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ELIZABETH, born Feb. 1, 182S, in Sangamon county, married March 14, 1843, to John Ingels. See his name.
JEREMIAH, born Sept. 19, 1830, married Aug. 29, 1862, to Mary E. Doug- las, who was born Sept. 19, 1843, in San- gamon county. They have six children, IDA, SARAH, ANNIS, ELIZABETH, EDWARD and MARY, and reside two and one-half miles west of Curran.
JOHN E., born Dec. 21, 1832, mar- ried Nancy Campbell; have four children, and live near Fredonia, Kansas.
CHIARLES W., born July 6, 1835, married Oct. 3, 1872, to Virginia Beach, and live with his mother.
SARAH C., born May 12, 1836, mar- ried Daniel H. Brundage; have six child- ren, and reside in Iola, Allen county, Kansas.
MARTHA F., born March IS, IS39, married Feb. 14, 1860, to Jacob J. Ingels, who was born Aug. 25, 1834, in Bourbon county, Ky. They had three children. The two youngest died in infancy. Mrs. Ingels died May 23, 1866. LIZZIE, born Sept. 14, 1861, is the eldest child, and the only member of the family living, resides with her grandmother King.
John King died Dec. 29, 1838, and his widow resides four miles northwest of Curran, Sangamon county.
KING, TURNER R., born Jan. 12, 1812, at Sutton, Worcester county, Mass., came to Springfield, Ill., arriving Dec., 1840, remained until 1842, and went to Missouri. From there, in 1844, he went to Pekin, Ill., and in June, 1849, he returned to Springfield, Ill. President Taylor appointed him Register of the Land Office. He retained the position during that administration. In 1854 he was elected, unsolicited by himself, Police Magistrate, and served one year. In the autumn of 1862 was appointed United States Collector for the eighth Congres- sional District, by President Lincoln, and held the office until 1865. In 1868 he moved to his farm, near McLean station, McLean county, Ill., where he now re- sides. He never married.
KING, WILLIAM B., was born April 23, 1783, in Fauquier county, Va., and when a young man went to east Ten- nessee. Anna R. Greening-a sister to Thomas A. and John F. Greening- was born July 5, 1788, in Fauquier coun- ty, Va., and taken by her parents to east Tennessee. William B. King and Anna R. Greening were there married about 1So7, and at once moved to Fayette coun- ty, Ky., and from there to Clark county, Ky., where they had four children; and the family moved to Bracken county, Ky., about 1815, where seven children were born, and all the family, except the eldest son, moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving Oct., 1830, and settled three miles east of Springfield, where
one child was born. Arriving so late in the season gave but little opportunity to prepare for winter. They built a log cabin, roofed it with clap-boards, and cut out a place for a door and a chimney; but the snow come on before they could build a chimney, make a door, or chink and daub the cracks. They spent the winter
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with the cabin in that condition. Thirty-one snows fell that winter, mak- ing the "deep snow." Of their thirteen children-
THOMAS A., born April 22, 1809, in Clark county, Ky., married Nov. 11, 1830, in Bracken county, to Ann Mann, and came to Sangamon county, arriving Oct., 1831, and settled three miles east of Springfield. They had twelve children in Sangamon county; five died young. ELIZABETH, born April 16, 1832, mar- ried Anderson Todd; have ten children, and live in Illiopolis township. WIL- LIAM, born Nov. 21, 1835, died Jan. 23, 1862. MELVIN, born Oct. 6, 1839, en- listed July, 1862, for three years, in Co. I, 114 Ill. Inf. Served full term, and was honorably discharged Aug., 1865. He was married in Sangamon county Nov. 12, 1867, to Artamesia M. Kipps, who was born July 2, 1850, in Cobb county, Georgia. They have two children, AN- NIE A. and LINNIE J., and live half a mile east of Riverton. URIAH, born Ang. 20, 1842, enlisted at Chicago, June 17, 1861, in Co. E, 24th Ill. Inf., for three years. He was wounded at the battle of Chick- amanga, Sept. 19, 1863, and captured the next day, and after enduring the horrors of nearly all the famous rebel prisons, at Richmond, Danville, Andersonville, Sa- vannah, Millen, Thomasville, and back to Andersonville, was released March 20, 1865, and returned, via Vicksburg and St. Louis, to Springfield, and was honorably discharged June 7, 1865, being within ten days of one year over time. Uriah King was married Oct. 1, 1868, to Melvina Bailey, who was born March 17, 1850, in Sangamon county. They have two child- ren, JULIA BELLE and MANETTA, and live one and one-quarter miles east of River- ton. JOHN H., born June 28, 1848, lives with his parents. JULIA A., born Dec. 6, 1851, married Dec. 11, 1872, to John G. Turney, who was born July 27, 1844, in Northumberland county, Canada West. They live one mile east of River- ton. THOMAS A., Jun., born July 29, 1855, lives with his parents. Thomas A. :
King and wife reside where they settled in 1831. It is one mile east of Riverton, Sangamon county, Illinois.
