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Perry Slater, who died at Springfield March 12, 1858, leaving two children. JULIA died in infancy. HANNAH M., born Sept. 10, 1850, in Springfield, lives with her mother in Chicago. Mrs. Susan M. Slater was married Nov. 9, 1870, to James H. Roberts. See his name.
George Lamb was married March 28, 1840, in Springfield, to Mrs. Lucinda Crowder, whose maiden name was San- ders, a native of Kentucky. They had three children-
JAMES T., born May 23, IS41, in Sangamon county, was married Dec. 5, 1867, to Mary Weber. They had four children, CHARLES W., who died Sept. S, 1875; EMILY O., GEORGE CARROLL and JOSEPH F., and live in Ball township, four miles northwest of Pawnee, Sangamon county, Illinois.
GEORGE G., born Aug. 16, 1845, in Sangamon county, was married there Feb., 1869, to Marietta Clayton. They have three children, JAMES, ESTEL- LA and CHARLES, and live in Cotton Hill township, three and a half miles north of Pawnee.
MART E., born Oct. 11, 1848, in San- gamon county, was married there Nov. 14, 1867, to William O. Matthews. See his name. They have two children, IDA M. and FANNIE A., and live in Cotton Hill township, three and a half miles north of Pawnee, Sangamon coun- ty, Illinois.
George Lamb died Aug. 26, 1867, and Mrs. Lucinda Lamb died Jan. 18, 1872, both in Sangamon county, Illinois.
LAMB, JAMES L., brother to George Lamb, was born Nov. 7, ISoo, at Connellsville, Fayette county, Penn. His father, George Lamb, died while he was quite young, leaving six children to he cared for by the widowed mother. The family were members of the "Society of Friends." James early desired to assist his mother in bringing up the family, and at twelve years of age went to Cincinnati, making his trip on horseback, and engaged as clerk with Hugh Glenn, a relative of the family, and a prominent merchant of that city. In IS20 J. L. Lamb removed to Kaskaskia, Ill., where he engaged in mercantile pursuits and pork packing, in company with Col. Thos. Mather and S. B. Opdycke, at that place and at Chester, Ill. This firm packed and shipped the first
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barrel of pork cver sent to New Orleans from Illinois. J. L. Lamb was married, Jan. 13, 1824, at Cincinnati, Ohio, to Susan 1I. Cranmer, daughter of Dr. Cranmer of that city. She was born there, Aug. 13, IS03. They moved to Springfield, Ill., in IS31, and in moving his effects it was necessary to charter a boat at St. Louis, and take it up the Kaskaskia river to the village. This was the only instance of a steam boat ascending that stream. The goods were landed at Beardstown, and transported to Springfield in wagons. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Lamb had seven children; two died young. Of the other five-
FOIIN C., born June 16, 1825, in Kaskaskia, was married in Goshen, N. Y., Dec., 1868, to Anna Pougher, a native of England. J. C. Lamb was engaged with his father in pork packing, and is now the proprietor of the AEtna foundry and ma- chine works, in Springfield, Illinois.
