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WILLIAM E., born Dec. 31, IS24, in Cabell county, W. Va., married in San- gamon county to Harriet Nipper, who died Aug. 31, IS51. Mr. H. married Mary Lacey. They have three children, MARY M., ELLIE K. and LUCINDA A., and live three and one-half miles west of Loami.
RACHEL S., born Feb. 22, IS30, married Willis Meacham. See his name.
FOHN M., born Jan. 4, 1833, mar- ried March 29, 1860, to Sarah J. Camp- bell, have one living child, LUCY E., and live three and one-half miles south of New Berlin.
GEORGE W., born Jan. 30, 1836, married Nancy HI. Park, and he died, without children. She married James L. Short.
ANDREW G., born Jan. 23, 1839, married Feb. 20, 1862, to Mary M. Smet- ters. She was born Aug. 28, IS40, in Ohio. They live three and one-half miles south of New Berlin, in Loami town- ship.
FRANCIS MI., born Nov. 14, 1842, in Sangamon county. He enlisted April 16, 1861, (the first man to enlist in Loami township) in Co. G, 7th Ill. Inf., on the first call for 75,000 men; served full term, and was honorably discharged. He was elected Coroner of Sangamon county, in IS64. He lives with his father near Loami.
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SARAH E., born Feb. 9, 1845, mar- ried Thomas N. Park. See his name.
Mrs. Margaret Hudson died Oet. 2, 1854, and John Hudson was married June 21, 1855, to Mrs. Grezelle MeNew, whose maiden name was Park. They reside now-1873-in Loami township, three and one-half miles west of Loami, and the same distance south of New Berlin.
Mr. John Hudson says that his father and the father Bishop, Thomas A. Morris, lived neighbors, in Cabell county, W. Va. When Thomas A. was a young man, he was a deputy under his brother Edward, who was clerk of Cabell county. While in the office, at Guyandotte, the county seat, Thomas A. attended a Meth- odist camp meeting there, and was con- verted. He visited his father soon after and told him he felt it to be his duty to preach the gospel. His father then pro- posed to give out an appointment for his son in two weeks from that time, with the promise that if he (the father) thought the son could preach, he would tell him so. The appointment was filled, the father listened very attentively, and at the close said to his son: "Well, Tommy, I think that if you don't get the big head, you will make a preacher." That was thought to be an evidence of remarkable liberality on the part of the old gentle- man, in view of the fact that he belonged to the anti-mission or predestinarian Bap- tists.
Mr. Hudson heard that effort of the boy, and the criticisms of the father, and has been familiar with the history of the young preacher through all his progress to the present superanuated Bishop Mor- ris .- 1873. Two brothers of Bishop Morris were early settlers in Sangamon county. See their names.
HUDSON, JOHN, was born Dec. 25, 1799, on Roanoke river, Virginia. He was taken by his parents to Wilson county, and from there to Rutherford county, Tenn. Nancy Pitts was born April 4, 1805, in Wayne county, N. C. Her father died there, and her mother, with seven children, moved to Ruther- ford county, Tenn., in the fall of 1815. John Hudson and Nancy Pitts were mar- ried in that county, near the junction of east and west Stone's river, Sept. 30, 1824, had two children there, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the
fall of 1829, about two miles east of Loami, where five children were born. Of their children-
LOUISA F., born July 20, 1825, in Tennessee, married in Sangamon county to William Herrold, had one child, SARAH J., who married August 2, 1870, to Benjamin Card, a native of Eng- land. They have one child, WILLIAM II., and live in St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Herrold died, and she married Homer E. Starks. She died, leaving four children. NAN- CY A. lives with her aunt Edwards. LOUISA M. lives with her grandmother Hudson. JULIA A. and ELLEN T. live with their father, who is married, and resides in Kansas. He served in an Illi- nois regiment, and was with Sherman in his "march to the sea."
ROBERT W., born April 4, 1828, in Tennessee, died in Sangamon county, July 6, 1849.
CAROLINE, born Feb. 13, 1830, in Sangamon county, married David Ed- wards. They have three children. NANCY E. married John W. Smith; have three children, MARK C., NELLIE C. and KATIE A., and live in Curran town- ship. VAN GOLTRA and JANE M. M. reside with their parents in Chat- ham township.
