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CORNELIA, M., born July 10, IS35, at Millberry, Mass., married in Springfield, Ill., to F. A. Moore, and died Sept. 13, 1856, at LaCrosse, Wisconsin.
SUSAN K., born March 21, IS40, in Springfield, Ill., married June 11, 186S, in Atlanta, Ill., to John P. Leonard. He died at the latter place March 16, 1872. Mrs. Susan K. Leonard was married Dec. 23, 1873, to Lucius C. Francis. Sce his name.
Sterry S. Keigwin moved from Spring- field, in 1858, to Washington county, Mo., and in 1861 to Atlanta, Ill., where he now resides.
KELLY, HENRY, was born about 1742. The place of his birth is not certainly known to his descendants. He was married, and had five sons and two daughters, all born in Rutherford county, North Carolina, namely: FOIIN, ELISHA, ELIJAH, WILLIAM and GEORGE W. The daughter, ELEANOR, married in North Caro- lina to Joseph Reavis. SALLY married a Mr. Greenawalt. Two of the sons, John and Elisha, preceded their father to Sangamon county. Henry Kelly owned slaves, but none of the sons, except George, would have them; so he freed the slaves, and gave land to his sons, in- stead. The daughters had three slaves, each; and, after tarrying less than thirty days in Sangamon county, moved on to Missouri. Henry Kelly died in June, 1832, and was buried about two miles north of Curran. He was about ninety years old. His widow moved several years later to the vicinity of Bolivar, Polk county, Mo., and died there about IS40. The follow- ing sketches are headed with the names of the five sons.
KELLY, JOHN, was born about 1783, in Rutherford county, North Caro- lina. He was there married to Mary Whitesides, had five children there, and moved to Illinois in the fall of ISIS, first stopping on Macoupin creek. In the spring of 1819 he moved to what is now Springfield, and built the cabin in which the first court of Sangamon county was held, in May, IS21. It stood at what is now the northwest corner of Second and Jefferson streets. It was the first build- ing of any kind erected within the city limits of Springfield. In September or October of that year Mrs. Kelly died. Mr. Kelly had business unsettled in North Carolina, and returned for that purpose. While there he was married, in the fall of IS21, to Margaret Waldrup, and brought her at once to his new home. She never had any children. Of his five children-
JONATHAN, born Sept. 19, ISOS, in Rutherford county, N. C., married Sept. S, 1831, in Fayette county, Ill., to Sarah Cook, who was born Dec. 3, 1812, in Ten- nessee. They had eight children in San- gamon county, namely : WILLIAM W., born Feb. 11, IS33, married Mrs. Almeda McMurray, whose maiden name was Davis. She had two children by her first marriage, and they have two, THOMAS J. and SARAH E., and live with his mother, near Curran. MARY F., born June 10, IS34, married Wm. B. Cobb. They had eight children. Mr. Cobb and two of the children died. The widow and six child- ren live in Gardner township. JOHN C., born March 27, 1837, married Emily J. Kellums, had four children, CASSIUS E., IDA B., MARY E. and LYDIA A., and Mrs. Kelly died, and he married Mary J. Woods; have two children, EMMA L. and JOHN H., and live in Hancock county, Ill. ELIZABETH A., born Oct. 5, 1839, married Oct. 10, 1872, to Charles A. Jackson, of New York, and live in Ne- braska. HARRIET L., born Jan. 20, 1842, married William D. Kelly. Sce his name. BENJAMIN F., born April 12, 1848, married Margery S. Hibbs, of Mason county, and live two miles north of Curran. MELISSA E. died in in- fancy. SARAH ELLEN lives with her mother. Jonathan Kelly died June 23, 1873, and his widow resides one and three-quarter miles north of Curran .- IS74.
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SARAH married Ewell Rigg. Sce nis name. She died July 16, 1854.
ELIZABETH married Henry Robertson, and had thirteen children. Mr. R. and seven children died. The widow lives two and a half miles east of Loami.
WILLIAM R. married Florella M. Alford, have six children, and live near Edinburg, III.
MARY M. married William S. Mc- Ginnis. See his name. Their son, JOHN, married Sarab F. Vestal, in Mis- souri, and lives in Loami township.
John Kelly died about 1823, in Spring- field, and was buried north of Hutchison cemetery, where his first cabin was built. His widow married Zachariah Peter. See his name.
