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NANCY ELLEN, born May 15, IS24, in Ohio, married in Sangamon coun- ty, to A. W. May. They have six child- ren, and live near Cornland, Logan county.
RACHEL A., born March S, IS26, in Clermont county, Ohio, married in San- gamon county to John W. Mathews. Sec his name.
BENGAMIN F., born July S, 1827, in Sangamon county, married Miranda Stockton. They have five living children, and reside at Decatur, IIl.
HARRIET, born July 25, 1830, in Sangamon county, married Ebenezer Coc. See his name.
JOHN H., born July IS, 1833, in San- gamon county, married April 1, 1856, to Elizabeth M. Matthews. They have three living children, ELEANOR J., JOHN W. and ELIJAH, live with their parents near Barclay, Illinois.
GEORGE W., born Sept. 4, 1835, in Sangamon county, married in 1862, to Pauline Blankenbaker, and enlisted soon after, at Springfield, in Co. C, 124th Ill. Inf., for three years. Ile was killed in battle at Vicksburg, Miss., June 27, 1863.
WILLIAM N., born Oct. 21, 1837, in Sangamon county. He enlisted in 1861, in Co. H, 30th Ill. Inf., for three years, served full term, and was honorably dis- charged. He was married August 1, 1865, to Rebecca Hartsman, who was born Sept. 27, 1845, in Cumberland coun- ty, Pa. She died Feb. 11, 1874, in De- catur, Ill., and he resides there.
MARY f., born Nov. 20, 1839, in Sangamon county, married James Can- trall, have one child, and live in Decatur, Illinois.
CAROLINE H., horn May 24, 1842, in Sangamon county, married Jesse Hen- ard, have two children, and live near Forsyth, Macon county, Illinois.
Elijah T. Lanham died Sept. 16, 1847, in Sangamon county, and Mrs. Eleanor Lanham died Nov, 3, 1869, at Decatur, Illinois,
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LANPHIER, CHARLES H., was born April 14, 1S20, in Alexan- dria, Va. He went to Vandalia, Ill., in May, 1836, and from there to Springfield, arriving Aug, 6, 1839. He was married, Feb. 25, 1846, in Gallatin county, near Equality, Illinois, to Margaret T. Cren- shaw, who was born there, Dec. 4, 182S. Her father, John Crenshaw, settled there in IS12, being one of the earliest pioneers in that part of the State. Mr. and Mrs. Lanphier had seven children in Spring- field, two of whom died young. Of the other five-
FRANCINE E., born Dec. 24, 1846, in Springfield, married James W. Patton. Sce his name.
ROBERT G., born Oct. 21, IS4S, in Springfield, is farming in Gallatin county, Illinois.
JOHN C., born Oct. 19, 1850, in Springfield, is a practicing lawyer with his brother-in-law, J. W. Patton, in Springfield, Illinois.
CHARLES H., Jun., born Sept. 26, 1854, in Springfield, is in the drug busi- ness in his native city.
MARGARET C., resides with her parents.
Charles H. Lanphier, Sen., came to Springfield as an apprentice in the Regis- ter office. On the death of one of the proprietors (Mr. Walters), in 1846, he, in connection with George Walker, pur- chased the office. From that time he was part or entire owner, and published the Illinois State Register until 1863, when he sold out to a company, who
afterwards published the paper about one year, and sold it to E. L. Merritt & Bro., the present proprietors. During the time Mr. Lanphier was publishing the Regis- ter, he was once elected State Printer, being the last one elected under the con- stitution of ISIS. He was also elected Printer to the Constitutional Conventions of 1847 and 1861. Mr. Lanphier was elected, in 1864, clerk of the circuit court of Sangamon county, for one term of four years, and in 1868, re-elected for another term of four years. He has also served several terms as alderman in the city coun- cil. He now-1876-resides in Spring- field, Illinois.
LANTERMAN, PETER, was born Jan. S, 1749, in Germany, but when he came to America is not known
by his descendants. He was married about 1779 to Alletta Applegate. They had nine children in Maryland, and came to Sangamon county in 1S19. I find in the family record, in the hands of Mrs. Martha H. Britt in Springfield, that Peter Lanterman died June 14, IS21. The pro- bate court of Sangamon county admitted his will to record Ang. 26, IS21, the first ever recorded in the county. See page 41. His widow, Alletta Lanterman, died Dec. 30, IS39. From the record in the hands of Mrs. Britt, I copy the date of the birth of each of their nine children, as follows-
LANTERMAN, SOPHIA, was born July 7, 17So, and married John Lindsay. See his name. They are both dead, but left two sons, YOHN and ABRAHAM. See the Lindsay family.