REUBEN, born Jan., ISn, in Clark county, Ky., came with his parents to Sangamon county in 1830, and was a soldier
in the Black Hawk war in 1831-32. He was married to Susan Howell. . They raised a large family in McLean county, and moved to Iowa, where Mrs. Susan King died, and he married a second time. When the rebellion commenced, he en- listed in the 12th lowa Inf., at fifty-two years of age, and was killed at the battle of Pittsburg Landing, April 6, 1862. His son, THOMAS, enlisted in 1862 in Co. 1, 14th Ill. Inf. Served to the end of the rebellion, and was honorably dis- charged. He died in McLean county in 1874. JAMES enlisted in the 10th Mo. Cav., and was never heard of after the Price raid of 1862 in Missouri. ISABEL married George Arnold, and lives in Mc- Lean county, ten miles east of Lexington. She is the only living member of Reuben King's family.
ELIZABETH, born March 2, 1812, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Uriah Mann. See his name.
GAMES 'M., born Jan. 30, 1815, in Clark county, Ky. He went to the Wis- consin lead mines, in 1834, and worked for three and one-half years at smelting lead for William S. Hamilton, son of Alexander Hamilton, who was killed by Aaron Burr. He married, Nov. 14, 1839, in Sangamon county, to America Elliott. They had nine children; three died young. CLIFTON H., born Sept. IS, 1840, en- listed July, 1861, at Springfield, in what became Co. B, 11th Mo. Inf., served three years, and was honorably discharg- ed, at St. Louis. He was married, March 7, 1865, to Alida Yocom, had one child, ALIDA, and Mrs. King died March 27, 1866. He was married Dec. 12, 1867, in Sangamon county, to Martha Wilson. They have three children, ARTHUR W., LUELLA and MARGARET, and live in Mur- ray county, near Worthington, Noble county, Minn. CLARISSA A., born Jan. 6, 1843, died Oct. 12, 1863. HES- TER F., born July 3, 1845, married John E. Constant. See his name. WIL- LIAM T., born June 30, 1849, married Sept. 25, 1873, at Petersburg, to Mary F. McCrea, and live three-quarters of a mile east of Barclay. MARY F., born May 26, 1853, and RUFUS H., born Dec. 25, 1855, live with their parents, three-quarters of a mile east of Barclay.
WILLIAM G., born in 1817, in Bracken county, Ky., raised in Sangamon
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county, married in New Orleans to Sarah R. Tonguelet, had two children, went to California in 1849, and died there in IS71.
HENRY f., born in IS19, in Bracken county, Ky., married in Sangamon coun- ty, in ISjo, to Louisa Fowkes. They had six children, and moved to the vicini- ty of Marshaltown, Iowa. His son, WILLIAM, enlisted in an Iowa regi- ment, and died at New Madrid, Missouri.
SARAH, born in IS21, in Bracken county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Nathaniel B. Ncal. See his name. He died, and she married Hudson Lanham, and had four children. ROSA married John Brantner, and resides in Springfield. Mrs. and Mrs. Lanham died at Riverton.
STEPHEN, born in IS23, in Bracken county, Ky., married in Sangamon coun- ty to Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, whose maid- en name was Hendrix. They had seven children: ALBERT dicd, aged fourteen years. NELLIE, LINCOLN, CHARLES, WILLIE, KATIE and EDDIE, and reside four miles southeast of Williamsville.
HESTER F., born Jan. 21, IS25, in Bracken county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon county to Culvin S. Churchill. Scc his name.
ANNA R., born August 21, 1826, in Bracken county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon county, Nov. 10, 1843, to Christopher Mann. Sec his name.
