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JANE, born Dee. 5, 1837, in Sanga- mon county, and lives with her parents.
MATTHEW and MMARK, twins, born Sept. 30, 1839, in Sangamon county, both live with their parents, five miles east of Springfield.
MARK enlisted July, 1862, for three years, in Co. 1, 114th III. Inf. Served to the end of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged with the regiment in July, I865.
NARCISSA, born June 9, 1842, in Sangamon county, married May 19, 1872, to Silas Thomas, a native of Clermont county, Ohio. She died Dec. 31, 1873. Silas Thomas enlisted in July, 1861, in Co. G, 7th Ill. Inf .; re-enlisted as a vet- eran, served until July, 1865, when he was honorably discharged. Himself and
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four brothers served through the whole war, and came out without a wound.
GRIZELLA, born Feb. 17, 1844, died, aged seven years.
LYDIA C., born Feb. 17, 1846, lives with her parents.
Benj. C. Law and wife-1874-live on the farm where they settled in IS36, five miles east of Springfield.
Mark Law, the father of Benjamin C., was born March 6, 1762, in county Ty- rone, Ireland, came with his son to San- gamon county, and died Feb. 23, 1840.
LAWLEY, STEPHEN, born July 22, 1777, in North Carolina, was married there to Mrs. Abigail Wilson, and moved to Smith county, Tenn., where they had four children, and moved to Springfield, Ill., arriving in the spring of 1828. He remained one year near Spring- field, and in the spring of 1829 moved to what is now Ball township, ten miles south of Springfield. Of their four chil- dren-
DIARY, born in Tennessee, was mar- ried there to William Wright. They came to Sangamon county in 1827, one year before her father, lived two years near Springfield, and in the spring of IS29 moved to what is now Ball township. The next year the family returned to Ten- nessee. The parents died there, leaving five children.
ELIZABETH, born in Tennessee, was married there to Paschal Wright. They came to Sangamon county in 1828, with her father. About IS35, the family returned to Tennessee. They had seven children; all lived to be men and women.
PRUDENCE, born in Smith county, Tennessee, was married there to Leonard Fry. They moved to Sangamon county, in 1827, first ,living in what is now Cotton Hill township, and afterwards moved to Ball township. where they raised a family of eight children. In the fall of IS70, they moved to Bates county, Mo., except one daughter, Mary, who married Barnes Peak, have three children, and live near Edinburg, Christian county, Illinois.
WILLIAM B., born June 24, 1811, in Smith county, Tennessee, came to Springfield with his father, in IS2S, and in 1829 went to what is now Ball town- ship. He was married, Dec. 25, 1831, to Amy Meredith. They had two children. DAVIS W., born Nov. 15, 1832, in San-
gamon county, was married there to Cassandra Peddecord. They had two children, MARY E. and DAVIS F. D. W. Lawley enlisted Aug. 15, 1862, in Co. E, 114th Ill. Inf., for three years; served full term, and was honorably discharged Aug. 3, 1865. For a second wife, he married Mary Ann Ray. They had four children, IDA F., JAMES W., LUELLA MAY and EVA I. D. W. Lawley lives in Cotton Hill township. STEPHEN T., born Nov. 23, 1836, married in 1859 Mary A. Gaines, a native of Indiana. They have six children, SARAHI E., AMY J., MARY M., MARGARET L., ALBERT W., CHARLES A., and LAURA H., and live in Cotton Hill town- ship. Mrs. Amy Lawley died Sept. 12, IS3S, and William B. Lawley was married Nov. 28, 1839, to Sarah M. Duncan. They have eight living children. RUTH J., born Sept. 13, 1S40, in Sangamon county, married in IS50 to Lawrence Saltenger. They have six children, WIL- LIAM S., ELMER E., JAMES E., FRANCIS E., MINNIE C., and MARY V., and live near Palmer, Christian county, Ill. ELIJAH D., born Sept. 9, 1842, in Sangamon county, enlisted in Aug., 1862, in Co. E, 114th Ill. Inf., for three years. He was wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of Guntown, Mississippi, June 10, 1864. He was a prisoner to the close of the rebellion, and was disabled for life. He was married in 186S to Sarah J. Boyd. They have two children, LEWIS E. and FREDDIE, and live at Macon, Ma- con county, Ill. JAMES P., born Dec. 10, 1844, in' Sangamon county, was too young to enlist with his brothers, but ran off, and enlisted July, 1863, in Co. E, 14th Ill. Inf., at Black River. Miss. Served to the end of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged. He was mar- ried in 1869 to Nancy J. Jones. They have one child, ROBERT W., and live in Palmer, Christian county, Illinois. AMANDA E., born June 9, 1849, in Sangamon county, married in 1868 to John B. Matthew. Sce his name. They have two children, CHARLES E. and GEORGE R, and live at Mt. Auburn, Ill. SARAH M., LEONARD W., FRANCIS J., JEROME F. and PRUDENCE A. live with their parents. William B. Lawley and wife live ten miles south of Spring- field, in Ball township, Sangamon county, Illinois.