LANTERMAN, RICHARD, born Sept. 13, 1782, never came to San- gamon county.
LANTERMAN, JOHN, was born Oct. IS, 1784; his sons think in Maryland. He was married Nov. 28, ISII, in Fleming county, Ky., to Eliza- beth McKinnie, who was born June 30, 1793. They had five children in Fleming county, and moved to Sangamon county, arriving in the fall of 1819, two and a half miles northwest of where Springfield now stands, where they had eight children. Of their thirteen children-
ABRAHAM, born; Dec. 22, 1S12, in Fleming county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county to Catharine Cabanis. They had several children, and moved to Kansas, in the vicinity of Medoc, Mis- souri. Their son, JOHN L., enlisted in a Wisconsin regiment, and dicd in the army, during the war for the suppression of the rebellion.
NANCY, born March 30, IS15, in Fleming county, Ky., was left there with her grandmother until IS22. She was married in Sangamon county Oct., 18, 1832, to Joseph W. Duncan. Sce his name. J. W. Duncan died, and she married Har- rison Bishop. He died; she is now living with her son, David Duncan, at Williams- ville, Illinois.
ANDREW G., born May 6, 1816, in Fleming county, Ky., was brought up in Sangamon county, and married in Mar- shal county, Ill., to Elizabeth Bell. They had four children; two died young. NANCY E., and JOHN R., live with
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their father. Mrs. Elizabeth Lanterman died in 1855, and A. J. Lanterman mar- ried Martha M. Berry. They have three children, JANE, MCCLELLAN and LYCURGUS, and live near Elkhart, Logan county, Illinois.
PETER, born Sept. 4, 1817, in Flem- ing county, Ky., was married in Sanga- mon county, Ill., to Dolly A. Lightfoot. They had ten children, five of whom died young. Of the others, SUSAN J., mar- ried Jacob Yocum. See his name. JOHN H. married Isabel Dunham. They have five children, FRANCIS R., CHARLES P., EDWARD S., W. GROSS, and EARNEST H., who reside with their par- ents, near Elkhart, Logan county, III. JOSEPH M. married Lizzie Constant, and lives at Colorado Springs, Colorado. SCOTT and JAMES live with their pa- rents, four and a half miles southeast of Elkhart, Logan county, Illinois.
ALLETTA Y., born June 13, IS19, in Kentucky, and brought up in Sanga- mon county, was married in JoDaviess county, to Sutton Gott. They have five children, three of whom are married. Sutton Gott died Sept. 17, 1873. His widow and children reside near Elizabeth, JoDaviess county, Illinois.
MARY A., born Feb. 17, IS21, in Sangamon county, married George Ca- banis. They had two children. JAS- PER N. was captured in a Wisconsin regiment, and died in the army, leaving a widow and one child. JAMES H. re- sides with his parents, near Big Patch, Grant county, Wisconsin.
ELEANOR A., born Nov. 14, 1822, in Sangamon county, married Milton Carpenter. They had four children, and Mr. Carpenter died. His widow married Russell Godby. They have two child- ren, and reside near Petersburg, Menard county, Illinois.
SOPHIA L., born Oct. 25, 1824, in Sangamon county, married Calvin Cloyd. See his name.
GAMES, born 1826, in Sangamon county, married twice. Has children, and resides in Georgetown, Grant county, Wisconsin.
LEWIS McK., born Jan. 31, 1827, died Sept. 4, 1835.
JOHN L., born June 30, 1829, in Sangamon county, married Mary With- row. She had one child, and mother and
child died. J. L. Lanterman married Ann Lindsay. He enlisted in the 73d Reg., Ill. Inf., and died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., leaving his widow and children in Logan county, Illinois.
SARAH E., born Dec. 30, 1830, in Sangamon county, married John Askins. They had one child, and Mrs. A. died.
MELINDA, born May 13, 1833, in Sangamon county, married William Mer- gethaler. They had one child, and Mrs. M. died.
