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ROSANNA, born Dec. 16, 1816, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Milton Claypool. He died, leaving a
widow and eleven children, in JoDaviess county, Illinois.
William Higgins built a boat, and in 1823 took his goods down the Sangamon, and up the Illinois rivers to a point near Lewiston, and after that built a mill near Canton, Ill. He moved from there to the northern part of the State, where he and his third wife died, leaving four children.
HILL, WILLIAM R., was born August 7, 1820, in Jessamine county, Ky. His father, John II. Hill, came with his family to Sangamon county, in Auburn township, Oct. 15, 1836. In 1837 they moved to Christian county. William R. went with the family, and returned to Auburn township when he was about twenty-one years of age. He was there married, Oct. 6, 1858, to Jennie Mason. They have four children-
MARTHA E., FANNY MI., WIL- LIAM M. and HENNIE M., and re- side one mile northeast of Auburn.
HILDRETH, HARVEY. Sce his name in connection with the " sudden change," page 65.
HILLMAN, OLIVER, born May 10, 1785, in Philadelphia, was mar- ried July 23, 1807, in that city, to Rachel Smith. They had six children in Phila- delphia and New Jersey, and moved with a part of their family to Springfield, Ill., arriving in April, 1839. Of their child- ren-
RICHARD S., born July 7, 1808, in New Jersey, was married Aug. 11, 1831, in Philadelphia, to Margaret Knorr. They had four children there, two of whom died under three years of age. The family moved to Springfield, Ill., in 1840, where two children were born. In 1846 or '7 Mr. Hillman moved to St. Louis, where twins were born, one of whom died young. Of their five living children: MARY C., born July, IS33, in Philadelphia, was married in Sanga- mon county, Ill., to Joseph P. Hesser. They have five children, and live in Bloomington, Illinois. RACHEL S., born Sept. 30, 1835, in Philadelphia, was married Oct. 18, 1855, in Springfield, Ill., to Daniel P. Hopping, who was born Feb. 21, 1832, in Morris county, New Jersey. They have five children, JOSEPH F., MARY E., WILLIAM P., HERBERT P. and SAMUEL M., and reside in Springfield. D. P. Hopping is a contractor and builder.
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He, in connection with Mr. Henry Ridge- ly, established a planing mill in 1867. It was the first of the kind in Springfield. ELMIRA J., born March 11, IS41, in Springfield, Ill., was married in 1863 to William Wyatt. They live in Jackson- ville, Ill. ANN E., born Sept. 7, 1845, in Springfield, Ill., married Lewis A. Wood. See his name. MARGARET, born April 3, IS48, in St. Louis. (Her twin mate, Richard, died in his third year.) She was married Jan. 22, 186S, to Francis C. Fessenden. They have four living children, FRANCIS E., Jun., BIRDIE L., GEORGIE and RICHARD P. Mr. Fessenden is a stairbuilder, and resides in Spring- field, Ill.
Mrs. Margaret Hillman died May 23, 1848, in St. Louis. Richard S. Hillman was married Feb. S, 1849, in that city, to Mrs. Eliza J. Vinton, whose maiden name was Bell. She died without child- ren, Feb. 15, 1852, at Campbellsville, Ky. R. S. Hillman brought his family back to Springfield, Ill., in 1853, and was there married, Dec. 14, 1854, to Ann J. Williamson. They had two living child- ren, RICHARD and MARY JANE live with their mother. Richard S. Hillman died May 31, 1862, in Springfield, and his widow married Samuel Yocom. See his name.
FOHN S., born Nov. 29, 18og, in Philadelphia. He was married three times, and all his wives and three children died there. He came to Sangamon coun- ty, Ill., in 1839 or '40, and was married in the same county to Mrs. Sarah A. Uncles- bee, whose maiden name was Poffenber- ger. They had eleven children, three of whom died under six years. Of the other eight, RICHARD, born Sept. 26, 1843, married Dec. 29, 1874, to Elizabeth J. Rape. They have one child, EARNEST S., and live in Cotton Hill township. MAR- GARET A., born March 7, IS4S, was married May S, 1867, to William T. John- son. They have two children, and live in Springfield. Ile is engineer at the new State house. RACHEL E., born April 20, 1849, was married March 7, 1871, to Isaac Fisher. They have one child, JES- SIE, and live ncar Mt. Pulaski. GEORGE H. lives with his mother. WILLIAM A. married Dec. 15, 1875, to Flora E. Cooper, and lives near Williamsville. DANIEL R., MARY E., SARAH J.,
JOHN L. and LIZZIE, the six un- married, live with their mother. John S. Hillman died March 22, 1872, and his widow resides in Cotton Hill township, near New City Post-office.