SUSAN A., born April 3, 1828, in Kaskaskia, was married in Springfield, Oct. 20, 1847, to John Cook, who was born June 12, 1826, in Belleville, Ill. Mr. and Mrs Cook had seven children, four of whom died in infancy. JAMES L., JOHN C. and WILLIAM J. live with their parents. John Cook was the only son of Hon. Daniel P. Cook, one of the early congressmen from Illinois, who mar- ried a daughter of Gov. Ninian Edwards. She died when the subject of this sketch was quite young, and he was brought up by his grandfather, Gov. Edwards. He was under the instruction of Rev. John F. Brooks (then of Belleville, but now of Springfield), from IS34 to IS40, and cn- tered Illinois College, at Jacksonville, in IS41. He was obliged to abandon his studies the next year, from a temporary loss of sight, and afterwards attempted to finish his education at Kemper College, St. Louis, Mo., but failed from defective sight; and clerked in a commission house in the latter city for three years. Jan. S, IS46, he formed a partnership with Haw- ley & Edwards, in Springfield, Ill., in the dry goods business. In 1854 John Cook was elected Mayor of Springfield, and in 1856 Sheriff of Sangamon county. At the expiration of his term, Gov. W. H. Bissell appointed him Quartermaster Gen- eral of Illinois, and in 1858 he organized an independent military company, called
the Springfield Zouave Grays, and was chosen Captain. This company was ac- cepted by Gov. Yates, under the State's quota of 75,000 men in 1861, and was the nucleus of the Ist Reg., Ill. Vol. Inf., of which he was chosen Colonel, and which was called No. 7, in honor of the six regi- ments furnished by Illinois for the Mexi- can war. Col. Cook's commission was dated April 24, 1861, and the regiment was mastered in at Camp Yates, April 25, 1861, by Capt. John Pope of the regular army, and was, consequently, the first regiment to enter the field from Illinois for
suppressing the rebellion. They were ordered to several different points, and at Fort "Joc Holt," Ky., Col. John Cook was assigned command of a Brigade. Feb. 3, 1862, he was assigned to the command of Gen. Charles F. Smith, in the movement up the Cumber- land and Tennessee rivers. After the cap- ture of Fort Donelson Col. Cook was commissioned Brigadier General, for gal- lant conduct. During the advance on Corinth he was ordered to report to the Secretary of War, and was assigned a command consisting of his brigade, with two brigades from Gen. Shields division, eleven batteries of Artillery, and two reg- iments of cavalry. After McClellan's re- treat from Harrison's Landing and Pope's retreat from the valley, Gen. Cook was relieved, at his own request, and the fol- lowing fall was ordered to report to Major Gen. John Pope, commanding the military department of the northwest, under whom he remained until Oct. 9, 1864, when he was assigned command of the military district of Illinois, with headquarters at Springfield. He was there mustered out, having been previously commissioned by President Johnson, Major General by brevet. He was elected in the fall of 1868, Representative in the Illinois State Legislature, from Sangamon county. He was instrumental in securing the second appropriation for the erection of the New State House. Gen. Cook and family re- side in Springfield, Ilinois.
CAROLINE F., born Feb. S, 1831, was married in Springfield, Dec. 19, 1855, to William J. Black, who was born in Vandalia, III., Nov. 11, 1828. He died, Nov. 24, 1861, leaving a widow, who re- sides with her mother in Springfield.
HANNAH M., born July 6, 1838, in
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Springfield, was married there, June IS, 1862, to Legh R. Kimball, who was born Aug. 7, 1826, in New Hampshire. They had one child JULIA L., who died in in- fancy. Mr. Kimball was paymaster on the Chicago & Alton railroad, and after- wards General Agent on the T. W. & W. railroad. He died May 30, 1865, in Springfield, Ill., and his widow resides there with her mother also.
ELIZABETH T., born July 29, IS44, in Springfield, was married June S, 1864, to Gideon R. Brainerd. They have four living children, LEGH KIM- BALL, BENJAMIN H., JAMES L. L. and SUSAN L. Mr. Brainard was book-keeper in the Marine and Fire Insu- rance Company's Bank. He is now en- gaged in farming, two miles west of Springfield, Illinois.
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James L. Lamb was an elder in the First Presbyterian church of Springfield, and a director of the Theological Semi- nary of the Northwest, at Chicago. He was an active, earnest, christian gentleman, always interested in education, and a friend to those in need, as the writer of this can testify from personal knowledge. He was in the pork packing business, in Springfield, from 1842 to the time of his death, which occurred Dec. 3, 1873. His widow and children reside in Spring- field, Illinois.
LAMB, HANNAH G., a native of Pennsylvania, and sister to George and James L. Lamb, was married to Col. Thomas Mather. See his name.
LAMUN, JAMES, was born Dec. 12, 1So2, in Ross county, Ohio, and was married May 25, 1822, in that coun- ty, to Ann McCafferty, had three living children, and Mrs. Lamun died there, May 31, 1830. Mr. Lamun came to Springfield alone in 1839, and four or five years later returned to Ohio and brought out his three children, namely-
JOHN, born July 2, 1823, in Ross county, Ohio, and after spending several years in Sangamon county, returned to Ohio, and was there married; has six children, and lives in the northwest cor- ner of Cooper township, two and a half miles southeast of Mechanicsburg.
ELEANOR, born March 3, 1825, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to Flemuel Prickett, and lives near Mt. Auburn, Christian county, Illinois.