KELLY, ELISHA, born March 13, 1787, in Rutherford county, North Carolina. He came to Macoupin county, Ill., about 1817, and remained there for two years, spending most of his time in hunting. He is the old bachelor spoken of on page thirty-two. His selecting the place for a bunting ground and inducing others to come, was the beginning of Springfield. The parties caused to come were his father, Henry Kelly, and bis three brothers, William, John and Elisha. The younger brother, George, came a few years later, at the same time the sisters halted here on their way to Missouri, where they went because they could not keep their slaves in Illinois. Elisha Kelly abandoned bis bachelor life, and was married in San- mon county Feb. 24, 1823, to Nancy Sims, who was born Sept. 27, 1803, in Sparklenberg county, S. C. She was a sister of Jobn Sims. They had six child- ren in Sangamon county, namely-
FOIIN R., born Dec. 24, 1823, mar- ried Sarah Yeaman, and had three child- ren, and the family moved to Texas. CHARLES died there at twenty-one years. CAROLINE married, and lives in Dallas county, Texas. ANNA lives with her sister, Caroline. The parents both died in Texas. Mr. Kelly tried to reach the Union lines, but was forced into the rebel army, contracted disease, and went home and died.
· LOUISA E., born Dec. 24, 1824, mar- ried Sept. 3, 1846, to Isaac L. Ewell. Sce his name.
MARTHA, born Aug. 27, 1826, mar- ried Thomas Desper; had several children, and live in Missouri.
ELMIRAH, married James Wilson, and died in Texas, leaving several child- ren. Mr. Wilson married again, and lives in Sangamon county.
WILLIAM D., married Harriet, daughter of Jonathan Kelly. He died, and she married Erastus Canfield; has two children, and live near Plymouth, Hancock county, Illinois.
ZILPAH M. is living with her third husband in Texas.
Mrs. Nancy Kelly died Jan. 27, 1855, and Elisha Kelly died April 6, 1871, both in Curran township, Sangamon county.
KELLY, WILLIAM, was born in Rutherford county, North Carolina; married there to Dicey Ann Cook; came to Sangamon county in company with his son-in-law, Andrew Elliott, in the fall of IS19. They had children, and some live in North Carolina, and some in Sanga- mon county. Of their children-
ZILPA H., born March 12, 1797, in North Carolina, married there to Andrew Elliott. See his name.
ZILLA, married John Holt.
EMMALEE C A married Lucien Berry.
GANE married Jacob Cooper. Sce
his name.
ALZIRA married Benjamin Cook.
ALTA married William McGinnis, who died, and she married John Fullerton, and resides at Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri.
CLEMANTINE married Nathan Ralstow.
William Kelly and wife moved to Jas- per county, Mo., in 1836, and both died there, near Carthage.
KELLY, ELIJAH, born in Rutherford county, North Carolina, mar- ried there to Esther Cook, came to San- gamon county in IS21 or '2. They had seven children. Elisha Kelly died in Sangamon county about 1832. His widow and children moved to Mis- souri.
KELLY, GEORGE, born in Rutherford county, North Carolina, came to Sangamon county about 1821; married Elizabeth Orendorff; moved about 1836 to the vicinity of Bolivar, Polk county, Mo .; raised a family of eight children,
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and Mr. Kelly and his wife both died there.
KENT, JOSIAH P., was born Nov. 28, 1804, near Bainbringe, Ross county, Ohio. Clarissa Poole was born Nov. 19, 1816, in the same county, near Chillicothe. They were there married Aug. 2, 1836, and came to Sangamon county, arriving in November of that year, in what is now Illiopolis township. They had two children-
ADALINE, born Aug. 7, 1837, in Sangamon county, married Nov. S, 1854, to Charles M. Turner, who was born Dec. 2, 1820, in Juniata county, Pa., and came to Sangamon county in 1847, to visit his sister, Mrs. S. G. Nesbitt. Mr. and Mrs. Turner had seven children, three of whom died under two years. ELIZA A., MARY E., CHARLES A. and LAURA BELLE reside with their parents in Illiopolis.
JAMES T., born August S, 1842, in Sangamon county. . He served nine months in the U. S. Navy in the war to suppress the rebellion, and was married Sept. 6, 1869, in Sangamon county, to Jennie Dorrell. They have two children, HORACE G. and GEORGE, and re- side at Washington Heights, office 202, LaSalle street, Chicago, Illinois .- 1874.
