 26, 1809, in Rockingham county, Va., and her father moved the next year to Christian county, Ky. In 1827 Elizabeth came to Sanga- mon county with the family of John French. Silas Harlan and Elizabeth Messick were married Sept. 10, 1829, and had nine children in Chatham township, some of whom died young. Of their children-
GEORGE W., born in 1830, died un- married in 1860.
MARY Y. married Hugh Aldrich, and died in 1863, leaving four children.
SARAH E. married Francis M. Cook, and lives near the old homestead.
SILAS, Jun., died in 1860, aged twenty-three years.
RACHEL, horn in 1839, in Sangamon county, and married James Irwin. He enlisted July, 1862, for three years, in the Springfield Light Artillery, was pro- moted, June 28, 1864, to Second Lieuten- ant; and Oct. 4, 1864, to First Lieutenant. He served until the end of the rebellion, and was mustered out with the battery at Springfield, Ill., June 30, 1865. Mr. Ir- win is a farmer, and resides three miles south of Chatham.
Silas Harlan died Nov. 9, 1844, and his widow married Sept. S, 1846, to George Roberts, who was born Oct. 2, ISIS, in Jefferson county, N. Y. They had six children in Sangamon county, namely-
ERASTUS enlisted in 1861 in Co. B, 10th Ill. Cav., was wounded at the battle of Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 10, 1863, came home and died Dec. 1, 1863.
NORA, born Aug. 2, 1849, married in 1866 to William H. Beardon, and lives in Chatham township.
MINERVA C. married Asa Brewer, and lives in Loami township.
George Roberts enlisted Sept. 21, 1861, for three years, in Co. B, 10th Ill. Cav., re-enlisted as a veteran Jan. 1, 1864, and was honorably discharged with the regi- ment at San Antonio, Texas, Nov. 22, 1865. He was appointed train master April 1, 1862, and was company farrier during the whole term of his second en- listment. Mr. Roberts resides three miles south of Chatham.
HARRIS, JOB F., was born Sept. 19, 1798, in Rockbridge county, Va., and was taken by his parents to Barren county, Ky., in 1806. He was apprenticed to learn the business of cabinet making, and moved to St. Louis, in 1816. Busi- ness being dull, his master released him, and he spent some time on the lower Mississippi, and went from New Orleans to the Rocky mountains, with a company of trappers, returning in the fall of ISIS. In the fall of 1822 he came to Sangamon county, in what is now Ball township. In 1827 he enlisted in a Sangamon county
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company to fight the Winnebago Indians, but the campaign ended without fighting. Job F. Harris was married, May 24, 1844, to Mrs. Mary Phillips. They had two children-
ELIZABETH B. and JOHN M.
Mr. Harris died July 29, 1866. His widow and children live two and a half miles northeast of Auburn.
Mr. Harris voted for Abraham Lincoln every time he was a candidate for any office, from Captain of a military company to President of the United States for the second time.
HARVEY, ABNER, was born April 13, 1804, in Adair county, Ky. Eliza A. Davis was born May 9, 1809, in Kentucky. They were married, had one child in Kentucky, and moved to what is now Irish Grove, Menard county, and from there to what is now Gardner township, Sangamon county, arriving in the spring of 1831, where five children were born. Of all their children-
THERESA, born July 18, 1829, in Kentucky, died in Sangamon county, aged twenty-two years.
JOHN F., born Dec. 10, 1831, in San- gamon county, married at Irish Grove, Nov. 11, 1857, to Lydia J. Stone, who was born there, July 25, 1835. They have five living children: MAUD O., HAL- LECK, AGNES, WILLIE and CORA, and reside in Urbana, Illinois.
ALFRED C., born Jan. 7, 1834, died aged seventeen years.