ANDREW, born March 25, 1829, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to Hettie Robbins. They moved to the vi- cinity of Shady Grove Postoffice, Dallas county, Mo., where he died in 1870, leav- ing a widow and six children.
James Lamun has remained a widower forty-five years, and resides in the north- east corner of Cooper township, two and a half miles southeast of Mechanicsburg, Illinois .- 1874.
LACY, CLAWSON, was born April 1, ISoo, in Morris county, New Jersey. Phebe Force was born March 23, 1799. They were there married, Dec. 24, 1820, and had five children in that county. The family moved to San- gamon county, Ill., arriving June 5, 1830, in what is now Salisbury township, where they had five children. Four of their children died young. Of the other six-
HARRIET, horn May 27, 1822, in New Jersey, married Jacob Carman in Sangamon county, and she died August, 1859, in Christian county. Mr. Carman and his three daughters, all married, live in Missouri.
SARAH F., born Feb. 14, 1828, in New Jersey, married in Sangamon coun- ty, March 19, ISAS, to John Hale, who was born April 1, 1StS, in Muskingum county, Ohio. They had three living children, OSCAR A., ELLIS A. and ELMER E., live with their parents in Salisbury township. John Hale enlisted August 12, 1862, in Co. HI, 114th Ill. Inf., for three years, served full term, and was honorably discharged August S, 1865.
MAIILON S., born Feb. 20, 1830, in New Jersey, died in Sangamon county, Jan. 25, 1855. .
JACOB C., born Nov. 3, 1835, in Sangamon county, married Mrs. Susan Stone, whose maiden name was Gard. They have four living children, LOTTIE, HARRIET C., MARY J. and MAG- GIE D., and live in Salisbury township. Jacob C. Lacy enlisted August 12, 1862, in Co. HI, 114th Ill. Inf., for three years, was captured at the battle of Guntown, Miss., June 10, 1864, was more than nine months in Andersonville prison. His hearing and health is impaired from priva- tion and suffering.
JOHN, born March 31, 1840, in San- gamon county. He enlisted August 12,
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1862, for three years, in Co. H, 114th Ill. Inf., was captured at the battle of Gun- town, June 10, 1864, taken to Anderson- rille, remained seven months and eighteen days, and was exchanged; served full term, and was honorably discharged. He weighed one hundred and sixty-five pounds when he went into Andersonville, and ninety pounds when he came out. He was married to Elizabeth Cox. They had one child, JAMES H., who died, aged three years. John Lacy and wife live with his parents, near Salisbury .- IS74.
PHOEBE, born June 20, 1843, in San- gamon county, married Alvetus Jackson, who was born at Jay, Oxford county, Maine, about 1830. They have four chil- dren, BENJAMIN F., ORPHA, AN- NIE and ADA, and reside in Salisbury township.
Clawson Lacy lives, now-1874-in Salisbury township, near where they set- tled in 1830.
LAKE, BAYLISS G., was born Nov. 1, 1795, in Fauquier county, Va. He was married in Frederick county Oct. 5, 1820, to Eliza Glascock, who was born in Loudon county Oct. 31, 1800. They at once moved to Clark county, Ohio, where they had three children. B. G. Lake and John McBeth started April 3, 1827, on foot, to see Illinois. They arrived at Springfield April 14th. Mr. Lake had some friends in the county. After spending about one month with them, he made an engagement to help herd some cattle and drive them east, ar- riving at his home in June with more money than when he started. He moved his family in a wagon drawn by four horses, arriving in the fall of r$27, in what is now Fancy Creek township, where they had six children. Of their ninc children-
MARY, born May 16, 1823, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to Stephen Wilcockson. See his name.
THOMAS W., born July 4, 1825, in Clark county, Ohio, married in Sanga- mon county June 27, 1847, to Julia A. England. They had ten children. Four died in infancy, and DANIEL was drowned when ten years old. Of the other five, MARY F. married Eugene Hockaday ; has two children, NOURMA and WILLIAM E., and live near Champaign
city, Ill. WILLIAM F. married Annie Driskill; has one child, OLLIE MAY, and live near Lincoln, Ill. LAURA E., MARGARET E. and JOSEPH A. live with their parents in Williamsville, San- gamon county, Illinois.