ALLEN, born Sept. 3, ISII, in Phila- delphia, was married there and had two children. He moved to Sangamon coun- ty, Ill., and died there. His family re- turned to Philadelphia.
MARY, born August 29, IS13, in Philadelphia, was married there to John Unsworth. Their son, WILLIAM, lives with his third wife in Springfield, Ill.
MARGARET, born Jan. 28, IS16, in Philadelphia, was married there to John Hardin, and never came west.
FRANCIS, horn Oct. S, 1817, in Philadelphia, died in Springfield, Ill.
Mrs. Rachel Hillman died March 21, IS42, in Springfield, Ill. Oliver Hillman married Mrs. Mary A. Short, and he died March 11, 1856, in Sangamon county.
HINMAN, JOHN B., was born Sept. 12, 1804, in Madison county, N. Y., came to Sangamon county, Ill., with his uncle, Henry Kinney, Sen., arriving May 6, IS22, in what is now Loami township. He was married Dec. 25, 1824, to Jane Smith, who was born Dec. 11, 1So2, on Long Island, N. Y., and came to Sanga- mon county in Sept., IS22, with her sister, Mrs. Julia Colburn. They had eight children in Sangamon county-
EMILY, born March 3, 1826, mar- ried, Feb. 5, 1846, to George Dill, who was born June 2, 1S25, in Preble county, Ohio. They had eight children-EMMA C. died in her sixth year. HENRY H. married Alice Wilson, have one son, and live in Curran township. SARAH J. married Martin Shelton. See his name. JOHN B., AMOS S., SUSAN A., JULIA M. and GEORGE W., live with their parents, in Chatham township.
LOLA A., born Aug. 15, 1827, mar- ried Joseph Sweet, have seven children, and live in Chatham.
DICE 1, born Dec. 1, 1829, married Samuel Dill, and live in Girard, Illinois.
NANCY, born Jan. 25, 1832, married Abraham Dill, had five children; one was killed by a runaway team. The other four live with their parents, east of Auburn.
JULIA A., married Joshua Hender-
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son, had two children, and mother and both children are dead.
JOHN B., Jun., died, at ten years of age.
SMITH Y. married Jan. 1, 1859, to Melvina Catlett, who was born in Garrard county, Ky., have four children, and live in Chatham township.
CALVIN A., married Laura A. Em mons, of Preble county, Ohio, have two children, and live one mile east of Loami.
John B. Hinman and his wife reside one mile east of Loami, where they set- tled in 1832.
Mrs. Lola Hinman, the mother of John B., came to Sangamon county with him, in May, 1822, and died in September of the same year.
HINSLEY, ALFRED was born in 1792, in North Carolina. He was there married, in 1819, to Lucy Elkin, who was born April, 1803. They had two children in North Carolina, and moved to Jones county, Ga., where two children were born, from there to Smith county, Tenn., where one child was born. The family moved to White county, Ill., and from there to Sangamon county, ar- riving Nov., 1834, at old Salem, and in 1836 moved to what is now Gardner township, where they had one living child. Of their children-
CAROLINE, born in 1810, in North Carolina, died in Illinois, unmarried, in 1857.
GANE, born in North Carolina, mar- ried in Illinois to Alfred Wagoner. They have five children, and live in Peters- burg.
MARTHA, born in Georgia, married in Illinois to James S. Carter, have four children, and live in Petersburg.
ALFRED N., born Dec. 27, 1826, in Jones county, Ga., married in Sangamon county, July 23, 1851, to Margaret A. Lemmon. They have three children, SUSAN A., MILDRED L. and ULICK P., and live at Salisbury.
LECI, born in Smith county, Tenn., married in Illinois to James Bryant, have four children, and live in Petersburg.
GAMES F., born in Sangamon coun- ty, has been twice married, and lives in Petersburg.
MARY, born Jan. 11, 1840, in Menard county, married S. Spear, and lives in Bates county, Missouri.
SARAH, born Dec. 3, 1842, in Menard county, was killed March 7, 1868, at Greenview, Ill., by an accident on the Jacksonville branch of the Chicago & Al- ton railroad.