ELIZABETH f., born Oct. 15, IS35, in Sangamon county, married Dec. 19, 1856, to Sylvester M. Bailey, who was born Oct. 19, 1834, in Fairfield coun- ty, Ohio. They had seven children. MARION E. died in his second year. EVA MAY died in her ninth year. WALTER H., THERESA A., WIL- LIAM A., SARAH L. and MAUD E. The five latter reside with their parents. S. M. Bailey enlisted August, 1862, for three years, in Co. K, 115th Ill. Inf., was commissioned Ist Lieutenant at the organization of the company, and acted as Captain, but never was mustered, as he was soon after wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863, while in command of his company. He has since served three years as a member of the Sangamon county Board of Supervisors
for Salisbury township, and now resides near Sylvandale, Labette county, Kansas.
OLIVER G., born July 20, 1838, in Sangamon county, married Josephine Reeves. They have three children, LILLIAN, FRANKLIN C. and PAUL CLIFFORD, and reside at Cantrall, Sangamon county.
MARY, born August 30, 1840, and died aged two years.
Abner Harvey died about 1840, and his widow died soon after, both in San- gamon county.
HARVEY, WILLIAM, was born in Harrisburg, Pa., and when a young man went to Washington county, Md. He was there married, in IS29, to Eliza Rice, who was born Nov. 9, 1804, in Chambersburg, Pa. They had three chil- dren in Maryland, and came to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in Nov., 1835, at Springfield, where they had two children. Of their five children-
CHARLES C., born June, 1831, in Maryland, raised in Springfield, went to California, in 1849, and died there in IS53.
MARY f., born April 11, 1833, in Williamsport, Washington county, Md., married in Springfield, March 9, 1853, to William Stadden, who was born March 9, 1826, in Licking county, Ohio. They had six living children. CLARA M. died, aged seven years. WILLIAM H. and RICHARD M. live near Sanford, Orange county, Fla., engaged in the culti- vation of oranges and lemons. GEORGE B., EDWIN L. and EVA DELL, live with their mother. William Stadden died Oct. 23, 1873, and his widow resides in Springfield.
Mr. Stadden was for twenty-five years connected with the Auditor's department of the State of Illinois. After that he was for several years Superintendent of Insurance, and died in office.
WILLIAM R., born Oct., 1835, in Williamsport, Md., and raised in Spring- field. At the beginning of the rebellion he was in New Mexico, went with a fron- tier regiment of the Union army, and was never heard of after.
SAMUEL S., born Oct., 1837, in Springfield, and raised there. He was married at Montgomery, Alabama, and resides at Pensacola, Florida.
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MARIA L., born Oct. 13, 1839, in Springfield, married William F. Elkin, Jun. See his name.
William Harvey was elected Sheriff of Sangamon county, in 1846, serving one term. He died Sept., 1854, and Mrs. Eliza Harvey died Sept., 1870, both in Springfield.
HATHAWAY, WESLEY, was born Dec. 2, 1814, in Boone county, Ky. His parents moved to Montgomery county when he was about twelve years old. He came to Illinois in May, 1831, first stopping at Jacksonville. Mr. Hath- away returned to Kentucky in 1832, and remained two years at Sharpsburg and Mt. Sterling as a clerk. He came back to Morgan county, Ill., in 1834, and in IS35 went to the Job settlement in Mc- Donough county, and engaged in mer- chandising as a partner of Dr. George B. Rogers, with whom he came to the State in IS31. He closed his business there, and came to Mechanicsburg, Sangamon coun- ty, in 1838, and first engaged in teaching. A year or two later he commenced mer- chandising with B. Logan Hall. Wesley Hathaway and Mary M. Hall were mar- ried Sept. IS, 1845, in Sangamon county. where they had seven children, namely-
ALICE O., born Dec. 30, 1847, mar- ried May 9, 1872, to Joseph H. Grubb, who was born Nov. 21, 1848, in Perry county, Pa. He enlisted at Springfield for one year, March 2, 1865, in Co. I, 114th Ill. Inf., served in that regiment until it was mustered out in July, 1865, when he was transferred to Co. D, 58th Ill. Inf., served full term, and was honor- ably discharged March 2, 1866. Mr. and Mrs. Grubb live at Illiopolis.
JULIET, born Aug. 22, 1849, died in her sixth year.