Josiah P. Kent died July 26, 1856, in Illiopolis township. Mrs. Clarissa Kent was married March 17, 1861, to Albert Booth. He died March 1, 1873, in Spring- field, Illinois, and his widow resides there.
KENT, JESSE H., born in 1 Sog, near Bainbridge, Ross county, Ohio. He was married in 1838, in Christian county, to Lydia A. Walker, but soon after made their home in the eastern part of Sangamon county, Ill., where one child was born, and they moved to Springfield, where they had four children. William and John T. died young. Of the other three children-
SARAH E., born June 25, 1840, near Mechanicsburg, married George W. Con- stant. See his name.
GAMES H., born in Springfield, en- listed in 1861, in Company I, 7th Ill. Inf, for three years, was wounded in 1864, and discharged on account. of physical disa- bility, married Jane Howard, and she died.
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JOSIAH P., born in Springfield, married Lou Rogers, and lives with his father, near Savannah, Mo.
Jesse H. Kent lived in Springfield until 1874, when he moved to the vicinity of Savannah, Mo., where he now resides.
KENNEY, MATTHEW P., was born Sept. 3, 18OS, in Christian county, Kentucky. He came to Sanga- mon county, Ill., in 1827, and was married Jan. 6, 1829, to Amanda Viney. They had seven living children in Sangamon county, namely :
JAMES T. married Mary Crane, and lives in Auburn township.
FOHN N. married Amanda Wallace, and lives one and a quarter miles south of Auburn, Sangamon county, Illinois.
WILLIAM married Martha A. Dren- nan, and live in Bates county, Mis- souri.
REBECCA married Elias Tusker, have three children, and reside three and half miles east of Auburn, Sangamon county, Illinois.
MATTHEW S.,
NINIAN E. and
ABRAHAM V. live with their mother.
Matthew P. Kenney died Dec. 13, 1851, and his widow resides-1873- on the farm where they settled in 1829. It is three miles east of Auburn, Sangamon county, Illinois.
KESSLER, ADAM, was born Oct. 22, 1807, in Baden, near Heidelburg, Germany. May 10, 1839, he embarked for America, and spent the whole summer on the Atlantic ocean, arriving in the fall. He went to Ohio, and found employment in constructing one of the canals of that State. He went from there to St. Louis, Mo., and in the fall of 1840 arrived in Springfield. His parents came to this country in 1842, and died in Springfield. Adam Kessler was married, Feb., 18.19, to Catherine Weis, who was born in Baden, Germany, also. They had four child- ren-
ELIZABETH, born in Springfield, married, Jan. 27, 1870, to John C. Schu- ler, who was born July 22, 1846, in Duir- wangen, Germany. They have four children, CATHARINE, JOHN, CON- RAD and MARY, and live in Spring- field.
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GEORGE,
YOHN and
MARY, all reside in Sangamon county,
Mrs. Catharine Kessler died in 1859, and Mr. Kessler was married, Nov., IS59, to Mrs. Mary Giesler, whose maiden name was Hies. They have six child- ren-
CHRISTINA, ADAM, BARBA- RA, EMMA, MARY and FREDE- RICK, and reside in Springfield.
Mr. Kessler was for many years en- gaged in horticulture and market garden- ing, by which he has acquired a compe- tence. In the summer of 1Szo he visited Germany, returning in the fall of that year.
KESSLER, BENJAMIN, was born Dec. 28, 1803, in Botetourt county, Va., came to Sangamon county in 1827, raised a family, and lives in Auburn.
KEYS, ISAAC, was born Jan. 11, 1790, in Fayette county, Kentucky, and when a young man went to Pickaway county, Ohio. Elizabeth Hess was born about 1795 in Virginia, and was taken by her parents, when she was a child, to Pickaway county, Ohio. Isaac Keys and Elizabeth Hess were married, and had three children in that county. They moved to what became Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in 1819, in what is now the southwest corner of Rochester township, where they had five children. Of their eight children-
MARY, born in Pickaway county, Ohio, married in Sangamon county to Tim- othy Shoup. See his name.