Alfred Hinsley died Oct. 13, 1844, and his widow resides in Petersburg.
HOAG, WILLIAM C., was born Aug. S, 1816, at Oxford, Butler county, Ohio. He came to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving at Springfield, Aug., 1836, and was married at Salisbury, Feb. 16, 1837, to Melinda Miller. They had seven living children-
GANE died at sixteen years old.
ALONZO, at fourteen, and
FLORILLA at three years old.
BARILA born Dec. 18, 1844, married Thomas C. Yoakum. See his name.
SOLOMON MI., born Dec. 31, 1846, married Ida Carman, have one child, NORMAN, and live in Salisbury.
WINFREY I., born July 3, 1851, and
FRANKLIN T., born Nov. 5, 1857; the two latter- live with their parents.
William C. Hoag and wife are both liv- ing - 1874 -in Salisbury, Sangamon county, Illinois.
HODGE, RICHARD, born May 19, 1819, in Smithfield, Jefferson county, Virginia, was married April, 1838, to Catharine Divelbiss, in Westmoreland county, Penn. They moved to Spring- field in the fall of 1839, and had five liv- ing children-
JACOB, born Oct., 1840, was married March 19, 1863, to Elizabeth J. Dennis, who was born June 7, 1844, in Spring- field. They have five children, MIN- NIE, MARGARET, LIZZIE, AB- BIE and SALLIE, and live in Spring- field. Jacob Hodge is a wagon manufac- turer.
NOAH, born Feb. 6, 1842, in Spring- field, Ill., was married in Jackson, Missis- sippi, to Miss D. L. O. Johnson. She died Aug. 10, 1874, leaving two children, EDGAR O. and' D. L. O., who live with their father. Noah Hodge was Circuit Clerk of Hinds county, Miss., from Sept. 12, 1869, to Jan. 4, 1876. He moved to Akron, Ohio, and was married there, May 16, 1876, to Sarah W. Ashmun. Mr. Hodge is a practicing lawyer, and resides at Akron.
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RICHARD, Jun., born June 25, 1846, was married in Springfield, Ill., Oct. 21, 1872, to Sallie Pierce. He is a wagon- maker, and lives in Springfield.
GEORGE W., born Feb. 22, 1849, lives near Springfield, Illinois.
KATE, born Oct. 10, 1851, was mar- ried Feb. S, 1871, in Springfield, Ill., to Jonas F. Stuver, who was born May 12, 1846, in Northampton county, Pennsyl- vania. They have two children, EL- SIE E. and NELLIE E., and live in Akron, Ohio.
Richard Hodge died May 30, 1852, on his way to California. It was his second trip there. Mrs. Catharine Hodge lives with her son, Noah, in Akron, Ohio.
HODGERSON, JOHN, was born in Ireland, and brought to America at ten years old. He was married in Greenbrier county, Va., to Betsy Martin, moved to Cabell county, and from there to Sangamon county, Ill., bringing seven children, and settled five miles west of Loami, where two children were born. Mr. Hodgerson died, about 1843, and his widow in 1850 or '51. Their daughter-
REBECCA, married John C. Buch- anan. They had seven children. Mr. Buchanan and five of the children died. Mrs. Rebecca Buchanan lives five miles southwest of Springfield.
HOFFMAN, MOSES, was born Nov. 24, 1798, in Greenbrier county, Va. His parents moved to Clark county, Ohio, when he was a boy. He was mar- ried there, Dec. 2, 1823, to Mrs. Rhoda Winn, whose maiden name was Turman. She was born Feb. 14, 1806, near Spring- field, Ohio. They had three children there, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Nov., 1829, in what is now Fancy Creek township, where they had three living children. Of their six child- ren-
MARY A., born Dec. 10, 1824, in Ohio, was married in Sangamon county, Sept. 12, 1844, to James W. Dunn. They had seven living children, namely: AL- WILDA, RICHARD M .. HENRY C., IDA, MARGARET, JAMES W. and MARY, and live near Corvallis, Ben- ton county, Oregon.
MARGARET, born Jan. 2, 1827, in Ohio, was married, April 10, 1845, in Sangamon county, Ill., to James H. Thax- ton. See his name.
LEWIS F., born Sept. 21, 1828, in Champaign county, Ohio, was married, Jan. 17, 1861, in Sangamon county, to Hannah A. Gamble, a native of Holmes county, Ohio. They had two living children, LORA and ELMER G., and live at the homestead settled by Mr. Hoff- man's parents in 1829; it is six miles north of Springfield.