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Mrs. Abigail Lawley died Jan. 6, 1853, and Stephen Lawley died Dec. 28, 1861, both on the farm where they settled in 1 829, in Ball township, Sangamon county, Illinois.
LAWSON, WILLIAM P., was born Nov. 19, 1794, at what was then called Grassy Lick, Kentucky. Priscilla Duncan was born Dec. 12, 1797, in Bath county, Kentucky. They were married Feb. 3, 1S20, and had two children, and Mrs. Lawson died in Fleming county, Ky, Aug. 20, 1824. Mr. Lawson was married Oct. 19, 1826, in Fleming coun- ty, to Frances Dunn. They had one child, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Nov. 18, 1828, at Buffalo Hart grove, where they had eight living children. Of all his children --
MARGARET, born Jan. S, IS21, in Fleming county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon county Aug., 1852, to John Fletcher. They have three children, and live one and one-quarter miles southeast of Buffalo Hart station, Sangamon county.
SARAH f., born Dec. 25, 1823, in Fleming county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon county to Robert Cass, Jun. See his name.
JACOB, born Oct. 4, 1827, in Flem- ing county, Ky., raised in Sangamon county, married to Martha Davis. They have nine children, and live near Catlin, Vermilion county, Illinois.
NANCY A., born Aug. 7, 1830, in Sangamon county, married James Tim- mons; have six children, and live four miles northwest of Illiopolis.
MARTHA A., born July 10, 1833, in Sangamon county, married Henry Bell. They had six children, and Mr. Bell died June, 1868, in Petersburg, Ill. His widow and children reside there.
CLARINDA, born Aug. 3, 1836, was drowned by crawling in an open well the very day she was one year old.
LUCINDA, born Aug. 29, 1839, in . Sangamon county, married Marcus Cos- tilla, a native of Ireland, have four child- ren, and live in Buffalo Hart township.
CHRISTIANA, born May 9, 1842, in Sangamon county, married Lewis Cass. See his name.
ELIZA f., born July 14, IS45, in Sangamon county, married Lafayette Ball; have four children, and live at Fairmount, Vermilion county, Illinois.
JULIA C., horn Feb. 6, 1848, in San- gamon county, married Hiram Amos, and lives at Jacksonville, Illinois.
ISABEL, born Feb. 13, 1851, in San- gamon county, married John Shaver.
Mrs. Frances Lawson died Oct. 10, 1867, in Sangamon county, and Wm. P. Lawson lives with his daughter, Mrs. Robert Cass, Jun .- 1874.
LEEDS, PETER T., was born March 29, ISO1, near Leeds' Cove or Leeds Landing, in Gloucester county, N. J. His ancestors emigrated from Leeds, England, about the year 1700. His pa- rents, James and Rhoda Leeds, were mem- bers of the Society of friends. They had five sons and three daughters in New Jer- sey, and with their family left there, May 15, 1806, and settled near Moscow, Cler- mont county, Ohio. The girls . married farmers, and three of the sons became far- mers also; the whole six settling in Cler- mont county. One son, Josiah, learned the hatter's trade, and Peter T., the sub- ject of this sketch, selected a profession, and commenced the study of medicine at the age of twenty. Not having the means to attend medical school, he taught during the day and read medicine at night until he was theoretically qualified for practice. While teaching, he had one pu- pil who attended his school two summers, and who has since been known as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, the leader of the U. S. armies in crushing the great rebellion, also twice President of the United States. Dr. P. T. Leeds remembers having seen the first steamboat that ascended the Ohio river as far as Moscow. He was married, in ISZI, to Jane Harden. They had six children in Ohio, one of whom died young. Dr. Leeds moved with his family to Illi- nois, arriving at Mechanicsburg, Sanga- mon county, April 1, 1836. Of his child- ren-
DAVID, born Oct., IS22, in Clermont county, Ohio, studied medicine with his father, and located in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. He was married there to Martha Shaw. They had three children, JOHN, MAT- TIE and ARTEMAS. Dr. David Leeds died in Mt. Pleasant, September, 1853.