WALTER A., LUELLA B., DAVID L., MARY AUGUSTUS and ANNA MAY, live with their parents in Buffalo, Sangamon county, Ill. Mr. Hathaway is a merchant there.
HATLER, JAMES, was born March 23, ISoo, probably in Tennessee, and taken by his parents to Allen county, Ky. He was there married to Nancy Dean, Jan. 30, 1823. She was born in that county. They had five children, and came to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1834, in what is now Cotton Hill township. The next year three members
of the family died, including both parents, namely: Mrs. Nancy Hatler died July 9, IS35; their daughter, Rebecca, died July 14, aged eleven years; and James Hatler died Sept. 4, 1835. That broke up the family, and the four children were taken to Greene county, and raised by their grandfather and uncle. Of the children-
GRANVILLE, born Sept. 14, 1825, in Allen county, Ky., married Oct. 22, IS46, in Greene county, Ill, to Sarah Fin- ley, who was born in that county, Nov. 17, 1828. They have nine children; one born in Greene county, and eight in San - gamon, namely: JAMES H., born Jan. 17, IS48, in Greene county, married, Nov. 16, 1871, to Salome Bomhoff, who was born in Sangamon county, Nov. 30, IS51. They reside in Cotton Hill township. The third child, NANCY J., born Oct. 22, 1851, married Silvan Williams. See his name. The other seven children, LEWIS J., JOHN H., MARY E., ROSA M., EMMA J., EFFIE and RUFUS CARROLL, live with their parents, in Cotton Hill township. Gran- ville Hatler owns and lives on the farm purchased by his father on coming to the county in 1834.
GILBERT, born Jan. 20, IS28, in Allen county, Ky., married in Greene county, Ill., to Delilah Finley. He died April 13, 1872, leaving a widow and five children-SARAH J., JOSEPHINE, NANCY E., ALBERT and DAISEY. The family live in Cotton Hill town- ship.
LUCINDA G., born April 14, 1830, married Fletcher Haines. See his name.
FRANCIS M., born Feb. 28, 1833, in Allen county, Ky., married in Greene county, Ill., to Sarah Overbey, have three children, and reside near Athensville, Greene county, Ill.
HAWLEY, ELIPHALET, was born Dec. 17, 1782, either in New York or one of the New England States. He was married Aug. 24, 1815, in Albany, N. Y., to Elizabeth McMurdy, who was born there Feb. 26, 1797, of Scotch ances- tors. Mr. and Mrs. Hawley had two living children in Albany. In September, 1821, they left for the west, the family traveling in a carriage, and hauling their household goods in wagons. When they arrived at Olean Point, on the Alleghany river, they transferred their goods to a
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raft and floated down to Pittsburg, where they remained until the next spring. One child was born there. Mr. Hawley and Mr. Wheelock united in purchasing a boat, in which their two families descended the Ohio river to Shawneetown, arriving in April, 1822. Mr. Wheelock settled in Atlas, Pike county, and Mr. Hawley came to Sangamon county, arriving in April or May, IS22, in what is now Fancy Creek township, in the same carriage, and drawn by the same horses, they started with. Mr. Hawley had soldiers' claims, and located them in the military reservation west of the Illinois river, and began improving a farm on Spoon river, in Fulton county, five miles northwest of the present town of Havana. He was returning to his family on horseback, and, in attempting to swim his horse across Salt creek, in Mason county, was drowned, June 21, 1822. The horse came home, and upon search being made, the body was found a week later and interred. It was afterwards moved to Indian Point, in Menard county. The widow and children removed to Springfield the next winter. William S. H. Hamilton (See his name) was then a practicing lawyer in Springfield. The court appointed him guardian of the three orphan children. James Adams (See his name) was appointed administrator of the estate. Of the three children-