SAMUEL, born in Pickaway county, Ohio, married in Sangamon county to Elizabeth Delay. They had six living children. HENRY, born in 1845, went to Washington Territory in ISZ1; has not been heard from since 1872. MARY married John Poffenberger, and died in 1870. LORENZO D., born Aug. 10, 1862, died, aged thirteen years. JULIA A., FLORENCE G. and WINNIE live with their parents. Samuel Keys and wife live in the southwest corner of Roch- ester township, Sangamon county, on the farm where his father settled in 1819.
DANIEL, born in 1817, in Ross county, Ohio, married in Sangamon coun- ty, Ill., Jan. 3, 1844, to Sarah J. Arm- strong, who died, Sept. 28, 1844, leaving one child, SARAH J. "She married
Robert A. Jones. See his name. They live near Independence, Montgomery county, Kansas. Daniel Keys married, May 7, 1845, to Nancy A. Dozier, who was born Sept. 26, 1823, in Montgomery county, Ky. They had eight children in Sangamon county, and in 1860 moved to Christian county, where they had two children. Of their children-JAMES A., and ISAAC W. live with their pa- rents. NANCY A. died young. MI- RANDA A., born Jan. 28, 1852, married, in 1871, to Sylvester Miller, and live in Christian county, Illinois. JOHN, CHARLES, EDWIN S,, JESSIE F., MARY J. and HATTIE M. All the un- married children live with their parents, one and one-half miles northwest of Pana, Christian county, Illinois.
ISAAC, fun., born Jan. 16, 1825, in Sangamon county, married, February 14, 1852, near Rochester, to Almira J. Neal. They had three children. ED- WARD D. is bookkeeper in the Fire and Marine Insurance Bank, and lives with his parents. ANNIE E. lives with her par- ents also. NELLIE I died Sept. 5, 1875, aged eighteen years. Isaac Keys was Deputy United States Marshal the
southern district of Illinois, from IS57 to IS62, when he was appointed by Presi- ident Lincoln, Provost Marshal for the eighth congressional district of Illinois, and served until Sept., 1865, all that time without the slightest complaint of irregularity. He was one of the origi- nal proprietors of the Fifth street horse railroad, and superintened the construc- tion of the same. After that, he was interested in the Barclay coal mine, and superintended that. He now resides in Springfield.
JAMES, born April 11, 1828, in San- gamon county, married Jan. 1, 1863, to Nannie Gardner, daughter of Hiram K. Gardner. She was born Feb. 6, IS35, in Trimble county, Ky. Mr. and Mrs. Keys have one daughter, IDA, born Oct. 21, 1863. Mr. Keys is a dealer in real estate, and lives in Springfield, Illinois.
CLARISSA, born in Sangamon county, married Allen Miller; has seven children, and lives in Springfield.
ELIZA A., born April 3, 1832, in Sangamon county, married May 16, 1852, to Jasper Newton Inslee. They had five child- ren. ANN E, died in her second year.
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EMMA J., MARY L., MELISSA and JOSEPH W. live with their parents in Cotton Hill township, Sangamon county, Illinois.
MARINDA, born in Sangamon coun- ty, married Marion Goldsby; has a family of children, and live in Cass county, Mis- souri.
Mrs. Elizabeth Keys died in May, IS47, and Isaac Keys, Sen., died May 2, ISAS, both on the farm where they settled when they came to the county in ISI9.
KEYES, HUMPHREY was born in 1763, at Keyes' Ferry, Jefferson county, Va. It is on the Shenandoah river, six miles from the junction with the Potomac. He was married in Loudon county to a Miss Strider. They had five children, and Mrs. Keyes died. Humphrey Keyes was married in Monroe county, Va., to Sarah Hanley, who was born in that county in 1776. They had six child- ren in Monroe county, and moved to San- gamon county, Ill., arriving at Spring- field, Nov. 10, 1830. Of his children by the first marriage-
ISAAC, born and married in Virginia, died in the Wabash Valley, Indiana, leav- ing a widow and four children. She mar. ried Mr. Mccullough, and lives in Edgar county, Illinois.
JOSEPH, born and married in Vir- ginia, brought up a family there.
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LUCRETIA, born in Virginia, was married there to Joseph Fawcett, and both died in St. Charles, Missouri, leaving five children.
THOMAS, born and married in Vir- ginia, died in Bond county, Ill., without family.