TIMOTHY, born Jan., IS25, in Ohio, studied medicine with his father, and graduated at St. Louis Medical College. He married Mary A. Latham. Dr. Tim-
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othy Leeds practiced medicine in Mt. Pulaski, until 1856, when he moved to Lincoln, Ill. He died there May 1, IS57, and was buried at Mt. Pulaski with Masonic honors. His widow died in Springfield, Dec. 11, 1857, leaving her to children, MAGGIE and TIMO- THY, with their grandmother, Mrs. Mar- garet Latham, in Springfield.
LIDIA, the only daughter, born March, 1827, in Clermont county, Ohio, and brought up in Sangamon county, mar- ried to her cousin, John M. Leeds, at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and moved to Clinton, Illinois. They had five children-DAR - THULA J., born Jan. 5, 1847, in Glas- gow, Jefferson county, Iowa, married April 21, 1871, in Clinton, Ill., to A. H. C. Barber, formerly of Portsmouth, Ohio, They have three children, VIOLET, JOHN and FANNIE, and reside in Clinton, IIl. ALICE A., was born in Mechanicsburg, and died, aged two years. MARY E., born Dec. 24, 1850, in Marion, Dewitt county, Ill., was married, March 1, 1871, to J. H. Morse, formerly of Milford Cen- tre, Union county, Ohio. They have one child, GEORGE B., and live in Clinton, Ill. SARAH ARGILLIA, born Jan. 9, 1855, and LYDIA LENORAH, born Sept. 3, 1857, in Clinton. The two latter live with their mother. John M. Leeds went to California, in 1862, and on returning he was killed by Indians, in the Sierra Ne- vada mountains. His widow and two un- married daughters reside in Clinton, De- witt county, Illinois.
DANIEL K., born Nov., IS29, in Ohio, enlisted in the regular army during the Mexican war, was wounded in the battle of the City of Mexico, and died in that city, in 1847, of inflammation of the lungs.
LUCIAN LATASSA, was born April, 1831, in Clermont county, Ohio, commenced the study of medicine with his father, at seventeen years of age, and graduated at Rush Medical College, Chi- cago, III., in 1852. He practiced medicine with his father three years, and during that time he married Susan Shoup, of Lo- gan county. She died, in IS54, leaving one child, SARAH ALICE. He then located in Lincoln, Ill., and in 1855 mar- ried Sarah J. Shoup; she only lived ten weeks, and in the autumn of 1856 he mar- ried Hannah Wilson, of Logan county.
They have three children, viz: ANNIE M., MYRTIE J. and HANNAH E. The eldest child, Sarah Alice, married E. Spell- man, and lives in Lincoln. Dr. L. L. Leeds has owned one horse thirteen years, and kept a record of his travels, which has heen S2,000 miles, to January, 1876. His name is Gray Bill, and he is yet able, ready and willing to travel, and he will probably yet make his 100,000 miles. Dr. L. L. Leeds continues in the practice of his profession, at Lincoln, Logan coun- ty, Illinois.
Dr. Peter T. Leeds moved from Me- chanicsburg to Buffalo, Sangamon county, Illinois, August 19, 1859; re- mained in active practice until 1865, but has now partially withdrawn, and only attends to office business. He has been a successful practitioner, and is strictly a self-made man.
LEMON, JOHN I., born March 6, 1So3, in Scott county, Kentucky, came to Sangamon county, arriving at Berlin in 1834 or '5. He was married near Washington, Tazewell county, to Ann Maria White. They made their home in Sangamon county until they had five living children. The family moved to Farmer City, and from there to El Paso, where three children were born. Their eldest children, GAMES D., WIL- LIAM U. and JOHN 1., fun., were all born in Sangamon county, and were Union soldiers in Co. A, 107th Ill. Inf.