FIELDING A., born Nov. 14, 1828, in Bracken county, Ky., raised in Sanga- mon county, went around Cape Horn to California in IS49, enlisted and fought In- dians there three years during the rebel- lion, is unmarried, and resides at You Bet, Nevada county, California.
FOIIN F., born Dec. 12, IS31, in San- gamon county, married Oct. IS, 1860, also in Sangamon county, to Mary J. Threl- keld. She was born Jan. 5, 1S3S, in Bracken county, Ky. They have seven children, ELMA E., JOIIN L., JESSIE V., CHARLES W., THOMAS M., HENRY O. and TILLIE M., and re- side two miles southeast of Riverton, Sangamon county. John F. King was commissioned as Justice of the Peace in IS5S, and served until he enlisted, July IS, 1862, in what became Co. I, 114th Ill. Inf. He recruited the company, and was
elected Captain, but was not commissioned, but when the regiment was organized he was elected and commissioned, Sept. 1S, 1862, as Lieutenant Colonel. Ile was commissioned August 23, 1864, as Colonel, but never mustered, because the regiment was then reduced to a minimum. He re- signed Dec, 9, 1864. Col. King was commissioned, in 1866, as assistant asses- sor in charge of distilleries. Commis- sioned as gauger in 1867, and in 1869 as U. S. Storekeeper, all in the eighth dis- trict of Illinois. He served three years as Secretary of the Old Settlers' Society.
William B. King died Oct. 19, 1863, and Mrs. Ann R. King died March 27, IS73, both in Sangamon county, Illinois.
KILGOUR, JAMES W., was born Dec. 14, IS23, near Chillicothe, Ohio. His father died when he was quite young, and his mother married William V. Brown. They had one son, who died at seven years of age. The family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of IS32 in what is now Fancy Creck township. Mrs. Brown died, April 17, IS57, and William V. Brown died in IS71.
James W. Kilgour was married, Aug. 10, 1846, to Hannah H. Alexander. They had four children, namely-
WILLIAM f. died, at ten years of age.
MARY E., aged eight, and
GEORGE, in infancy.
SARAH ANN, born Sept. 23, 1851, married, Sept. 29, 1870, to B. F. Larkin, and live in Logan county, two and one- half miles west of Williamsville, Illi- nois.
Mrs. H. H. Kilgour died, March 12, IS55, and J. W. Kilgour was married, Dec. 5, 1855, to Nancy E. Tipton, who was born March 17, IS24, in Carter coun- ty, Tenn. They have one child-
ISAAC F., born Oct. 17, 1856, and lives with his parents.
James W. Kilgour enlisted Feb. 17, 1863, in Co. G, 7th Ill. Inf., for three years, served until July 17, 1865, when he was honorably discharged with the regi- ment. He resides at Sherman, Sangamon county, Illinois-IS74.
KINNEY, HENRY, was horn March 1, 1774, in Woodstock, Con- necticut. In 1795 he went to Cazenovia, N. Y., and from there to Clinton, Oncida
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county, in the same State, and was there married, March 4, 179S, to Dicey Pond. She was born Sept. 4, 177S, in Hartford, Conn. They lived at Cazenovia, Madi- son county, N. Y., until they had three children, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving May 6, 1822, in what is now Loami township. Of their three child- ren-
HENRY, Jun., born Aug. 4, 1So7, in New York, married in Sangamon county, Oct. 23, 182S, to Margaret Dorrance. They had five children in Sangamon county, namely-DANIEL married An- nis Elmore. They have two children, HENRY H. and EDITH C., and live one and one-quarter miles east of Loami. CLA- RISSA, born April 9, 1831, married James M. Darneille. See his name. CAROLINE died, March 6, 1853, in her twenty-first year. ELIZA J., born Oct. 9, 1834, married, Nov. 30, 1854, to John R. Shelton. Sce his name. REBECCA married David M. Vanderen. See his namc. Henry Kinney, Jun., and his wife reside in Chatham. He was a soldier in the Black Hawk war, in IS31, in a cavalry company, under Capt. Jonathan Saun- ders.