PHEBE, born June 23, 1827, in Umv, married in Sangamon county to William Mount, who was born April 20, IS26, in Monmouth county, New Jersey. They had three children. JOHN W. and TOM E: live with their parents. AUS- TRALIA died, aged eight years. Mr. and Mrs. Mount reside in Menard coun- ty, six miles northwest of Williamsville, Illinois.
HARRID, born April 11, 1830, in Sangamon county, was killed in 1843 by a horse running away with himself and sister, Mary.
EDNA, born June 7, 1831, in Sanga- mon county, married John H. Conncil. Sce his name.
HENRY, born April 24, 1834, in San- gamon county, lives near Lawndale, Lo- gan county-1874.
JOHN S., born Jan. 9, 1840, in San- gamon county, married Feb. 26, 1867, to Charlotte Brittin. They have one child, DORA E., and live in Fancy Creek town- ship.
MARGARET, born Dec. 15, 1843, in Sangamon county, married Andrew J. Barber, who was born Oct. 5, 1836, in Fauquier county, Va. They have two children, JOHN and BAYLISS L., and live in Fancy Creck township.
HARRIET C., born Oct. 22, 1845, in Sangamon county, married Evans E. Brittin. Sec his name.
Mrs. Eliza Lake died Aug. 28, 1864, and Bayliss Lake was married Sept. 26, 1865, to Sallie MeKendree. She was born Dec. 6, 1804, in Jefferson county, Va. They reside four and a half miles northwest of Sherman, Sangamon coun- ty, Illinois.
LAKE, THOMAS, was born Dec. 30, 1Soo, in Fauquier county, Va. Harriet Dillon was born Nov. 27, 1808, in the same county. They were there mar- ried, Jan. 4, 1826, and had two children there. The family moved to Sangamon county, III., arriving in what is now Fancy creek township, where seven children were born. Of the nine children-
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ANN E., born July 17, 1830, in Vir- ginia, died unmarried in Sangamon coun- ty, aged thirty-two years.
BAYLISS E., born August 10, 1832, in Fauquier county, Va., raised in Sanga- mon county, married Sarah Rogers. They have one child, JAMES, and live near Winterset, Iowa. Bayliss E. Lake enlisted in July, 1861, in Co. D, ist Iowa Cav., for three years, re-enlisted as a vet- eran, served to the end of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged.
SUSANNA, born Nov. 20, 1834, in Sangamon county, married John L. Har- ris. They have two children, THOMAS M. and HATTIE, and live near Bedford, Taylor county, Iowa.
JAMES, born June 1, 1837, in San- gamon county. He enlisted in Sept., 1862, for three years, in Co. G, 114th Ill. Inf., and was appointed Sergeant. He was wounded at the battle of Guntown, Miss., June 11, 1864, captured, and died in rebel prison at Mobile, Alabama.
JOHN F., born June 6, 1839, in San- gamon county. He enlisted August 9, 1861, for three years, in Co. A, 3d Ill. Cav., and was discharged on account of physical disability, Dec. 25, 1861. He was married Nov. 29, 1865, to Matilda Lemon, who was born June 11, 1847, in Ireland. They have two children, CHARLES W. and CORA A., and live in Fancy Creek township.
ELIZABETH A., born May 13, IS42, in Sangamon county, married Wm. F. Constant. Sec his name. They have one child. MARY E.
AGNES C., born June 5, 1844, in Sangamon county, married Charles Uns- by. She died March 16, 1871, in Wil- liams township.
WILLIAM B., born August 23, 1847, in Sangamon county, resides with his mother.
MARY M., born June 28, 1850, in Sangamon county, married John W. Jones. They have one child, DORA A., and re- side in Logan county.
Thomas Lake died April 10, 1853, and his widow lives two and a half miles west of Williamsville, Illinois.