JAMES D. was Lieutenant, and was killed in battle on the Potomac.
WILLIAM U. and
JOHN I. died of disease in the army, the former near Paducah, and the . latter in Tennessee.
John I. Lemon resides at El Paso, Illi- nois.
LEMON, MARY ANN, sister to John I., was born Nov. 3, 1S05, in Scott county, Ky., came to Sangamon county in 1835 or '6, married to William Hickman. Sce his name. They had one son, Euclid.
LEMON, ELIZA, sister to John I., born March 29, ISOS, in Scott county, Ky., came to Sangamon county in 1835 or '6, married William Underwood. See his name. He died, and she married John Churchill. See his name.
LEMMON, ULICK, was born July 30, 1791, in Baltimore, Md. He
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visited the western States, and entered land in Sangamon county. He was mar- ried in Sangamon county, in 1826 or '7, to Mrs. Susan Bachus, whose maiden name was Pearce. She was born Sept. 19, 1799, near Nashville, Tenn. She had one child by her first marriage-
NANCY BACHUS, born Oct. 2S, IS23, and married Willard Mitchell. They had two living children. Mr. Mitchell was at one time employed on the Panama railroad, contracted disease, went to California, and died there in 1850. His widow married Benjamin Force, had three children, and lives in Athens, Me- nard county, Illinois.
Mr. and Mrs. Lemmon had six child- ren in Sangamon county, namely-
WILLIAM E., born Nov. 17, IS28, married Elizabeth Martin, have seven children, and live in Logan county, Illi- nois.
MARGARET A., born March 5, 1830, in Sangamon county, married Alfred N. Hinsley. Sce his name.
ELVIRA, born June 22, IS35, mar- ried May 1, 1853, to Alexander Hale. They have ten children, and live in Athens, Menard county, Illinois.
GAMES and JOHN, twins, born May 19, IS3S. They are both preachers in the Christian church, and reside at Athens, Menard county, Illinois.
CYNTHIA S., born Sept. 25, 1840, married Madison Batterton. Sce his name.
Ulick Lemmon died Jan. 6, 1852, and his widow died Jan. 18, 1866, both in San- gamon county.
LEVEL, JAMES M., was born Dec., IS17, in Pickaway county, Ohio. His parents died when he was a child, and he was brought to Sangamon county by Abel Powell. They arrived June 27, IS2S. James M. Level was married Dec. 2, 1855, to Margaret Sawyers, who was born Nov. 3, 1S30, in Fayette county, They had six children, two of whom died-
CLARISSA E. in her eighth year; and WILLIAM T. in infancy. The other four-
JOHN S., born April 5, IS5S,
GAMES H., born Sept. 23, IS59,
MARY E., born July 15, 1861, and
CLARA M., born May 28, 1866, live with their parents. James M. Level re-
sides on the farm settled by Levi Cantrall in IS20. It is adjoining Cantrall on the southwest.
James M. Level remembers that about IS3S he helped to cut wheat with the old- fashioned sickle or reap-hook, tramped it out with horses, fanned the chaff out by two men taking a linen sheet and using it for a fan, while a third one stood on some elevated place, and poured the wheat and chaffdown before the fan. This fanning operation cannot be described to a person who never saw it; and, therefore ought to be enacted at some Oid Settlers' meeting. He then drove a four-horse team and hauled fifty bushels of the wheat to St. Louis, one hundred miles, and sold it for twenty-five cents per bushel. It required from ten to twelve days to make the trip.
LEVI, JOHN M., born about 1 Soo, came to what is now Ball township, with his parents, among the early settlers, and was married to Eliza J. Hurley. They had five children-
MARY married John Hartsock, and lives in Christian connty.
GRACIE G. married James Smith, had one child, FRANCIS A., and Mr. Smith died August 23, 1869, and his wid- ow married Oct. 15, 1872, to John H. Hermon. Sce his name.
SARAH married Daniel H. Funder- burk, has four children, and lives in Chris- tian county.
LOUISA married Rev. Franklin Doughty, of the M. E. Church, have five children, and live at Fairfield, Iowa.
ELIZABETH married Joseph C. Dodds. They have two children, JOHN and IVY PEARL, and live in Ball township, Sangamon county.