AMERICA A., born Feb. 15, 1832, married Henry R. Burton, and had nine children. MARY F. married William Bell, and died, leaving two children. H. R. Burton enlisted in Dec., 1863, for three years, in Co. H, Ioth Ill. Cav., served to the end of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged. He died March 28, 1872, in Brown county. His widow married John Bell, and lives in Chatham.
JOHN H., born Jan. 7, 1836, in San- gamon county, married March 4, 1855, to Elizabeth Mclaughlin. She died Jan. 10, 1856, and he was married April 12, 1868, to Charlotte E. Smith, in Milford, Wis. She was born in Fulton county, N. Y., Oct. 26, 1842. They live in Talk- ington township, eight miles west of Auburn-1873.
WILLIAM V., born April 8, 1838, in Sangamon county, and lives with his bro- ther, John H.
BLANEY L., born Oct. 11, 1841, died Oct. 6, 1864.
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John Hudson died Oct. 24, 1844, in Sangamon county, and his widow lives with her sons, John H. and William V.
Benjamin Hudson, the father of John Hudson, with his wife, two sons, William and Richard, and his daughter, Susan, came to Sangamon county in IS27. In the fall of 1839 they all moved to Wash- ington county, Iowa.
Mrs. Nancy Pitts, the mother of Mrs. Nancy Hudson and Blaney Pitts, the youngest brother of Mrs. H., came with herself and husband to Sangamon county, and both went to St. Clair county, where the mother died. Blaney Pitts has been twice married, and lives in Marion county.
Mrs. Hudson vividly remembers the privations she endured on coming to the country. The first year they all shook with ague. The next year the "deep snow" came. Their cabin was built with the door outside. One morning they got up and could not open it; the snow was drifted higher that the door. By loud calls they attracted the attention of her father-in-law, who came and shoveled the snow away, and relieved them from their imprisonment. They were for a long time without tea, coffee or sugar, and had to substitute hominy for bread. She thought that if she could only get out of Illinois she would never want anything more, but would be happy the remainder of her mortal life. Four years later her- self and husband visited Tennessee. The hills seemed higher-she thought the stone on the land had increased ten fold, and the soil was a deeper red than ever before. Her chief desire was to return to Illinois, and she has always been satisfied since that time.
Mrs. Hudson, describing a visit to St. Clair county to see her mother, says they traveled in a one-horse carriage over country where it yielded at least forty bushels of green flies to the acre. It was all they could do to save the life of their horse by wrapping it up with bed cloth- ing. After that they laid up in daylight and traveled at night.
HUCKLEBERRY, HEN- RY, was born about 1779, in Pennsyl- vania. His parents had just emigrated from Baden, Germany, and soon after his birth they moved to Kentucky, a short distance above Louisville. A few years
later, while returning from school, his youngest brother was captured by In- dians. The father pursued them, and when about to rescue his boy, an Indian sunk a tomahawk in the boy's head, and threw him from the canoe into the Ohio river. It was near the mouth of a small stream that is called Huckleberry creek to the present time. The family soon after moved to Clark county, Ind. Henry was married there to Susan Wigal. She was born in 1792, in Virginia, and taken by her parents to Clark county. They had ten children in that county, and the family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in Oct., 1833, and settled in what is now Mechanicsburg township, where they had one child. Of their children-
ANNA, born Nov. 15, 1807, in Indi- ana; married there to Wm. B. Johnson. See his name.
ELIZABETH, born Feb. 21, ISIO, in Indiana; married there to Blakely Smith. They had two living children, and Mr. Smith died Aug., 1847, at Car- lington, Louisiana, while traveling on business. His widow married March 18, IS51, in Sangamon county, to John Lang- ley. They had one child. Of her three children, ANGELINE SMITH mar- ried Silas Igo, have seven children, and live in Christian county. HENRY J. SMITH married Aug. 27, 1859, to Nancy A. Martin. They have three living child- ren, ELIZA A., LAURA J., and BENJAMIN F., and live near Mechanicshurg. LAURA B. LANGLEY married Henry Framp- ton, have two children, and live near Mechanicsburg. John Langley and wife live four miles south of Dawson, Sanga- mon county.
JONATHAN, born Feb. 5, 1814, in Clark county, Ind., married in Sanga- mon county April, 1841, to Luann Me- Daniel. They had five children. MARY E. died Sept. 22, 1873, in her 30th year. MARIA, born June 20, 1846, married James H. McDaniel (son of Jeptha). Mr. MeDaniel died Aug. 14, 1870, leaving two children. His widow and children, ALBERT and LESLIE, live with her father. CAROLINE lives with her father. JAMES H. married Laviea Lenville, and lives near Illiopolis. ANN E. lives with her aunt, Mrs. North. Mrs. Lnann Huckleberry died Jan. 2, 1855, and Jona-
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than Huckleberry lives two miles southeast of Illiopolis-1874.