CHARLOTTE T., born May 17, 1836, in Sangamon county, married Wal- lace Reed. They had four children, and she died. Her husband and children re- side near Petersburg, Illinois.
John Lanterman died March 14, 1842, and his widow died May 10 or 11, 1857- he in Sangamon county and she in Logan county, Illinois.
LANTERMAN, DANIEL A., born Dec. 24, 1786, in Maryland, was twice married, and lived in Madison county, Ill. He never resided in Sanga- mon county.
LANTERMAN, JAMES, born April 15, 1789, in Maryland. He brought up a family in Lawrence county, Ill., but never lived in Sangamon county.
LANTERMAN, ABRA- HAM, was born Jan. 20, 1792, in Ma- ryland, came with his parents to Sanga- mon county, about IS19, and was married Jan. 12, 1826, in Menard county, to Mar- tha White, who was born Sept. 30, 1795, in Green county, Ky. They had six children, namely-
ELIZABETH f., born Aug. 10, IS27, in Sangamon county, was married, June 24, 1847, to Hiiam Westlake. They have six children-CLARA B, CHARLES, SAMUEL, MARTHA, WILLIAM and FRANK, and reside in Salinas, Monterey county, California.
ALLETTA M., born May 23, 1829, died about 1849.
SOPHIA, born May 3, 1831, in San- gamon county, was married, Feb. 2, I854. to David N. McCandless, who was born Feb. 9, 1S2S, in Butler county, Penn. They have six children, ED- MONDSON S. resides with his parents, JULIA E. was married, Feb. 24, 1876, to Dudley Jones. MARTHA E., HELEN B., MARY F. and CHARLES N. live
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with their parents, six miles southeast of Springfield, Illinois.
NANCY G., born Jan. 26, 1834, was married in Springfield, June 24, 1853, to James A. McCandless, cousin of David N. They have six children-EDITH married Albion Baker. GEORGE, GRACE, ALBERT and CARL, all live in Salinas, Montery county, California.
MARTHA H., born April 27, 1837, in Sangamon county, was married, July 1, 1859, in Springfield, to Henry Britt, who was born April 2, 1S26, in Sussex, Eng- land. They have four children- CHARLES A., MOLLIE E. HAN- NAH M. and CLARA E., and reside in the northwest part of Springfield, on part of the land entered by Mrs. Britt's father.
ISABEL W., born Dec. 23, 1841, in Sangamon county, was married. Nov. 30, IS65, to Wm. Albert Crowder. See his namc.
Mrs. Martha Lanterman died, June 14, 1861, and Abraham Lanterman died May 28, 1863, both near Springfield, Illinois.
LANTERMAN, HETTY, born Dec. S, 1793, in Maryland, never lived in Sangamon county, Illinois.
LANTERMAN, PETER, Jun., was born July 26, 1795, in Mary- land, came to Springfield with his parents, in ISI9, married Eliza Purviance, and moved to Dewitt county, Illinois.
LANTERMAN, ALLET- TA, born March 19, 1799, in Maryland, was married in Sangamon county to Thomas Earnest. See his name.
LARD, JOHN, was born Feb. 12, 1792, near Charleston, S. C., was taken by his parents to Kentucky, where his father died. At fifteen years of age he went to St. Louis to visit an uncle, and was married there in IS12, to Lydia Todd. She died in Feb., 1824, leaving one child. John Lard went to Wayne county, Ill., and was there married to Elizabeth Kelly, and returned to St. Louis about IS30, and came to Sangamon county in March, IS35, and settled in what is now Ball township. They had six children. Of
his seven children-
JOSIAH, born May 12, IS19, in St. Louis, Mo., married Sept. 22, IS42, in Sangamon county, to Jemima J. Crowder. She had six children, and died April 3, 1855. Mr. Lard was married Nov. 25,
1857, to Amelia Funderburk. They had four living children. Of all his children, MARTHA A., married John Marshall, and lives in Missouri. JOAB J. mar- ried Mary J. Stroud, has three children, ELECTA A., JAMES J. and PHILEMAN S., and live in Ball township. LYDIA E. married J. J. Jones, and lives in Mont- gomery county, Kansas. SARAH T., married Alfred Curtis, have one child, LAURA, and live in Ball township. AL-
CY or ALICE, GEORGE R., JACOB F., JOHN H., EMMA and MINNIE live with their parents. Josiah Lard lives on the farm where his father settled in IS35, in Ball township, twelve miles south of Springfield.