LANGSTON, JECHONIAH, was born in the year 1769, in South Car- olina. His father was a Whig, and Jech- oniah was often sent by his father to convey information to Whigs of the
whereabouts and doings of the Tories. On one occasion the Tories were about to kill his father, and he informed the Whig soldiers in time to save his life. He was then about ten years old, and soon after, some of the Tory soldiers caught him, and taking a leather strap used for fastening their extra clothing behind them on their saddles, they hung hung him to a beam outside his father's barn, and watched him until he ceased to manifest any signs of life; and then took him down to save the strap, and left him on the ground dead, as they supposed ; but after a long time he came to life. He was married in South Carolina, and after the birth of one child, his wife died. He left the child there, and went to Wayne county, Ky., where he was married to Nancy Dodson. They had three children in Kentucky, and moved to Champaign county, Ohio, where two children were born; and then moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Feb., IS20, in what is now Fancy Creek township, where they had four children. Of their child- ren-
JOSEPH . D., born Dec. 25, 1805, in Wayne county, Ky., married July 23, IS29, to Elizabeth Cantrall. She was born Aug. 29, ISOS, in Ohio. They had five living children in Sangamon county. WILLIAM C., born April 25, 1830, married Oct. 28, 1851, to Elizabeth J. Fagan, who died Dec. 26, 1853, and he married June 17, 1855, to Eliza J. King. They live in Fancy Creek township, seven miles north of Springfield. EMILY, born in 1832, married Asaph Bates. They had five children, THERESA E., JOHN T., ELIZABETHI A., EMILY s., and JOSEPH W., and Mrs. Bates died May S, IS72. THERESA and JOHN, twins, born May 11, IS34. She died June 22, IS56. JOHN married April 11, 1862, to Martha Price. They had one child, EVA JANE, and he enlisted Aug., 1862, in Co. C, 114th Ill. Inf., for three years. He was killed at the battle of Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 15, 1864. JAMES B. born Nov. 29, 1836, married Eliza Taylor; have five children, SARAH A., MARY A., JOHN O., IDA S., and BEULAH, and live near his father, in Menard county. Joseph D. Langston and wife reside in Menard county, one mile north of Sangamon county line, and one mile west of Peoria
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road, and fifteen miles north of Spring- field.
Joseph D. Langston remembers that during the fourteen months from the time his father moved into his new home until Sangamon county was organized, they were under the jurisdiction of Madison county, and the authorities at Edwards- ville claimed that they were entitled to some revenue from the isolated settlers. They were so scattered that it was not thought advisable to send out an assessor, and after him a collector, but the sheriff, Bowling Whitesides, would send out a deputy, with instructions to assess and collect as he went. Mr. Langston re- members that late in IS20 or early in 1821, the deputy came, riding one horse and leading another, with a pack saddle on it. He would engage in a promiscuous con- versation, and without making his business known, would fix some value on their pro- perty. Ile would direct the conversation in such a manner as to ascertain how many coon skins they had on hand. He would then make his business known, and pro- ceed to make his assessment and col- lection. Mr. Langston said it was a re- markable fact that the tax in almost every case amounted to exactly the number of coon skins they had on hand. When the officer had accumulated all his horse could carry, he would go to Edwardsville, make a deposit, and return for another load. And that was the way the first revenue was collected in Sangamon county.
GAMES W., born June 15, ISOS, in Wayne county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon county, Nov. 11, IS38, to Mrs. Har- riet L. Skinner, whose maiden name was Constant. They had five children in Sanga- mon county. WILLIAM H., born July 6, IS41, enlisted June 10, 1862, in Co. H, 70th Ill. Inf., for three months, served four months and thirteen days as Sergeant, and was honorably discharged Oct. 23, IS62. He again enlisted, Jan. 30, 1864, in the naval service for one year, at Mound City, Ill., served until May 4, 1865, when he was honorably discharged at Philadel- phia. He was married Nov. 3, 1870. at Jacksonville, Ill., to Belle B. Rowe, who was born Sept. 12, 1848, at Hazleton, Luzerne county, Pa. They have one child, IRENE, and reside at Lowisana, Pike county, Mo. MARY G., born July 19, 1843, married April 10, 1866, to
George W. Thompson, who was born March, 1837, in Washington county, New York. He was Captain of a company in the 16th Ill. Inf., and served from 1862 to the end of the rebellion. They have four children, HARRIET M., LAURA L., LILIAN GRANT and GERTRUDE, and reside near Warrensburg, Macon county, Illinois. ELIZA J., born April 23, 1846, is un- married, and lives with her mother. MARTHA E., born Oct. 3, IS49, and died in her eleventh year. LAURA died in her second year. James W. Langs- ton died March 16, 1855, and his widow, Mrs. Harriet Langston, resides in Me- chanicsburg, Illinois.