AMANDA, born Dec. 20, 1832, in Sangamon county, was married, Jan. 1, IS50, to John B. Huffman. They have eight children, and reside near Winterset, Iowa.
LUCINDA, born Oct. 3, 1835, in Sangamon county, was married, May 23, 1852, to John L. B. Dunlap. They had four children-CATHARINE married James H. Blue. Sce
his name. CHARLES F., FLORENCE and ELI- ZA. J. L. B. Dunlap died, June, 1863. His widow and children live two miles north of Cantrall. See his name.
CLARISSA, born Aug. 20, 1840, in Sangamon county, was married, March 11, IS5S, to Willard R. Shepherd. They had three children; one died in infancy. JENNIE H. and JULIA G. reside with their parents, in Menard county, sixteen miles north of Springfield.
Moses Hoffman was a soldier in the Black Hawk war. He died in Sangamon county, June 3, 1842. His widow was married, Feb. 6, 1847, to Solomon Wood. They have one child --
SOLOMON S., was born Feb. 23, IS48, was married April S, 1868, to Mary J. Wolf, who was born Jan. S, 1850, near Mansfield, Ohio. They have two children, JOHN W. and CHARLES O., and live one mile south of Sherman. Solomon Wood died April 18, 1848, in Logan coun- ty, and his widow resides with her son, Lewis F. Hoffman.
Mrs. Wood remembers that her first husband measured the snow of 1830 and '31, and it was full four feet on a level; she also remembers the steamboat, Talis- man, that came up the Sangamon river to Bogues' Mill, or Portland, as it was sometimes called. It was on the south bank of the Sangamon river, about half way between the Chicago & Alton and Gilman, Clinton & Springfield railroad bridges.
HOLLAND, TURNER, was born July 17, 1806, in Maryland, and was
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taken by his parents to Bath county, Ky. When a young man he went to Mays- ville and learned the tanning business, and then came to Springfield, Ill., arriv- ing in August, 1831. He was sick several weeks, and when he became convalescent was introduced to Levi Cantrall, who he was told, had a tannery in connection with his farm in Fancy Creek township. He engaged to work for Mr. Cantrall, and in Feb., 1832, was married to his daughter, Nancy Cantrall. They had eight living children in Sangamon county, namely-
AMANDA, born May 30, 1833, mar- ried Elias B. French. She had one child, and died April 3, 1854.
FANNY, born Dec. 5, 1835, married Oct. S, 1854, to Thomas R. Claypool. He was born Feb. 19, 1826, in Champaign county, Ohio, came with his parents to what was then Sangamon, but now Me- nard county, in IS27. They have five living children, IDA M., CLARA B., LEVI B., CHLOE L. and FREDDIE D. Thomas R. Claypool lives adjoining Cantrall on the north.
MILAM A., born July 19, 1837, mar- ried Mary A. England. He died in Feb. 1857, about one month after marriage.
FRANCIS M., born March 2, 1839, died in March, IS57.
WILLIAM H. H., born Oct. 28, 1840, enlisted August 12, 1862, for three years, in Co. C, 114th Ill. Inf. He was captured at the battle of Guntown, June, 1864, and spent nine months in prison-at Ander- sonville three months, Charleston six weeks, and the remainder of the time at Florence, S. C. He served his full tern), and was honorably discharged July, 1, 1865; was married Feb. 12, 1867, to Ruth A. Canterbury. They have two children, ALBERT C. and CHARLES T., and live near Cantrall.
BENYAMIN F., born July 8, 1842, married Dec. 28, 1865, to Margaret Hunt, who was born Sept. 30, 1843, in Clarke county, Ohio. They have two children, and live near Cantrall.
LUCINDA, born Feb. 17, 1844, mar- ried March 1, 1866, to James I. Wood. They had one child, JAMES I., Jun. Mr. Wood died July 2, 1870. Ilis widow lives near Cantrall.
PRISCILLA, born March 17, 1846,
married to William Hurt. They have three children, and live at Elkhart.
Mrs. Nancy Holland died, and Turner Holland was married in March, 1852, to Mrs. Hannah Lloyd, whose maiden name was Whitney. They had four living children in Sangamon county.
NANCY M. lives with her brother, B. F. Holland.
ELIZA f., lives with her sister, Mrs. Wood.