CINTHIA A., married Robert Maher, have one child, LOUISA P., and reside in Ball township, six miles south of Springfield.
THOMAS K. died in IS51, aged sev- enteen years.
AMELIA married William J. Atter- bery, and lives in Christian county, Mis- souri.
ROBERT Y., married Sarah Rupert, have two children, MARY E. and LU- ELLA MAY, and live in Ball town- ship.
MAHALA married Ninian M. Taylor. See his name.
HEZEKIAH is unmarried, and lives with his sister, Mrs. Maher.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lard died Feb. 9, IS43, and John Lard died Nov. 16, 1845, both in Sangamon county.
LASWELL, ANDREW, was born in Feb., 1781, in Loudon county, Va. When thirteen years old, he went on a pack-horse, in company with his brothers and sisters, to Shelby county, Ky. When a young man he went to Greene county, and was there married to Nancy Wright, who was born in 1784, in Culpepper county, Va., and taken by her parents to Green county, Ky. They had nine children in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in Nov., 1824, and settled one mile west of Spring- field. Of their children-
POLL2, born in 1805, in Kentucky, married to John Crowder. Sce his
name.
THOMAS, born Nov. 13, 1806, in Green county, Ky., married Feb. 4, 1830, in Sangamon county, to Sally Henry,
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who was born June 4, 1811, in Gallia county, Ohio. They had ten living chil- dren. MARY married James Tomlin- son, has six children, and lives in Gardner township. ANDREW J. married Eve- line Jones in Missouri. . She died, leaving three children, and he married Drucilla Riek, has one child, and lives in Gardner township. NANCY married Jules Beauloss, and died, leaving three children. AMANDA married John Turner, has five children, and lives in Labette county, near Fort Scott, Kansas. EMILY married Thomas Vance; has four ยท children, and live in La- bette county, Kansas. ELIZABETH married Jacob Hurst, and lives in Labette county, Kansas. . LUCINDA married Newton Simpson, who died, leaving one child. Mr. Simpson served three years in the Ioth Ill. Cav. His widow mar- ried John Ryan, who was a veteran sol - dier, and was "with Sherman in his march to the sea." Mr. and Mrs. Ryan have two children, and live in Spring- field. JOHN, HENRY and LAURA E. live with their parents, five miles northwest of Springfield.
MOSES, born May, 189, in Ken- tucky, married in Sangamon county to Mary Enyart. His wife and children are all dead. He lives in Springfield.
PETER, born in IS11 in Kentucky, has been twice married, and lives in Ore- gon.
SALLY died, aged nineteen years.
ELLEN married Martin McCoy, who died in 1870, leaving a widow and child, near Auburn, Illinois.
JOHN, born in 1815 in Green county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Virginia Barrett. He died in Dec., 1871, leaving three children. His family lives in Springfield.
ELIZABETH married William Robbins. See his name. They have four children, and live near Mechanics- hurg.
Andrew Laswell died April 11, 1853, and his widow died April, 1855, both near Springfield.
LATHAM, JAMES, was born Oct. 25, 1768, in Loudon county, Virginia, of English parents. He emigrated when a young man, to Kentucky, and was there married, June 21, 1792, to Mary Briggs, who was born Feb. 3, 1772, in Virginia,
of Scotch parents. They had nine child- ren in Kentucky, and moved to Elkhart Grove, in what is now Logan county, but was formerly a part of Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in 1819. Mr. Latham and his son Richard built a horse mill, at Elk- hart, in 1823. It was the first mill north of the Sangamon river. When he settled at Elkhart, their nearest mill was at Ed- wardsville, more than one hundred miles south. When Sangamon county was or- ganized, James Latham was appointed Judge of the Probate Court, May 27, 1821. He was also Justice of the Peace.
Of his children-
ELIZABETH, born Nov. 25, 1793, in Kentucky, was married there, May 9, ISIo, to James W. Chapman. They moved to Illinois with her parents, and settled north of the Sangamon river, near the mouth of Fancy creek, where Mr. Chapman established a ferry, in ISIS, on the Sangamon river, near Bogue's mill. He remained there two or three years, and moved farther north. Two only of their children are living. ELIZA mar- ried Hiram Lloyd, and lives near Broad- well, Logan county, Ill. ADALINE married Thomas Gale, and lives in Mem- phis Tenn. The parents both died at Elkhart. Mr. Chapman, in 1871, being the last of the two.