Mrs. Eliza J. Levi died, and, Mr. Levi married Fannie Clemons, and he died Dec. 23, 1872. His widow lives in Roch- ester, Illinois.
LEWIS, JOHN R., was born in 1806 in Farmington, Connecticut. He studied medicine at New Haven, came West in 1831 or '2, and established him- self in practice at Carlinville, Ill. He returned to his native place, and was there married Nov. 16, 1835, to Mrs. Ruth Stanley, whose maiden name was Cramp- ton. He brought his wife to Carlinville, ceased practicing medicine, and engaged in farming. Mrs. Ruth Lewis died Aug. 28, 1839, at Carlinville, leaving one child.
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Dr. Lewis soon after moved to Chatham, in Sangamon county, and engaged in practice there. His son-
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CHARLES H., born April 4, 1837, near Carlinville, brought up in Chatham, graduated in 1862 from the academi- cal department of Yale college, and from the medical department of the same col- lege in 1867. He spent the intermediate time in the army, and afterwards prac- ticed a short time in Chatham. Dr. Charles H. Lewis was married April 11, 1869, in Oswego, Kansas, to Imogene Lewis. They have two children, ED- WARD H. and FLORENCE M., and reside near Cedar Vale, Chautauqua county, Kansas. Dr. Lewis is engaged in farming and the drug business.
Dr. John R. Lewis, soon after remov- ing to Chatham, became acquainted with Miss Sarah M. Thompson, a native of Monson, Massachusetts, whose home in the West was with her brother-in-law, Rev. James A. Clark, in Fort Madison, Iowa, where Dr. Lewis and Miss Thomp- son were married Aug. 25, 1844, and at once came to Chatham. They had five children. Of the three living-
MARIA L. was married Jan. 1, IS74, to Dr. Charles B. Johnston, a practicing physician at Tolono, Champaign county, Ill., where they reside.
HOHN T. and
EDWARD V., both born in Chat- ham, and live there with their mother.
Dr. J. R. Lewis assisted in organizing the First Presbyterian church in Carlin- ville, and was one of the ruling Elders as long as he lived there. He was elected to the same office in the church at Chatham, and continued to discharge its duties to the end of his life. He died Aug. 5, IS58, in Chatham, where his widow and two sons now reside-1876.
LEWIS, EDDIN, was born Dec. 23, 1So3, in Caldwell county, Ky. He was there married, about 1825, to Winnifred Easley, who was born in the samne county, March 10, 1So6. They had two children in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., in the fall of 1830, in what is now Ball township, where they had six children-
WILLIAM R., born Oct. 11, 1826, in Kentucky, died in Sangamon county, aged twenty years.
GAMES M., born May 27, IS2S, in Caldwell county, Ky., married March 6, IS51, in Sangamon county, to Berrilla M. Lockridge. She died May 4, 1857, leav- ing one child, CYRUS E. James M. Lewis married August 30, 1860, to Mrs. Emily Ricks, whose maiden name was Simpson. She died April 20, 1864, leav- ing one child, LAURA BELLE, who re- sides with her uncle, Andrew Simpson, in Taylorville. James M. Lewis married Mary A. Clayton. She died June 20, 186S, leaving two children, JULIA M. and MANFORD S. J. M. Lewis was married August 30, 1869, to Jane Burris. They have one child, MINNIE ALICE, and reside five miles southeast of Auburn. James M. Lewis remembers one event connected with the deep snow, beginning in December, IS30. His father had just finished his first cabin, and moved into it,' as the snow began falling. In building it he dug the earth out in front of the hearth and used it in forming the side walls to his fireplace. That hole under the floor was for keeping vegetables, but he had none. When the snow became quite deep, he found that he would certainly loose a fine litter of pigs unless he could find protec- tion for them. He could think of no other place than his rude cellar. He raised a puncheon, dragged the sow in, and pitched her, with the pigs, down that cavity. The record shows that James M. was but two and a half years old, but the squealing of the hog almost frightened him into fits, making an impression on his mind that remains indelible. If all his- tory was written it would be found that many of the best families and fortunes were built on as rude foundations as this incident implies.
JOHN W., born May 27, IS31, in Sangamon county, spent six years in Cal- ifornia, returned home, started for Pikes Peak, and died at St. Joseph, Mo., in IS60 or '61.