FECHONIAH, Fun., bornin Wayne county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Mary Martin. They had eight child- ren. Mr. Langston died, and his family live near Macomb, McDonough county, Illinois.
MARTHA, born April 20, 1816, in Champaign county, Ohio, married in Sangamon connty, Dec. 1, 1844, to John R. McKee, who was born Nov. 10, 1820, near Cincinnati, Ohio. They had one child, EMMA, who died in her third year. Mr. McKee enlisted, Aug. 1, 1861, in Co. F, 33d Ill. Inf., for three years. He re-enlisted Dec. 31, 1863, at Indianola, Texas, and served until Oct., 1865, when about one month before his regiment he was mustered out. Mr. and Mrs. McKee live at Williamsville, Illi- nois.
MARY G., born in Ohio, married in Sangamon county, Aug. 13, 1840, to Al- exander M. Doake, who was born in Kentucky. They both died, leaving one child, MARGARET J., who married to Lewis Ludy. They have five children, and live at Emporia, Kansas.
MARGARET, born in Sangamon county, married Isaac Booth. They both died, leaving one child, ALICE, who married George Simpson. They live in Missouri.
NANCY H., born in Sangamon coun- ty, married Joseph Shepherd. They had one child, CHARLES, who died, aged seven years. Mr. S. died, and she married Samuel Yocom. See his name,
ELIZABETH, born in Sangamon county, married John Ludy, moved to Emporia, Lyons county, Kansas. Mrs. Ludy died, leaving five children, three of
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whom died. The family live at Emporia, Kansas.
JANE, born in Sangamon county, married Lewis Ludy, and died in Sanga- mon county, leaving two children.
Jechoniah Langston died, Feb., IS52, in Sangamon county. His widow moved to Kansas, and dicd, Aug. 19, 1866, near Emporia, Lyons county.
LANHAM, MRS. ANN E., whose maiden name was Havner, was born May 29, ISoo, in London county, Va. She was married in Harrison coun- ty, Ohio, to Walter Lanham, and moved to Perry county, Ohio, where they had three children, and Mr. Lanham died there. Mrs. Lanham, with her children, came to Sangamon county, Ill., arriv- ing in the fall of 1840, at Mechanicsburg. Of her three children-
SOLOMON, born May 4, IS21, in Perry county, Ohio, married in Sanga- mon county, Nov. 25, 1846, to Mary E. Sparks. They had seven living children, ANNIE, WILLIAM T., MINNIE M., LEWIS A., LUELLA A., CHARLES W. and HARVEY O., and live with their parents, two and one-half miles southwest of Dawson, Illinois.
WESLEY, born May 26, 1823, in Ohio, married, Aug. 4, 1844, in Sangamon county, to Nancy A. Steele. They had four children-FRANCIS M., born Dec. S, 1847, married, May 26, 1871, to Emma Skinner, had one child, and mother and child died. He lives near Harristown, Ill. EDWARD W., born July 1, 1850, mar- ried, March 26, 1874, to Frances M. Leeds, and live near Harristown, Illinois. CHARLES O., born April 27, 1854, lives near Harristown. ANNA L., born July 2, 1856, lives with her mother. Wesley Lanham died Aug. 26, 1861. His widow married William Graham, and reside one mile northeast of Illiopolis.
NANCY, born in 1825, in Ohio, mar- ried in Sangamon county, Aug., 1844, to Asa Maxfield. They have two living children, MINERVA A. and EDGAR, and live in Carrollton, Missouri.
Mrs. Ann E. Lanham died Feb. 27, IS74, in Sangamon county.
LANHAM, ELIJAH T., was born Jan. 2S, ISOI, in Frederick county, Md. His grandfather on his mother's side was Benjamin Penn, who was a rela- tive of William Penn, the founder of the
colony of Pennsylvania. E. T. Lanham was married in 1823, in Clermont county, Ohio, to Eleanor Constant. Sec her name. They had two children in Ohio, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., with her parents in 1826. They had seven children in Sangamon county. Of their nine children-
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