LUCY, born Aug. 18, 1797, in Ken- tucky, came with her parents to Sangamon county, and married Grant Blackwell. They returned to Kentucky in 1827, and died there, leaving one child, THOMAS, who lives near Morganfield, Union coun- ty, Kentucky.
RICHARD, born Dec. 23, 1798, in Bowling Green, Warren county, Ky. came with his parents in 1819 to Sanga- mon county, He was married, Sept. 16, 1824, at Elkhart, Ill., to Emily Hubbard, a native of Kentucky. They had one child, and mother and child died, in 1825, at Elkhart. Richard Latham was mar- ried, Nov. 27, 1825, to Mrs. Margaret Broadwell, whose maiden name was Ste- phenson. She was a sister of James C., John and Robert Stephenson, See their names. Mr. and Mrs. Latham had thir- teen children, seven of whom died young. Of the other six-MARY A., born Feb. 25, 1829, was married, Nov. 25, 1848, to Dr. Timothy Leeds. See his name. MARTHA E. married James S. Major.
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She died Sept. 20, 1852. HENRY C., born April 11, 1837, at Elkhart, is dealing in conveyancing and furnishing abstract titles to real cstate. He resides in Springfield. LUCY lives with her mother. KITTIE S., born Jan. 24, 1841, at Elkhart, was married in Springfield, Jan. 30, 1868, to Elder J. H. Mccullough, a minister of the Christian church, and resides in Denver, Colorado. NANNIE, born Dec. 6, 1843, at Elkhart, was married Sept. 16, 1873, in Springfield, to George H. Souther. They have one child, LA- THAM, and reside in Springfield. Richard Latham died, June 5, 1868, and his widow lives with her son Henry C. in Spring- field, Illinois.
MARY L., born in Kentucky, married John Constant. See his name.
PHILIP C., born Jan. 25, 1804, in Bowling Green, Ky., came to Elkhart Grove with his father, in 1819. In Feb., 1827, he entered the county clerk's office, in Springfield, under C. R. Matheny, county clerk. He remained there eight years, and was married in Springfield, May 15, 1831, to Catharine R. Taber, who was born Feb. 25, 1812, in Cham- paign county, Ohio. They had five living children in Springfield. MARY E., born in 1836, married Dr. Alexander Halbert. See his name. JULIA M., born Jan. 11, 1838, was married in Spring- field to B. D. Magruder, a native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. They have two "children, ELLA and HARRY L., and live in Chicago. WM. HENRY, born Nov. 27, 1839, enlisted in 1862 for three years, in Co. B, 114th Ill. Inf., was elected ist Lieutenant at the organization, and at once promoted to Adjutant. He died Dec., 1863, in Springfield, of disease con- tracted in the army. GEORGE C., born May 16, 1842, was married, Oct. 2, 1867, to Olive Priest. They have three child- ren, OLIVE, MARY M. and JOIN P., and live in Springfield. G. C. Latham is con- nected in business with his father-in-law, Jonn W. Priest. PHILIP C., Jun., born July 18, 1844, was married to Lucy George, a native of Canada. He died suddenly, Feb. 16, 1871, leaving one child, HENRY 1. Mrs. Lucy Latham married, and resides in Nebraska. Mr. Philip C. Latham, Sen., was killed by lightning, near Shawneetown, Ill., May 25, 1844.
His widow resides in Springfield, in a house built by her husband in 1838.
NANCY resides with Mrs. Richard Latham.
MARIA, born Nov. 14, 1809, in Bowl- ing Green, Ky., was married to Archibald Constant. See his name.
YOHN, born Sept. 9, 1812, in Bowling Green, Ky., was married in Sangamon county to Lucy Bennett, a native of Ken- tucky. They had two children-MARY E. married William Dustin, a banker, and resides in Lincoln, Ill. MARGA- RET E. married Morgan H. Bailhache, and resides in Martinez, California.