ROZETTA lives with her sister, Mrs. Hurt.
ABIGAIL lives with her brother, Wm. H. H. Holland.
Turner Holland died March 6, 1866, and his widow died March 11, 1866, both at Athens, Ill., to which place they had moved a short time before.
HOLLENBACK, AN- DREW F., born Jan. 14, 1807, in Great. Barrington, Berkshire county, Mass. He came to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Nov. 11, 1830, at Rochester, but a few days before the "deep snow," and remembers that Archibald Sattley and himself gathered corn during the whole winter, and fed sixty head of cattle and fifteen horses. They kept a wagon road open through the fields and each would take a basket and bring the corn to the wagon. He thinks the snow was from four to four and one- half feet deep. He was married in Rochester, Dec. 30, 1838, to Juliann E. St. Clair, who was born Oct. 9, ISIS, in Vermont. They had three children; two died in infancy. Their son-
RANSOM A., died at Buffalo, Dec. 21, 1867, in his twenty-fifth year.
Mrs. Hollenback died Aug. 29, 1873. Mr. Hollenback was appointed Postmaster at Buffalo, in April, 1870, and holds the office to the present time. A. F. Hollen- back was married Feb. 3, 1875, in Joliet, Ill., to Mrs. Mary A. Ledyard, whose maiden name was Carpenter. She was born Dec. IS, 1SIS, in Barre, Orleans county, New York. She has a son, George R. Ledyard, who lives with them, at Buffalo, Sangamon county, Ill.
HOPPIN, FRANKLIN B., brother to Daniel and Charles T., was born May IS, 1815, in Madison county, N. Y., married there to Sarah McConnell, and had two children there. He moved to Sangamon county, and settled near
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his brothers, Charles T. and Daniel, ad- joining Chatham on the southwest. Of his children-
SARAH, born in New York, married in Sangamon county to A. M. Garland. See his name.
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FRANKLIN S., born in New York, raised in Sangamon county, married Sarah Pierce, and lives in Louisiana.
F. B. Hoppin died June, 1866, and was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Spring- field. His widow resides with her daugh- ter, Mrs. Garland, in Springfield.
The three Hoppin brothers and the Mc- Connell brothers were among the earliest wool growers in Sangamon county. They prosecuted the business very extensively, from about 1840 until the close of the re- bellion in 1865, when the busines declined for a time.
HOPPIN, CHARLES T., born June S, 1817, in Madison county, N. Y., was married there to Eliza McConnell. They had one child and moved to Sanga- mon county, Ill., and settled near Chat- ham, where his brother Daniel then lived. They had two children in Sangamon county. Of their three children-
SARAH L., born in Madison county, New York, married in Sangamon county, Ill., to E. F. Richmond. They have two children, CALISTA and CHARLES S., and live in Davenport, Iowa. Mr. Rich- mond is a lawyer in practice there.
MARY E., born in Sangamon county, married Allen E. Parmenter, and died March, 1870, in Sangamon county. Mr. Parmenter was born Dec. 30, 1842, in Madison county, New York. See his name in connection with the family of Daniel Hoppin.
CHARLES C., born in Sangamon county, lives with his father.
Mrs. Eliza Hoppin died in Oct., 1852, in Talkington township, and Charles T. Hoppin was married Feb., 1855, in Madi- son county, N. Y., to Phinetta G. Par- menter. They have seven children born. in Sangamon county, GEORGE L., NETTIE A., KATE L., FLOR- ENCE M., FREDDIE P., ANNIE F. and CARRIE P., and reside in Talkington township, seven miles west of Auburn.
HOPPIN, DANIEL, was born Sept. 16, 1819, in Madison county, N. Y. He visited Sangamon county, in company
with his father, in 1839, and bought land near Chatham. In the fall of IS40 he came out with a flock of five hundred sheep for himself, and about two hundred for Edward F. McConnell. He was one of the earliest and most extensive wool growers in the county, and continued it for many years. Daniel Hoppin and Cor- delia Bradley were married, March, 1848, at Chatham. They had three living children-
ANNA E. married Allen E. Parmen- ter. She died in 1875, in Talkington township. Sec his name in connection with the family of Charles T. Hoppin.
GEORGE B., and
CHESTER B. live with their pa- rents.
Daniel Hoppin and wife reside near Pocahontas, Bond county, Ill .- 1874.
HAUGHTON, ALVIN. See family sketch in Omissions.
