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LINDSAY, JOHN, was born in Virginia, and married Sophia Lanterman. See his name in Omissions.
LINDSAY, ISAAC, born May 16, 1S19, in Franklin county, Penn., was married in Jacksonville, Ill., in IS41, to Mary Dyer. Their four children all died young, and Mrs. Mary Lindsay died in the spring of IS50. Mr. Lindsay was married in Jan, 1851, in Springfield, to Mercy Elder, a native of Kentucky. Sce Elder family. They had three children, and all died young. Mrs. Merey Lindsay died Jan. 27, 185S. Mr. L. was married in Springfield, Ill., to Mrs. Sarah Rogers, whose maiden name was Elder, a sister of his second wife. They have five living children, MARTHA A., FRANK R., WILLIAM E., AD.\ and IDA, twins, who all live with their parents.
Isaac Lindsay was a bricklayer by trade, and was for about seven years, from IS58, clerk in the recorder's branch of the circuit court of Sangamon county. He was assessor and collector for the city two years-1856 and 1857. He and his family reside in Springfield, Illinois.
LINDSAY, MORRIS, born June 30, ISIS. in Franklin county, Penn. He came to Springfield with his brother, Isaac, in 1836, and was married April 2, IS44, at Salisbury, to Sarah Miller, a daughter of Solomon Miller. They had four children, two of whom died young. Of the other two-
SOLOMON L., born March 12, 1846, in Sangamon county, was married Jan. S, IS72, in Arkansas, to Dora Moore, a na- tive of Tennessee. They have two child- ren, MORRIS W. and ALBERT CHARLES, and reside in Springfield, Illinois.
ALLIE, born Aug. 26, 1850, in San- gamon county, and resides with her mother.
Morris Lindsay was appointed postmas- ter, at Springfield, in IS58, and served until 1861. He also served several terms as a member of the city council of Spring- field. In 1863 or '4 he moved to Carhon- dale, Ill., where he died March 25, 1869. His remains were brought to Springfield, and interred in Oak Ridge Cemetery. His widow and daughter reside in Carbondale, Jackson county, Illinois.
LITTLE, SAMUEL, born in 1776, in Virginia. He was married in the
year 1797, in Fleming county, Ky., to Mary Newcomb. They had nine children in Kentucky, and moved to St. Clair county, Illinois, where two of their child- ren died. Mr. Little moved with his fam- ily to what became Sangamon county, ar- riving in IS19 or 1820, and settled two and one-half miles southwest of the present State House. Six of their children mar- ried and raised families, and all except one has died, and their children have moved away from the county. The only remain- ing one-
SAMUEL N., born March 1, 1SI4, in Fleming county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon county, Jan. 29, IS43, to Eliza M. Morgan. They have seven children- WILLIAM H., born March 16, 1845, near Springfield, married, Oct. 31, 1872, to Delia Pirkins. Wm. H. Little was killed Aug. 16, 1873, by an accident on the Chicago & Alton railroad, at Sag Bridge, near Chicago, and interred in Oak Ridge Cemetery. His widow resides with her father, R. Pirkins. Sec his name. GERSHOM J., born Feb. 19, 1847, near Springfield, married, Jan. 2, 1867, to Nellie Crafton. She died Jan. 14, 1868. G. J. Little was married, Oct. 27, IS74, to Maggie E. Conner, who was born June 22, 1851, in Springfield. G. J. Little is of the firm of S. N. Little & Sons, and resides in Springfield. SAN- FORD H., born June 21, 1849, lives in Springfield, and is of the firm of S. N. Little & Sons. HARRIET C., born Dec. 12, 1853, near Springfield, married Feb. 14, 1867, to John W. Crafton. They had one child, WILLIAM H., who died in his third year. Mr. and Mrs. Crafton re- side in Springfield. MARY E., born May 10, IS51, died Oct. 30, 1855. MINERVA C., died Aug. 1, 1857. FANNIE Z., born Jan. S, 1869, resides with her parents. Samuel N. Little owns and resides on the farm where his father settled in 1819, and received the title from the United States government soon after it came into market, in 1S23. He is also engaged in the livery business, in Springfield, with his sons, Gershom J. and Sanford H., under the firm name of S. N. Little & Sons.
Of his parents-Mrs. Mary Little died in July, 1823, and Samuel Little died Jan. 1, 1847, both near Springfield.