MAYOR, born Jan. 2, ISIo, in New York, married, Nov. 15, 1834, to Melissa S. Pond, who was born March 12, 1819, at Meadville, Penn. Her father, Martin T. Pond, moved to Logan county, Illinois, before the "deep snow," and was living there when his daughter Melissa was mar- ricd. Ile moved to Concord, Morgan county, and died there, Feb. 2, 1864. Major Kinney and wife had five children in Sangamon county, namely-DICEY, born Nov. 25, 1840, married, March 29, IS60, to Wm. D. Farrar, have three child- ren, FRANK D, ALLICE G. and STELLA B., and live in Osage county, Kan. AMAN- DA, born Aug., 1842, married, in 1862, to James N. Moore. She died, Nov. 7, 1864, leaving one son, HERBERT B., who lives with his father, near Virginia, Cass coun- ty, Ill. HENRY, born Nov. 21, 1844, married, April 9, 186S, to Anna F. Hes- ser, who was born June 3, 1845, near Pal- myra, Mo. They have two children, WILLYS II. and EUGENE E., and live near Loami. JULIUS M. died March 4, 1864, in his sixteenth year. ALICE, born July IS, 1851, lives with her parents. Major Kinney and wife reside near Con-
cord, Morgan county-IS74. He was a soldier in a Light Horse company in the Black Hawk war.
JOHN, born Sept. 2, IS13, in New York, married in Sangamon county, Nov. 3, 1836, to Asenath Sweet. They have two children, both married. Mr. and Mrs. Kinney live at Linden, Osage conn- ty, Kansas.
Mrs. Dicey Kinney died, Sept. 15, IS50, and Henry Kinney, Sen., died March IS, 1859, both in Loami township. He was a member of the Baptist church sixty-seven years, and a deacon the greater part of that timc.
KIRK, WILLIAM B., was born Jan. IS, 1787, in Virginia; was mar- ried there Aug. 31, 1So9, to Mary Young, a native of Virginia also; and moved to Bath county, Ky .. where they had seven children. They moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Nov., 1836, in what is now Cartwright township. Of their children-
RACHEL B. married S. A. Craig, and remained in Kentucky.
JOHN A., born Oct. 17, IS12, in Ken- tueky, married in Sangamon county to Julia W. Cunnin, who died, and he mar- ried in Kentucky to Isabel Frazier, who died in Menard county, leaving one child, MARY J. She married Henry Giger. Sec his name. J. A. Kirk married Sarah Ferguson, who died, leaving one child, JOSIAH B. He cnlisted in an Illinois regiment, and died of disease near Mem- phis, Tenn., in March, 1863. J. A. Kirk died in Cooper township, Jan., 1861.
WILLIAM 2., born Feb. 21, IS15, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Alletta A. Earnest. They had one child, JULIA F., married and lives in Missouri. Mr. K. died in Sangamon county in 1852. His widow married a Mr. Watson, and lives in Missouri.
MARY A. V., born April 15, 1820, in Bath county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Benjamin A. Giger. Scc his namc.
ANDREW ST. CLAIR, born April 13, IS22, in Bath county, Ky., raised in Sangamon county, was farming there, and in February, 1861, left home unex- pectedly, and the first heard of him at the end of two years, he was in the Union army. Served three and a half years, and was honorably discharged. He
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resides four miles north of Athens, Illi- nois.
MARGARET ., born Oct. 6, 1824, in Bath county, Ky., married in Sanga- mnon county to Benjamin A. Giger. Sec his name.
AGNES S., born Sept. 11, 1827, in Kentucky, died unmarried in Sangamon county, Oct. 29, 1866.
William B. Kirk died April 12, 1847, and his widow died March 22, 1848, both at Mechanicsburg, Sangamon county, Illi- nois.
KNIGHT, MRS. ELIZA- BETH, whose maiden name was Bow- en, sister to Zaza Bowen, was born Jan. I, 1796, in Guilford county, N. C. She was married in that county to Abner Knight. They had two children there, and she and her husband, in company with her widowed mother and family, moved to Cabell county, West Va., where Mr. and Mrs. Knight had six children. Abner Knight died there, Dec. 17, 1838. Mrs. Knight, with six of her children, moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving April, 1839, in what is now Loami town- ship. Of all her children-
EZEKIEL, born in North Carolina, left home in Virginia about the time the family came west. He went down the Mississippi river, and has never been heard of by the family since.