HOUSTON. JOHN, born May I, 1770, in Rockingham county, Virginia, was married April 23, 1807, in Augusta county, Va., to Mrs. Jane Curry, whose maiden name was Curry. She was born June 29, 1776, in Augusta county, and had one child by her first marriage-
ELIZABETH CURRY, born Mar. 31, ISOI, in Augusta county, Va., was married there to James Curry, Feb. 17, 1817. They had three children in Vir- ginia, and moved to Rush county, Ind., where two children were born, thence to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in 1841. Of their five children: ROBERT J., born Nov. 9, ISIS, in Virginia, was mar- ried March 27, 1839, in Indiana, to Mary Bracken. They had seven children: SARAH J. married David Myers, who died, leaving three children, and she married Wesley Sparks. They have two children, and live near Dawson. AMERICA, died in 1862, aged nineteen years. WILLIAM, born Dec. 25, 1845, lives in Berlin. GEORGE B., THOMAS J., ROBERT W. and JOIN W. reside at the homestead. Mrs. Mary Curry died Jan. 24, 1869, and R. J. Curry was married August S, 1869, to Sarah French, a native of Onondaga county, New York. They had two child- ren, ESTELLA and COQUILLA. Robert J. Curry dicd Feb. 23, 1874, suddenly, while waiting at German Prairie station for a train to Springfield. Mrs. Sarah Curry was married August 14, 1875, at
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Barclay, to George Whitesides, and re- side five miles northeast of Springfield. John Houston and wife had three, living children. They moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Nov. 14, 1828, and on the twenty-eighth of the same month moved to German Prairie, five miles east of Springfield. Their eldest child-
GAMES M. died, aged fourteen years.
MARY, born Oct. 19, 1So9, in Augusta county, Va., married in Sangamon county to David Newsome. See his name.
SAMUEL, born Feb. 23, IS13, in Augusta county, Va., was married in Sangamon county, Ill., Nov. 7, 1833, to Lucretia Rudder, who was born Sept. 6, IS16, in Bath county, Ky., and came to Sangamon county in the fall of 1830, with her grandfather, Andrew Cartmell. They had ten living children-NANCY j. married Jonathan T. Payne, and died April S, 1852. MILETUS C. married Eliza W. Miller. JOHN A. enlisted in 1862, for three years, in Co. I, 114th Ill. Inf., was at home on sick furlough, and died May 27, 1865. WILLIAM T. en- listed in 1862, for three years, in Co. G, 114th Ill. Inf., served full time, and was honorably discharged in 1865. He was married in Sangamon county, Sept., 1866, to Permelia Churchill. They have one child, WILLIAM F., and live at Edinburg, Ill. CHARLES G. was married in San Francisco, Cal., to Maggie E. Hall. They have three children, and reside in Balti- more, Md. JAMES W. married Fran- ces Nave. They have one child, and live in Springfield, Ill. ANNA M. married Alexander Dixon. They have one child, and live five miles east of Springfield. F. EDWARD, GEORGE S. and VIR- GIL T., live with their parents. Samuel Houston and wife reside near German Prairie station, on the farm where his father settled in IS2S.
John Houston dicd Jan. 31, IS41, and his widow died Oct. IS, 1852, on the farm where they settled in IS2S.
HUDSON, JOHN, was born April 25, 1794, in Mecklenberg county, Virginia, and taken by his parents to Ca- bell county, West Va. John Hudson was a soldier from that county, serving from Sept., IS13, to April, 1814. He was married in Cabell county, Oct. S, IS14, to Margaret McCray, who was born April
7, 1803, in Rockingham county, Virginia. They had three children in Cabell county, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., ar- riving in the autumn of IS26, in what is now Loami township, where they had eight children. Of their children-
YOUNG MI., born Sept. 22, 1819, in Cabell county, W. Va .; was married in Sangamon county, Ill., Oct. 5, IS43, to Minerva L. Meacham. They had one living child, ELSA JANE, who married Daniel Staley, Jun. Sce his name. Mrs. M. L. Hudson died Sept. 2, 1851, and Y. M. Hudson was married, Feb. 2, IS53, to Mrs. Jane Webb, whose maiden name was Fowler. They reside in New Berlin.
HANE C., born Aug. 3, 1821, in Ca- bell county, W. Va., married in Sanga- mon county to Wm. Hodgerson. They have eight children, and live five miles south of Waverly.
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