ELIZA, born July 19, 1816, married WVm. Laughrey; had two children, and all the family died.
DAVID, born Nov. 5, ISIS, in Clarke county, Ind., married Nov. 19, ISIS, in Sangamon county, to Almyra Cherry. They have five living children, namely : WILLIAM H., BENJAMIN F., OWEN O., ORAH A., and CHARLES I., and live three miles south of Riverton, Sangamon county.
FOHN W., born Sept. 2, 1822, in Ind. Hle enlisted in Sangamon county in Co. D, 4th Ill. Inf., and served from IS46 to IS47, in the war with Mexico. He was married Jan. 12, 1851, to Barbara S. Der- ry, who was born March 1, 1834, in Loudon county, Va. They had six chikdl- ren; three died under five years. ALICE E. married Absalom J. Barracks, have four children, and live near Illiopolis. ALONZO E. and'IDA MAY live with their parents, three miles south of Daw- son, Sangamon county. John W. Huck- leberry enlisted Aug. 6, 1862, for three years, in Co. A, 73d Ill. Inf. He was captured at Stone's River Jan. 1, 1863; was paroled at Richmond, Va., and ex- changed at St. Louis; served in the In- valid Corps the rest of his term, and was honorably discharged in 1865.
CHRISTIANA, born Feb. 4, 1824, in Indiana; married in Sangamon county Nov. 28, 1850, to John R. Williams, who was born July 30, 1824, in Dearborn county, Ind. They have six children, JOHN H., FLORENCE A., GEORGE L., EDGAR H., LUCIUS A., and MELISSA B., and live three miles south of Dawson. John R. Williams served one year, from June, 1846, in Co. D, 4th Ill. Inf. in the war with Mexico.
ELI L., born April 7, 1829, in Ind., married in Sangamon county Dec. 14, IS56, to Emily H. Derry, who was born Aug. 26, 1840, in Loudon county, Va. They have seven children; three died un- der five years. The other four, MARY M., SAMUEL L., HATTIE MAY and NORA, live with their parents at Illiopolis. E. L. Huckleberry enlisted Aug. 6, 1862, in Co. A, 73d Ill. Inf., for three years; served until Jan. 23, 1863, when he was discharged on account of physical disability.
AMERICA, born April 14, 1832, in Ind., married Nathan Potts; have two living children, and live near Taylorville.
SUSAN, born March 11, 1835, in Sangamon county, died at seventeen years of age.
Henry Huckleberry died March 13, 1859, and his widow died Dec. 31, IS68, both near where they settled in IS33, in the vicinity of Mechanicsburg. Henry Huckleberry was a soldier in the war of IS12. He fought at the battle of Tippe- canoe, and it is well attested that he killed the last Indian that was slain at that battle.
HUFFMASTER, WM., was born about iSoo, either in Germany or immediately after the arrival of his mother in Virginia, his father having died in Germany. The widow married a man named Sawyers, had two children, and he died, and she married Henry Brown, and moved from St. Clair to Sangamon county, as early as March, IS19, and set- tled at the north side of Lick creek, in Loami township. William had a sister, Lucinda. They came with Mr. Brown, their stepfather, to Lick creek, and while he went back after another load of goods, Huffmaster cut logs, built a cabin, and had it ready for the family when Mr. Brown returned. He had also made a [rough, placed it in the cabin, cut down bee trees, and filled the trough with honey. When John Campbell came and settled at the south side of Lick creek, he thought himself the first settler, but hearing the sound of an axe, he went over and found that Huffmaster had been there before him. After more settlers came in, Huffmaster was in the woods with Samuel Harbour, and they found a panther up a tree. Harbour went for a gun, and the panther came down. Huff- master urged on the dogs, and securing a large club, went to their assistance, and when Harbour returned, to his surprise, found the panther stretched out dead with Huffmaster and the dogs standing around it. Huffmaster's powers of endurance were remarkable. It is well attested that he split 700 rails in one day. He was married, about 1821, to Clarissa Smith, who was born in Kentucky, and came with her parents to Sangamon county, about 1820. They had eleven children-
SARAH, born Sept. 4, 1823, married in 1844 to Asa Morris. They have several
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children, and live in Missouri. Their son, Mayhew Morris; lives near Loami.