PHŒBE, born in Virginia, was mar- ried there to Joseph Bywater. They brought up a family in Rockingham coun- ty, Virginia.
The children of Mr. Keyes by the sec- ond marriage are-
GERSHOM, born Feb. 16, 1804, in Monroe county, Virginia, one hundred and eighty miles south of Richmond, was married in that county, June 17, 1830, to Amanda Nichols, and came to Sangamon county with his parents in IS30. They had one child, and Mrs. Keyes died, Sept. 23, 1832. Her son, ISAAC P., died, aged twelve years. Mr. G. Keyes was married June 12, 1836, in Springfield, Ill., to Matilda Matheny. They had two
children. DOW, born May 11, 1837, in Springfield, Ill., was married Dec. 5, 1872, near Springfield, to Elizabeth H. Wil- son, who was born in St. Lawrence coun- ty, New York. They reside at Pana, Illinois. C. HUMPHREY, born Feb. 4, 1840, in Springfield, Illinois, enlisted in 1861, in Co. B, 33d III. Inf., was wounded at Mobile, and came home in 1865, where he was honorably discharged. He went to Kansas in the summer of 1866, and was there married in May, 1867, to Mary Smith, who was born in Sangamon coun- ty, Ill. She was a daughter of Colby Smith, of Cotton Hill township. She died in 1869. C. Humphrey Keyes was married in August, 1871, to Hattie Burt. They have one child, GERTIE, and live near Xenia, Bourbon county, Kansas. Mrs. Matilda Keyes dicd, Sept. IS, 1840, and Gershom Keyes was married, June 8, 1843, in Springfield, Illinois, to Priscilla Norris. They had ten children near Springfield. ELLA, the sixth child, died, aged nine years. MARY A. lives with her parents. JAMES, born April 29, 1845, was married July 3, 1872, in Pana, to Nellie Elmore, and lives in Carlinville. ROBERT C., born July 15, 1848, lives in Springfield with Henson Robinson. ARNOLD R. lives with his parents. MAGGIE, born July 3, 1851, was married June 25, 1874, to Samuel R. Ray, have one child, GERSHOM, and live in Shelby county, postoffice, Pana. NOAH G., GEORGE B., VIRGINIA N. and S. ROBERTA. The four latter live with their parents. Gershom Keyes and family moved, in 1870, to a farm four miles north of Pana, Illinois, where they now reside-1876.
YAMIES W., born Nov. 1, 1805, in Monroe county, Va., was married Jan. 9, 1827, in Botetourt county, Va., to Lydia Spickard, who was born June 17, 1807, in same county. They had two children born and died there, and moved to Spring- field, Ill., arriving April, 1831. They had nine children in Springfield; one died in infancy. Of their eight children- CHARLES A., born Dec. 4, 1831, in Springfield, graduated at Illinois College, in 1854, was admitted to the bar in 1856, and was city attorney during 1857 and '58. Charles A. Keyes was married in Xenia, Ohio, to Elizabeth Lanman. They have two living children, LILLIAN and MARY E.
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C. A. Keyes represented Sangamon county in the State Legislature of Illinois, in 1862. He was appointed Master in Chancery of Sangamon county, by Judge E. Y. Rice, in 1867, re-appointed by Judge B. S. Ed- wards, and again by Judge John A. Mc- Clernand. He held the position until May, 1875, and with his family resides in Springfield. MARY C., born Aug. 1, I833, in Springfield, was married Jan. 11, 1864, to William H. VanDoren. They had three children-VIRGINIA E. died, aged three years. SUSAN F. and JAMES K. live with their parents, in Springfield, Ill. EDWARD L., born Aug. 26, IS35, married Ann Dillard. They had four children, CORA, OSCAR, ANNIE and MAR- cus, who live with their father. Mrs. Ann Keyes died in the summer of 1874, and E. L. Keyes and family live four miles north of Springfield, Ill. HENRIETTA M., born July 29, 1839, in Springfield, Ill., was married, May S, 1861, to Henson Robinson, who was born March 15, 1839, in Xenia, Ohio, where he learned the tin- ning business, and came to Springfield, Ill., July 1, 1858. They have three living children, LYDIA M., MARGARET HI. and CHARLES II., who live with their parents. Henson Robinson is now, and has been for fourteen years, engaged in the tinware and stove business in Springfield. His father, John Robinson, came to Illinois, and bought land in Sangamon county, in 1838. He returned to Ohio for his family, but before they were ready to start he died, in 1842, in Xenia, Ohio. THOMAS R., twin to Henrietta M., is unmarried, and lives with his parents. SUSAN F., born Nov. 1, 1841, in Spring- field, married Silas W. Hickox. See his name. MARGARET E., born July 17, IS46, married William Day. See his name. MARTHA J. born Sept. 6, 1848, married Douglas Hickox. See his name. James W. Keyes was Postmaster in Spring- field seven months, under President Van- Buren, and again during the administra- tion of President Buchanan. Ile was Justice of the Peace fourteen years. Mr. Keyes and family reside four miles north- west of Springfield, Illinois.