MARGARET E., born in Sangamon county, married George F. Kessler, who was accidentally shot dead, while on a hunting excursion, in IS5S. She married Sylvanus Wineman, who died July 29, 1875. She resides near Auburn.
SARAH }., born in Sangamon coun- ty, married George W. Armstrong. They have two children, LAURENTI-
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US B. and ALONZO W., and reside in Auburn.
MARTHA A., born in 183S, in San- gamon county, married Abraham Gish, has two children, namely: CHARLES and ARRAH, and reside in Virden.
SAMUEL, born Sept. 17, 1840, in Sangamon county. He was married Feb. 7, 1861, in Auburn, to Emma Wheeler. Mr. Lewis enlisted August 9, 1862, for three years, in Co. B, 114th Ill. Inf., and was commissioned Ist Lieutenant of his company in April, 1865. He was wound- ed and captured at the battle of Guntown, Miss., June 10, 1S64, was taken to Ander- sonville prison, and enjoyed its hospitalities for ten months; sent to Vicksburg for ex- change, where he first heard of the assas- sination of President Lincoln. He had a silver ring, with a quarter dollar gold piece set in it. By giving that to the rebel guard he was permitted to escape before the time for exchange. He was honorably discharged at Camp Butler, August 12, IS65. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis have five children, EDITH M., MARY B., FREDERICK L., MAGGIE J. and JAMES H., and reside in Auburn. Mr. Lewis is a merchant there, and President of the Auburn Bank.
MARY M., born in Sangamon county, was married there to Thomas Black. See his name.
Mrs. Winnifred Lewis died Nov. 15, IS43, and Eddin Lewis was married May 28, 1844, to Permelia A. Fletcher. They had two children-
EDWARD H. was married Nov. 4, 1869, to Margaret Whetstone. She died Feb. S, 1872, leaving one child, CHARLES D. E. H. Lewis lives in Auburn.
PERMELIA F., married Jan. 7, 1864, to James A. Ogg, who was horn Oct. 9, 1842, in Madison county, Ky. He enlisted for three years, March 29, 1862, in Co. F, 12th Ill. Cav., served until Apr. 2, 1865, when he was honorably discharg- ed. Mr. and Mrs. Ogg have three child- ren, JAMES F., WILLIAM A. and MARY E., and live in Auburn, Illinois.
Eddin Lewis died Jan. 29, 1850, and his widow married Larkin H. Lewis, and resides in Auburn.
Eddin Lewis was an energetic farmer and business man. He was one of the earliest men engaged in buying and drov-
ing fat hogs and cattle, and packing pork in Sangamon county.
LEWIS, LARKIN, brother to Eddin Lewis, was born in Caldwell coun- ty, Ky., married there to Elizabeth Welch. They had three children in Kentucky, and she died there, May 17, IS35. He moved with his children to Sangamon county, in IS3S or '9, and was married, Feb. 2S, 1856, to Mrs. Permelia A. Lewis, whose maiden name was Fletcher. They had two children. Of his children-
WILLIAM Y., married Sarah Clay- ton, have two children, ALFRED and SARAH, and live in Ball township.
SAMUEL married Mary Henderson, have three children, and live in Kansas.
DAVID married Margaret Henderson, have three children, MARY, NETTIE and LOTTIE, and live in Pawnee town - ship.
By the second wife ---
GEORGE W., and
GAMES L., live with their parents, in Auburn, Illinois.
LEWIS, WILLIAM, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Jemima Easley, and lives at St. Joseph, Missouri.
LEWIS, NANCY, born in Ken- tucky, married in Sangamon county to James O. Wilson, and lives in Bates coun- ty, Missouri.
LEWIS, MORGAN, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Sarah Walters, and both died, without children.
LEWIS, JOHN, born in Ken- tucky, married Nancy Campbell, and have four children-
WILLIAM H. married Lorilla Wil- son, and lives in Ball township.
ELIZABETH,
JOHN F., and
AMANDA, live with their parents, in Ball township.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lewis, the mother of Eddin, Larkin, William, Nancy, Mary Morgan and John, died in 1857, in Ball township, in the seventy-fifth year of her age.
LEWIS, OBED, was born April 25, 1812, in Chester county, Penn. He came to Springfield, Ill., in 183S, was mar- ried, Sept. 23, 1851, to Cordelia M. Iles. They have three children-
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