ELIZABETH, horn Nov. S. 1824, married Brice R. Weir, had two children, and she died. Their daughter, SUSAN, married Jesse Dodd, and lives in Chat- ham township. JANE married Lawrence Underwood, and lives in Loami town- ship.
EDMUND, born April 26, 1827, mar- ried Elizabeth Colburn, and for a second wife married Susan Parker, and lives in California.
WILLIAM, Jun., born Dec. 9, 1829, married in ISAS to Emeline Colburn, and had two children. IRA W. lives at Loami. PAUL E. is a member of Co. B, 16th U. S. Inf .- 1873. Mrs. Emeline Huffmaster died in 1854, and he married Achsa Underwood, have several children, and reside
near Owanaco, Christian county, Illinois.
DAVID, born Feb. 17, 1831, married Adelia Parker, had one child, and Mrs. Huffmaster died in Sangamon county. Mr. H. started to California overland, in 1856, and lost his life in a singular man- ner. He was playing with a favorite dog, while holding a gun in his hand. The dog struck the hammer and the gun went off, lodging the charge in the shoul- der of Mr. H., causing his death in a few days. His daughter, LYDIA, is now in California-1873.
LUCINDA, born June 15, 1832, mar- ried Daniel W. Colburn. See his name.
MARY, born June 12, 1834, married James Davis, had two children, and she died. Her sons, ADIN and SIDNEY, live in Loami.
JOHN, born May 21, 1836, married, Jan. 4, 1866, to Mary Davis. They have four children, FRANK, EZRA, WAL- TER and LUCY, and live near Loami.
NANCY A., born May 26, 1838, mar- ried Ebenezer Colburn. See his name.
ROBERT, born Nov. 31, 1842, lives in Loami.
DANIEL, born Nov. 21, 1844, en- listed in 1861, in Co. C, 11th Mo. Inf., for three years, and died in the army, March S, 1862.
William Huffmaster died Oct. 19, IS61, and his widow died Sept. 23, 1866, both at Loami.
HUGHES, CHARLES F., was born July 9, 1So7, in Baltimore, Md.
His father, John Emannel Hughes, was born March 13, 1767, in Montpellier, France, and married in Baltimore, Md., U. S. A., Oct. 7, 1806, to Juliana S. B. Wiesenthal, who was born in Baltimore, Jan. 12, 1785. Her father was physician to Frederick the Great, of Prussia. Charles F., the subject of this sketch, graduated at St. Mary's College, Em- mettsburg, Md., at the age of twenty; studied medicine under Dr. Edrington, in Baltimore, and graduated three years later at Maryland Medical College, Balti- more. His health being impaired, he took a sea voyage, immediately after graduat- ing. On their arrival at Guatemala, Central America, they were surprised by the negroes, who were in successful in- surrection. They killed all the officers, crew and passengers, except Dr. Hughes and another physician, whose lives they spared solely because they were "medicine men." For seven years he practiced his profession among those savages, watching for an oportunity to escape. He was always under surveillance when vessels were in port. Finally, while discharging his duties in a hospilal near the landing, he saw an American vessel approaching, and secreted himself among some barrels until the way was clear, when he reached the vessel and returned to his native land. He was married, Sept. 3, 1835, to Sarah J. Chambers, who was born in IS12, in Chestertown, Maryland. She was the daughter of Gen. Campbell Chambers, an officer of the war of ISI2. He was born April 2, 1783, and married Jan. IS, 1So7, to Sarah J. Clarkson, who was born Oct. IS, 1787, in Kent county, Md. Dr. Hughes came to Springfield in IS36, and engaged in the drug business for a short time. For two years he prac- ticed medicine in the different small towns of the county, then resumed the drug busi- ness in Springfield. Dr. Hughes and wife had six children, two of whom died young. Of the four living children-
ANNA C., born July 23, 1836, in Bal- timore, was married Oct. 31, 1861, in Springfield, Ill., to Charles W. Salisch. Sce his name in connection with the Capps family.
MARY E., born Oct. 14, 1838, in San- gamon county, was married Feb. 4, 1861, in Springfield, to Herman H. Abrams, who was born in 1837, in Springfield.