ALEXANDER, born in ISHI, in Virginia, died in Springfield, in 1831.
MARGARET W., born March 31, ISI4, in Union, Monroe county, Va., was married in Sangamon county, Ill., to L.
C. Backenstoe. They had one child, VIRGINIA E. Mr. Backenstoe died, in 1833, and his widow married James F. Reed. See his name.
ELIZABETH, born in ISI6, in Vir- ginia, died, in 1832, in Sangamon county, Illinois.
ROBERT CADEN, born in ISIS, in Monroe county, Va., came to Sanga- mon county with his parents, in IS30, went, in 1845, to California, with a drove of. cattle belonging to other parties, from there to Oregon, and returned to Califor- nia, where he met his sister, Mrs. Reed, July 4, 1847, at the house of Capt. Yontz, where a party had assembled to celebrate the national anniversary. R. C. Keyes brought eighty-one Americans with him, and found one hundred and twenty-seven others on the ground. They united in what is believed to have been the first cel- ebration of the fourth of July on the Pa- cific coast. Capt. Yontz furnished all the provisions, and the ladies present made a flag by sacrificing their underclothing. Mr. Keyes was fourteen years superintend- ent of the Almaden quicksilver mines in California. Robert C. Keyes was married about 1853, in California, to Mrs. Roberts, of Australia, but of English birth and parentage. She was the widow of an Episcopal elergyman, who was married in Australia, and died soon after coming to California. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Keyes had three children, and he died Sept. 14, 1865. His widow and children reside in San Jose, California.
Humphrey Keyes died Oct. 11, 1833, near Springfield, Ill., and his widow, Mrs. Sarah Keyes, died May 29, 1546, four miles above the mouth of Blue river, and near where Manhatten, Kansas, now stands. She was on her way to Califor- nia with her daughter, Mrs. Reed. See Reed and Donner party.
KING, JEREMIAH, was born Sept. 10, ISOS, in Kentucky. His father was a soldier in the war of 1812. His mother died during the war, and his father was wounded, from the effects of which he died on his way home. Jere- miah was taken to Xenia, Ohio, where he was apprenticed to the tanning busi- ness. He came to Sangamon county in IS27, and was married Aug. 21, IS28, to Julia A. Brown. They had ten children,
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four of whom died in infancy. Of the other six-
MARTHA A., born May 9, 1831, mar- ried James L. Plunkett. See his name. JACOB, born Dec. 15, 1832, married Elizabeth Carson, and resides near Lamor Station, Nodaway county, Mo.
ELIZA Y., born Jan. 12, 1835, mar- ried William C. Langston. See his name.
MARY E., born Oct. 4, 1841, married Beatty J. Strode. See his name.
MARGARET L., born Dec. 9, 1845, married Elias Glascock. See his name. They reside in Menard county, Illinois.
LEVI T., born Jan. 24, 1848, was married Oct. S, 1871, to Mary E. Rhodes. They have one child, MAGGIE M., and live with his mother, seven miles north of Springfield.
Jeremiah King died Dec. 21, 1869, and his widow resides in Fancy Creek town- ship, seven miles north of Springfield.
KING, JOHN, was born Jan. 22, 1So4, in Kentucky. He was a brother to Jeremiah King, came to Sangamon county about 1821, and was married Feb. 18, IS24, to Sarah Earnest. They had ten children, three of whom died in infancy. Of the other seven-
WILLIAM E., born June 12, 1826, married Almyra Bradley. He died Feb. 16, 1856, leaving a widow and two child- ren. She married Henry Morgan. See his name. He died, and she resides near Fredonia, Kansas.
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