ELIPHALET B., born May 30, 1816, in Albany, N. Y., raised in Sanga- mon county, and married in Springfield, July 12, 1838, to Mary D. Sayre, who was horn June 26, 1815, in Lebanan, O. They had four living children in Springfield, namely: MARY E., born July 19, 1839, in Springfield, married James M. Garland. See his name. ISABELLA G., born July 21, 1843, in Springfield, married Aug. 4, 1862, to George M. Brinkerhoff, who was born Aug. 20, 1839, in Gettys- burg, Penn., graduated at Pennsylvania College in the class of 1859, and soon after came to Springfield. Mr. and Mrs. Brinkerhoff have four children, JOHN II., MARIAN B., GEORGE M., jun., and MARIA c., and reside in Springfield. Mr. Brink- erhoff is Secretary of the Springfield Iron Company, and one of its stockholders. MARIA D., born June 22, 1848, in Springfield, married in her native city, July 10, 1872, to Edward B. Springer, who was born July 15, 1847, in New
York city. They have one child, GEORGE HAWLEY. Mr. Springer is connected with the firm of Keith Brothers, mer- chants of Chicago, and resides in that city. BENJAMIN died Sept. 9, 1864, aged twelve years. Eliphalet B. Hawley, when quite young, entered a dry goods store in Springfield as clerk, and thus qualified himself for mercantile pursuits. He was in that business about thirty years, the greater part of the time on his own account. He retired a few years ago, but still resides in Springfield. He has for many years been a Ruling Elder in the Second Presbyterian church of this city.
ISAAC A., born Nov. 26, 1819, in Albany, N. Y., brought up in Sangamon county, married in Springfield April 30, IS51, to A. Eliza McCauley, who was born Jan. 13, 1828, in Washington county, Penn. They have one daughter, ADDIE E., living with her parents in Springfield. Isaac A. Hawley commenced as a clerk, and from 1837 to 1857 was a dry goods merchant in the same building, southwest corner of Adams and Sixth streets. In 1 864 he was elected Treasurer of Sanga- mon county, serving two years. He is now - 1876- engaged in the insurance business.
ISABELLA G., born Nov. 28, 1821, in Pittsburg, Penn., brought up in Spring- field and educated in Monticello Female Seminary, at Godfrey, Ill. She made teaching her profession until her health failed. She died April 15, 1845, in Schuy- ler county, Ill.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hawley was married Aug. 9, 1823, in Springfield, to John Moore. See his name.
HAWN, FREDERICK, was born June 5, 1Sio, at Indian Castle, now Danube, Herkimer county, New York. His ancestors were of German origin; his grandfather, Conradt Hahn, was born in the kingdom of Bavaria, and married there to a Miss Windacre. They emi- grated to America about 1765, and settled in Canajoharie, Tryon county, now Mont- gomery county, New York. Mrs. Hahn died in 1775. Conradt Hahn was a soldier in the Revolutionary army, and was killed in battle at Oriskany, Oneida county, New York, leaving four children. The eldest, Conrad, married Catharine Young. Frederick, whose name heads this sketch, is their son. By assimilation with the
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English language the name was changed from Hahn to Hawn. Frederick Hawn studied civil engineering, and was thus employed on the first railroads constructed in the States of New York and Pennsyl- vania. He came to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in Oct., 1835, where he was married, Nov. 9, 1837, to Abigail Cutter. Sce Cutter family. Mr. and Mrs. Hawn had two children in Sangamon county, and in 1843 moved to Weston, Platte county, Missouri, where they had one child. Of their children-
MARIA G., born Sept. 9, 1838, in Springfield, Ill., was married in Weston, Missouri, Nov. 4, 1857, to Joseph C. Hemingray, a native of Pittsburg, Penn. They have two children, REUBEN PHELPS and LILEON KERR, and reside in Leavenworth, Kansas. Mr. Hemingray is a practicing lawyer.
MARTHA, born Feb. 17, 1842, in Sangamon county, Ill., was married June 21, 1875, in Leavenworth, Kansas, to Charles H. Lamar, a native of Tennessee. They live near Weston, Platt county, Missouri. Mr. Lamar is a farmer. Mrs. Hemingray and Mrs. Lamar have for many years been active members of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Leaven- worth.