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They have four living children, NINA, JOHN, VICTOR and FREDERICK. Mrs. Abrams died Oct. S, 1874, at Camer- on Junction, Missouri, and is buried at Palmyra, Mo. Mr. Abrams and his children reside at the former placc.
JOHN C., born Jan. 10, 1841, in Mt. Auburn, Christian county, Illinois, en- listed August 15, 1862, in Co. B, 114th Ill. Inf., and was appointed Corporal. He was at the siege and capture of Vicks- burg, and in the battle of Jackson, Miss., and was discharged on account of physi- cal disability, Sept. 18, 1863. John C. Hughes was married Feb. 14, 1865, in Springfield, Ill., to Sarah C. Henry, who was born Dec. 19, 1845, near Pleasant Plains, Sangamon county. They have four living children. BERTHA B., OLIVE I., S. LUCRETIA and KATE. Mr. Hughes has been employed in the book room of the State Fournal Com- pany for sixteen years-except the time spent in the army-the last six years as Superintendent of the State printing, is so engaged at the present time-1876- and resides in Springfield.
JULIANA B., born Sept. 4, 1843, in Rochester, Sangamon county, Ill., was married March 20, 1865, in Palmyra, Missouri, to Oliver T. Prickett, who was born Feb. 26, 1845, in Fairmont, Virginia. They have two children, RALPH and GUY, and reside at Carbondale, Ill.
Dr. Charles F. Hugbes was one of the founders of the Episcopal church in Springfield, and was treasurer of the same several years. He died Sept. 2, 1850, and Mrs. Hughes died May 20, 1871- both in Springfield.
Dr. Hughes was the eldest of three brothers and two sisters, all natives of Baltimore, Md. Andrew W. came to Springfield in 1836, and after a stay of a year or two, returned east and died in I875, in Washington, D. C. John T. was a Surgeon in the U. S. army, sta- tioned at Jefferson Barracks, Mo. He died in the Island of St. Thomas, in 1848. Maria E. was married in Baltimore to Henry Rei- gart, and resides there. Sophia J. came to Springfield in 1840, and married Mr. Bier- sted in 1858. He died in 1860, in Carroll- ton, Ill., and she resides in Baltimore. Mrs. Juliana S. B. Hughes, mother of the above named, came to Springfield with her daugh- ter, Sophia J., in 1840, and died here in 1848.
HUGGINS, JOHN, was born about 17SS, in New York, and raised in Greenbrier county, Va., and went to Gallia county, Ohio, when he was a young man. Jane Hazlitt was born about 1797, in Stokes county, N. C., and was taken to Gallia county, Ohio, when she was quite young. They were married, had seven children, and moved to Virginia, where one child was born; thence to Carter county, Ky., where one child was born, and to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1840, in what is now Loami township. Of their children-
HANNAH, born in Ohio, June 5, 18IS, married in Sangamon county to James Short, and had two children. Mr. Short went to California, was on his way home, and is believed to have been lost on the ship Central America, about 1855. His widow died July 7, 1871. Their daugh- ter, FANNIE, married Peter Workman. See his name. His wife and two children live with their grandmother Huggins. JAMES A. SHORT lives with his grand- mother Huggins, also-1874.
CHARLES, born April 30, 1820; died, . aged 23.
JOHN T., born April 16, 1822, mar- ried Mrs. Lucy Runyon; has two child- ren, and lives near Bethany, Harrison county, Missouri.
ELIZABETH, born April 22, 1824, lives with her mother.
SAR/ H, born June 18, 1826, in Ohio; married Jan. 20, 1852, in Sangamon coun- ty, to Ethan A. Bell, who was born July 25, 1829, in Madison county, Ill. They have three children, SUSAN J., MAR- THA E., and THOMAS B., and reside three and one-half miles west of Loami.
MARTHA, born Aug. 4, 1828; lives with her mother.
FRANCES M., born July 22, 1831, married Daniel Whitehead; have eight childrer and reside near Edinburg, Illi- nois.
PHEBE, born Jan, 22, 1833, in Vir- ginia, married James Lindsay, who died, leaving a widow and five children, in Da- vis county, Missouri.
JUNIOR, born June 3, 1837, in Car- ter county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Lavina Bartlett; had two child- ren, and live near Edinburg, Illinois.
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John Huggins died Sept. 19, 1845, and his widow lives half a mile west of Loami, Illinois.