MIINERVA, born Aug. 21, 1817, in North Carolina, married, May 26, 1837, in West Virginia, to Wm. F. Joy. They had seven living children in West Vir- ginia, and came to Sangamon county in 1857, where one child was born. Of the eight children-JOHN W. married Eliza- beth Hall. Mr. Joy enlisted, Aug., 1862, in Co. I, 73d Ill. Inf., for three years, was wounded at the battle of Perryville, brought home, and died. JAMES M. enlisted in Aug., 1862, in Co. I, 73d Ill. Inf., for three years. He was captured at the battle of Chickamauga. He was five weeks in Libby prison, at Richmond, five months at Danville, eleven months in Andersonville, with its usual bill of fare. Ile was released from that place, March 27, 1865, and honorably discharged, June 17, 1865, He married Amanda Hall, has one child, and lives in Loami township. WILLIAM E. enlisted Aug., 1862, in Co. I, 73d Ill. Inf., for three years, was wounded at the battle of Perryville, Ky.,
and discharged on account of physical dis- ability. He married Celestine Cook, has two children, LETTIE MAY and WILLIE, and lives in Loami. JOSEPH O. enlist- ed Aug., 1862, for three years, in Co. I, 73d 111. Inf., was wounded at the battle of Mission Ridge, Nov. 24, 1863, recovered, served full term, and was honorably dis- charged, June 24, 1865, at Springfield. HIe was married to Jane Baker. They have three children, and live near Loami. MARY E. married John D. Nevins, had two children, NELLIE and JOSEPH O., and Mr. Nevins died. His widow and child live with her mother. BUENA V. en- listed in 1863, for three years, in Co. I, 16th Ill. Cav., He was captured, and first put in Libby prison, was one winter at Belle Isle, taken thence to Andersonville, where he died, July 5, 1864. WIRT W., and ZAZA B., live with their mother. Wm. F. Joy died, March 17, 1873, and his widow resides two and one-half miles southwest of Loami, Sangamon county.
NANCY L., born Feb. 2, 1821, mar- ried Michael Cassity.
JAMES M., born Oct. 8, 1823, in West Virginia, married, Sept. 17, 1850, in Sangamon county, to Rachel Tilley. They have ten children-ZAZA B. lives near Loami. WILLIAM A. was mar- ried, April 5, 1876, to Mary Josephine Jarret, and live near Loami. LEROY G., JOHN M., SUSANNA, MARY A., LIZZIE M., JAMES M., NANCY J. and LYDIA; the seven latter live with their parents, one and one-half miles west of Loami, Sangamon county, Illinois.
SUSANNA, born in 1825, in Virginia, married Wm. Boyd, and died, leaving five children in Indiana.
ZAZA D., born in Virginia, died in Sangamon county, at twenty-six years of age.
ABNER W., born May 18, 1832, in Virginia, married in Sangamon county, Oct. 14, 1858, to Hepsey Nipper, who died, leaving one child, ALICE. Mr. Knight was married, Oct. 17, 1872, to Catharine R. Langston, who was born Aug. 17, 1851, in Mason county. They live near Mason City, Illinois.
WILLIAM, born in West Virginia, died in Sangamon county, aged twenty- two years.
Mrs. Elizabeth Knight resides with her son, James M., in Loami township-1874.
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KNOTTS, THOMAS, was born in Lee county, Virginia, and was married there to Ella Young. They moved to Washington county, Ind., and from there to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the spring of ISI9, in what is now Ball township. They had ten children, four of whom, or their de- scendants, live in Ball township, namely-
LUCY married Martin G. Pulliam. Sce his name.
ALBION, born April 1, 1814, was married April 16, 1835, in Sangamon county, to Linna Davidson, who was born Dec. 23, 1819. They had seven children in Sangamon county. THOMAS, born Nov., 1837, married Cassandra Pedde- cord, a native of Ohio county, Ky., and daughter of Jonathan Peddecord, now of Ball township. Thomas Knotts and wife had two children, CORDELIA E. and THOMAS. Mr. Knotts died Dec. 26, 1870, and his widow and children live in Ball township. JOHN, unmarried, and lives with his father. ELLA married George S. Pulliam. Sce his name. SAMUEL was born a cripple, in 1845, lives with his father. ELIZABETH married Joseph Dragoo, and lives in Ball township. JOSEPH O. married Martha Brawner, and lives in Pawnee township. WIL- LIAM J. lives with his father. Mrs. Linna Knotts died, and Albion Knotts was married March 2, 1854, to Mary J. Ped- decord. They have four children, CHARLES W., ALBERT, HENRY J. and EDDIE, all live with their parents on the farm where their grandfather Knotts settled in IS19. It is in Ball township, two and a half miles southeast of Chatham.