LAURENS, born Sept. 4, 1847, at Weston, Missouri, graduated at Cornell University, Ithiea, New York, in the class of 1875. He is now-1876-studying law in Leavenworth, Kansas.
Frederick Hawn was professionally en- gaged in the earlier public improvements of Illinois. After his removal to Mis- souri he was the civil engineer in the con- struction of the Hanibal & St. Joseph Rail- road, and in the geological survey of the State of Missouri. In 1860 he moved to Leavenworth, Kansas, and was connected with the survey of the United States lands, and later was engaged in the geolog- ical survey of the State of Kansas. He has written extensively on the natural re- sources of the latter State, and elimate of the west. Frederick Hawn and family reside in the city of Leavenworth, Kan- sas.
HAZLETT, ROBERT, was born Dee. 20, 1799, in Stokes county, N. C. Rebecca Daigh was born Dce. 12, ISO2, in Bath county, Va. They were married March 29, 1820, in Virginia, had
three children there, and moved to Sanga- mon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of IS2S, at Springfield. In the spring of 1831 they moved to what is now Cooper township, where they had three children. Of the six children --
WILLIAM P, born Nov. 29, 1821, in Bath county, Va., married in Sangamon county, Oct. 19, 1843, to Zerilda Haggard. Thay had ten children, three of whom died under three years. Of the other seven-SARAH R. married Dec. 24, 1863, to Brice A. Patton, has three ehil- pren, and lives in Lawrence county, Mo. ROBERT H., born July 6, 1847, is a graduate of the Law School of the Univer- sity of Michigan, at Ann Arbor. He re- sides in Springfield, and is one of the law firm of Hazlett & Kane. ELIZABETH A. married Feb. 23, 1870, to Henry Spen- gler. They have one child, LOURETTA B., and live two miles southeast of Farm- ingdale. WILLIAM J., MARTIN M., CHARLES E. and AMELIA B., reside with their parents, three-quarters of a mile east of Bradfordton.
JOHN A., born Feb. 9, 1823, in Ma- son county, Va., was married in Sanga- mon county, Ill., to Mary J. Drennan. They have nine living children, and live five miles north of Edinburg, Ill.
ELIZA Y. married Isaac Troxell. They had two children, WILLIAM E. and GEORGE L., and Mrs. Troxell died.
ELIZABETH A., born Feb. 14, 1828, in Sangamon county, was married, Feb. 13, 1851, to Henry W. Neeley. They had one child, and moved to Grimes coun- ty, near Anderson, Texas, in 1852, where they had five living children. JOSEPH W., born in Sangamon county, married Sept. S, 1870, to Frances C. Criger, and live near Anderson, Texas. REBECCA L., born in Texas, married Nov. 30, 1871, to Daniel McMahon, and live near Ander- son, Texas. GEORGE L., ELIZA A. and ADA E., live with their mother. H. W. Neeley died July 3, 1871, near Ander- son, Texas, and his widow and child re- side there.
CHARLES F., born Feb. 29, 1832, in Sangamon county, went to California in the spring of 1853, and reside at Teha- ma, Tehama county, Cal.
REBECCA V., born May 29, 1833, married Ephraim Nelms, had two child-
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ren, and Mr. N. died. . She married John M. Abel, have four children, and live near Niantic.
Robert Hazlett died Aug. 15, IS35, and his widow married Joseph Firey, of Chris- tian county. They had two children; both died young. Mr. Fiery died, and his widow resides near her son, John A. Hazlett, in Christian county.
HEDGES, JOSIAH, horn about 17SS, in Maryland, and was taken to Vir- ginia, and from there to Grayson county, Ky., when he was about twelve years old. Anna Brown was born Dec. 25, 1798, in Davis county, Ky. Josiah Hedges and Anna Brown were there mar- ried and made Grayson county their home until they had three children, and then moved to Sangamon county, Ill., ar- riving in the fall of 1826, at the north side of Island Grove, two and a half miles northwest of the present town of Berlin, where two children were born. Of their five children-
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