HUMHPREYS, OWEN, was horn May 27, 1769, near Humphreysville, now Bryn Mawr, Montgomery county, Penn. His parents moved to Fleming county, Ky., when he was quite young. Mrs. Isabel Keith, whose maiden name was Lee, was born Sept. 7, 1771, but whether it was in Virginia or Kentucky is not known. Owen Humphreys and Mrs. Isabel Keith were married in Fleming. county, Ky. They had seven children born in Fleming and Bath counties, and Mrs. Isabel Humphreys died April 12, 1823, in Bath county. Owen Humphreys, with some of his children, came to Sanga- mon county, Ill, arriving in the fall of 182S or 1829, and settled three and a half miles southeast of Springfield, and west of Sugar creek. Of his seven children-
THOMAS L., born Jan. 24, 1799, in Fleming county, Ky., married in Bath county, to Sally Foster. They had four living children in Fleming county, and moved to Bath county, where one child was born, and then moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the spring of 1830, three and a half miles southeast of Spring- field. Mr. Humphreys being sick that summer, they returned to Bath county, Ky., and came back to Sangamon county in 1844, settling at the same place he occupied in 1830. Some of his children died young, and he brought but three with him to Sangamon county the second time, viz: MARY, born June 6, 1824, near Flem- ingsburg, Ky .; married March, 1847, in Sangamon county, to George W. Wil- liams, who was born Oct. 27, 1822, at Columbus, Ohio. He is a descendant of Roger Williams, of Rhode Island. Mr. and Mrs. Williams had five children, three of whom died in infancy. LLEWELLYN died in ber ninth year. MARY T., born born Jan. 1, 1848, in Sangamon county, was married Dec. 28, 1865, to Charles E. Payne. They had four children, all of whom died under four years. Mr. and Mrs. Payne live five miles southwest of Edinburg. Mr. and Mrs. Williams reside five and a half miles southwest of Edin- hurg, Christian county, Ill. MINERVA, born June 12, IS28, in Fleming county, Ky .; died Oct., 1854, in Christian county, III. CHARLES, born Dec. S, 1830, in
Bath county, Ky .; came with his parents to Sangamon county; enlisted Ang. 5, 1861, in Co. C, 2d Ill. Light Artillery, for three years. After serving two and a half years, he was commissioned Lieutenant of Co. C, Sth U. S. Colored Artillery, and served eleven months. Charles Humphreys was married March 23, 1865, near Virden, Ill., to Julia Goodrich. They have three children, CHARLES, NELLIE and HATTIE. He is a merchant in Virden, and resides there. Mrs. Sally Humphreys died March 18, 1852, and Thomas Humphreys died Aug., 1855, both in Christian county, Illi- nois.
CHARLES F., born June IS, 1801, in Fleming county, Ky .; never married. He superintended an establishment for producing iron from the ore, in Greenup county, Ky., until his health failed, when he came to Sangamon county, and died at his father's house, Feb. 9, 1831.
ALEXANDER, B. V., born Nov. 27, 1803, in Fleming county, Ky., married Oct., 1827, in Bath county, to Nancy R. Whitecraft. They moved, in a few weeks, to Springfield, Ill., arriving Dec., IS27. They had one child born in Spring- field, and in 1829 moved to Sugar creek timber, three and a half miles southeast of Springfield, where six children were born. Of their children-JOHN O., born July 18, 1828, in Springfield, is unmarried, and resides seven miles southwest of Edinburg. BENJAMIN F., born Sept. 10, 1830, in Sangamon county, married Oct. 11, 1866, in Christian county, to Mrs. Mary J. Martin, whose maiden name was Wood. She was born Jan. 13, 1842, in Montgom- ery county, Ky. They had one child, and B. F. Humphreys died Nov. 30, 1870. His widow and daughter, IDA, resides at Edinburg, Ill. CHARLES F., born Feb. 3, 1833, in Sangamon county, enlisted Aug. 5, 1861, in Co. C, 2d III. Light Art. He was promoted through all the grades to First Lieutenant. Served exactly four years, and was honorably discharged at Spring- field, Ill., Aug. 5, 1865. He was married Jan. 19, 1875, to Jane A. Williams, and reside one-half mile southeast of Roches- ter, Sangamon county, III, DAVID C. died in his second year. THOMAS E., born Sept. 29, 1838, in Sangamon county, enlisted Aug. 15, 1862, in Co. E, 114th Il. Inf., for three years. He was color bearer of his regiment, and was wounded
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