THOMAS, Yun., married in Sanga- mon county to Elizabeth Brawner. They have six children, and live two and a half miles southeast of Chatham.
RUTH married Henry Shoup. Scc his name.
AMELIA married Mr. Withrow, and lives in Macoupin county, Illinois.
DANIEL married Martha Keagle. She lives in Springfield.
ETTA married John M. Taylor, and lives in Iowa.
Thomas Knotts, Sen., died within one year after bringing his family into the new country.
KNOX, THOMAS J., was born in 1802, at Wheeling, Va. He went to Kentucky when a boy, and came to San- gamon county in 1820, stopping in what is now Clear Lake township. He was commissioned 2d Lieutenant of 25th Ill. Militia by Gov. Edwards, March 4, 1830, 'and served in the Black Hawk war. He was married in 1830 to Mrs. Mary Myers, whose maiden name was Danley. She had four children by her first marriage. Her son, Samuel Myers, lives north of Riverton, Illinois.
Mr. and Mrs. Knox had six children in Sangamon county, namely --
RUTH M., married Lewis Allen, had one child, and lives near Carthage, Mis- souri.
MARGARET 7., married John Hawker, have five children, and lives in Pana.
CARY f. married Peter Mann. Sec his name.
NANCY A. married Charles Parker. They had one child. Mr. Parker enlisted August, 1862, for three years, in Co. C, 114th Ill. Inf., was wounded and captured June 10, 1864, at Guntown, Miss. He died from the effects of privation in An- dersonville prison. His widow married Charles Cruser, has two children, and lives near Carthage, Mo.
JAMES M., born in Sangamon county, enlisted August, 1862, for three years, in Co. I, 114th Ill. Inf. He was transferred to the quartermaster's depart- ment, served his full term, and was hon- orably discharged in 1865. He was mar- ried in 1867, in Sangamon county, to Elizabeth Johnson. They have two children, and live near Danvers, McLean county.
MARY ALICE A., born May 7, 1843, married Dec. 24, 1867, to William Richardson, who was born May 11, IS40, in New Haven, Conn. They have two children, GERTRUDE and JANET, and live two miles east of Riverton.
Thomas J. Knox died Dec. S, 1857, and his widow was killed by a team backing off an embankment in Clear Lake town- ship, August 15, 1861.
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LAMB, GEORGE, was born Dec., 1789, near Hagerstown, Maryland, and when quite young went to Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland county, Pennsyl- vania, where he learned the business of saddle and harness-making. He was mar- ried at Mt. Pleasant May 24, 1820, to Eliza H. Hubbs, who was born in that place in 1794. She was the daughter of Dr. Charles Hubbs, who, although a a member of the Society of Friends, was a surgeon in the American army, near the close of the Revolution. Later in life, Dr. Hubbs became a preacher in the Bap- tist church. George Lamb's ancestors were members of the Society of Friends also. Mr. and Mrs. Lamb had three children in Pennsylvania, and moved to Kaskaskia, Randolph county, Ill., in the spring of IS30, where two children were born. One died in infancy. Mrs. Eliza H. Lamb died Aug. 15, 1834, in Chester, Ill., and in June, 1836, George Lamb moved to Springfield. Of his four child- ren-
CHARLES H., born May 19, 1822, at Brownsville, Fayette county, Penn .; accompanied his parents to Illinois, and came to Springfield in 1832, preceding his father, to attend school. He remained one year, and returned to his parents, who had moved from Kaskaskia to Chester, Ill. He afterwards learned the printing business, in the Sangamo Journal in Springfield, with Simeon Francis & Co. In 1841, Charles H. Lamb started the Rock River Register, at Grande de Tour, Ogle county, Ill., but sold out the following spring. He was afterwards, with his uncle, James L. Lamb, in the pork packing business. He is unmarried, and resides on his farm, near Pawnce, in Ball township, Sangamon county, Illi- nois.
MARY ELIZA, born Oct. 6, 1824, near Mt. Pleasant, Penn., died Aug. 23, 1834, at Chester, Illinois.
WILLIAM H., born Nov. 14, 1826, in Pennsylvania, died Oct. 1, 1834, at Chester, Illinois.
SUSAN M., born Sept. 3, 1830, in Kaskaskia, Ill., was brought up by her aunt, Hannah G. Mather, and married in Springfield, Ill., Nov. 14, 1855, to Dr. C.
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