ROBERT B., born June 21, IS18, in Union county, Ky., was married in San- gamon county, Nov. 5, 1846, to Georgiana Gillette, a native of New Haven, Conn. She died in 1853. R. B. Latham was married July 24, 1857, in Logan county, to Savilla Wyatt, a native of Morgan county, Ill. They have five children, MARY, RICHARD, ROBERTIE, WILLIAM W. and GEORGIANA, and reside in Lincoln, Ill. Robert B. Latham was elected Sheriff of Logan county in 1850, and served two years. He was elected Representative in Illinois Legislature for 1861-62. He raised a reg- iment and became Colonel of the 106th Ill. Vol. Inf., and served twenty months in the war to suppress the rebellion, and then resigned on account of impaired health. He is now a dealer in real estate in Lincoln, Logan county, Illinois.
After James Latham had served a year or two as Judge of the Probate Court of Sangamon county, he was appointed, on the part of the U. S. Government, to superintend the Indians around Fort Clark. Soon after, he moved his family there, making that place his headquarters. The town of Peoria was laid out, on land inchiding the fort. Judge Latham died there, Dec. 4, 1826. His widow returned with her family to Elkhart, where she died.
LAUGHLIN, JOHN, was born in 1757, place not known, and was mar- ried in South Carolina to Elizabeth Orr, who was born in 1779. They went to Caldwell county, Ky., and had eight children there, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in 1828, in what is now Ball township. Of their children-
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MARGARET, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to William S. Viney. See his name.
WILLIAM L. married Isabel Hol- land, and both died without children in Sangamon county.
JANE married Matthew Crowder. See his name.
LEWIS A. married; has five children, and lives near New London, Iowa.
THOMAS married Naney Lowrey. They had two children. He was a prac- ticing physician, and died in Clinton, Ill., leaving his family there.
JOHN married Catharine Lowrey. He died, leaving a widow in Ball town- ship.
GAMES died, aged eleven years.
ISABEL, born in Caldwell county, Ky., married Washington Crowder. Sec his name.
John Laughlin died Nov., 1829, and his widow died in Feb., 1833, both in Sangamon county.
LAVELY, WILLIAM, born Aug., ISII, in Baltimore, Maryland. His father and uncle were captains of war vessels during the war of IS12-15 with England. When a young man, William Lavely came west, by the way of Cincinnati, arriving in Springfield during the summer of 1830, where he joined his sister, Mrs. Dr. Merriman. He was mar- ried April 2, 1839, in Menard county, Ill., to Lavinia Constant. They had three children, namely-
SUSAN died in infancy.
WILLIAM T., born July 19, 1843, in Springfield, married in his native city Feb. 5, 1868, to Lora Dunton, who was born June 1, 1850, in Racine, Wisconsin. They have one child, RUFUS W., and re- side in Springfield, Illinois.
ELLEN MAY, born July 14, IS48, in Springfield, was married in her native city Feb. 28, 1871, to Park E. Temple, who was born April 29, 1845, in Bloom- ington, Ill. He graduated in the law de- partment of Michigan University, Ann Arbor, in 1870. They have two children, MAI and DAISY. Mr. Temple, after his marriage, served one year as City Attorney of Springfield. He is now a newspaper correspondent, and practices law in Bloomington, Ill., where he and his family reside.
William Lavely has filled a number of civil offices, such as Justice of the Peace ten or twelve years, Mayor of the city of Springfield for the year 1852, chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Sangamon county three years, ete. He was Grand Mas- ter of the Masonie Grand Lodge of Illi- nois for the years 1847 and 'S. During the greater part of his life, he has been engaged in mercantile pursuits, and now -1876-resides in Springgeld.
LAW, BENJAMIN C., was born March 31, IS05, in Huntington county, Penn. His parents moved to Ohio, thence to Bath county, Ky., where he was married Sept., 1824, to Janetta MeClees. They had one child in Ken- tneky, and moved to Dickson county, Tenn., where three children were born; and from there to Sangamon county III., arriving April, 1836, five miles east of Springfield, where six children were born. Of their ten children-
ANNA, born March 5, 1827, in Ken- tucky, married in Sangamon county to J. Perry, and both died of cholera in 1851, leaving two children.
THOMAS, born Sept. 21, 1831, in Tennessee, married in Sangamon county to Louisa Gibson; have five children, and live in Mechanicsburg township.
REBECCA, born June 3, 1833, in Tennessee, married Henry Harwood, an engineer of the T., W. & W. They have six children, and live in Springfield.
DIARY, born March 31, 1835, in Ten- nessee, married David McCarthy; have five children, and live in Mechaniesburg.
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