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LITTLE, THOMAS S., born March 16, 1820, in Northampton, Mass., came to Springfield, Ill., Aug., IS3S, where he was married, May 30, 1844, to Ann M. Watson. They had five child- ren, two of whom died in infancy. Of the other three children-
MARIA W., born Jan. 27, 1846, in Springfield, was married, Aug. 7, 1865, to Samuel A. Slemmons, who was born Jan. 2S, 1842, at Cadiz, Harrison county, Ohio, and came to Springfield in 1859. Mr. and Mrs. Slemmons have three children, GEORGE B., ELLA L. and ALICE H. Mr. Slemmons was a member of an independent military company, of which John Cook was captain, and it was part of a regiment of which E. E. Ellsworth was Colonel. In connection with that com- pany, Mr. Slemmons volunteered on the first call for 75,000 men, in April, 1861, but being under age he was prevented by his father from going. He returned to Ohio, in 1862, and became Lieutenant of Co. E, SSth Ohio Inf., a three months regiment, in which he served four and one-half months. During that time he was appointed Major of a three years regiment, but could not serve on account of a crippled arm. He came back to Springfield, and engaged in business. Mr. Slemmons was one of the original projectors of the Springfield Spice and Hominy Mills, and aided in building and running the same, as a member of the firm of Conkling, Slemmons & Co. He went out of the firm in April, IS76, and is now-July 1876-residing in Spring- field.
ELLEN C., born Dec. 14, 1847, in Springfield, was married, Oct. 20, 1870, to William O. Converse, who was born June 30, 1840, in Painesville, Lake county, Ohio, and was brought with the family of his father, Henry Con- verse, to Springfield, in 1846. Mr. and Mrs. Converse have two daugh-
ters, NIANA and -, and reside in Springfield. Mr. Converse is a farmer, and trader in stock, land, etc. He united with A. M. Garland, who first suggested it, in obtaining a pledge from the board of supervisors of Sangamon county, that they would lease the old poor house grounds to an Agricultural Society. Mr. Garland and Mr. Converse induced others to unite with them in organizing
the present Sangamon county Agricultural Society, and securing the lease for the grounds for twenty-five years-from 1872. Wm. O. Converse served the society four years as secretary, and is now-1876-its treasurer, elected for two years.
EMMA B., born March 2, IS50, in Springfield, was married, Dec. 9, 1869, to Charles E. Blake. They have one child, PAUL, and reside at Anoka, Minn. He is cashier and manager of the Anoka Bank.
Thomas S. Little was in business as a merchant tailor and clothier, from 1844 to the spring of 1876, when he retired in consequence of impaired health, and resides in Springfield.
LOCK, JOHN, was born Jan. 10, 1799, in the town of Farrisburg, Addi- son county, Vermont. Maria Jaquays was born Aug. 31, 1So2, in the same county. They were there married Jan. 5, 1820, had three living children in Vermont, and moved to Essex county, N. Y., where two children were born. The family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving May 2, 1832, at Rochester, where they had six children. Two died young. Of their nine children-
HANNAH, born Jan. 13, 1821, in Vermont, was twice married in Sanga- mon county. and died there Nov. 27, 1844.
JONATHAN, born Feb. 3, 1823, in Vermont, died in Sangamon county July S, IS3S.
MERCI, born June 4, 1825, died in her eleventh year.
RACHEL S., born May 30, IS29, in New York, married in Sangamon county Aug. 17, 1852. to Isaac May. They have a family, and live near Greenville, Dade county, Missouri.
ADELINE E., born Aug. 3, 1831, in Essex county, N. Y., married in Sanga- mon county Nov. 19, 1853, to Samuel Grubb. See his name.
SYLVESTER, born June 14, 1834, in Sangamon county, died in his four- teenth year.
WILLIAM H., born Aug. 16, 1840, in Sangamon county, married Nov. 28, 1861, to Amanda M. Delay. They had two children, LOLA and WILLIAM H., Jun., and Mr. Lock died Jan. 25, 1871. His family live in Rochester.
VILROY, born Nov. 21, 1843, died in in his fourth year.
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JOHN, Fun., born Feb. 26, 1848, in Rochester, lives with his parents.
John Loek and his wife have been living together nearly fifty-six years, and reside in Rochester. May 3, 1832, the day after his arrival, and before he had unloaded his wagon, he was notified to appear at Springfield on the morning of the 4th, to stand draft to fight the Indian- under Black Hawk. He was there in time, but more men had volunteered than had been called for, and his services were not want- ed. There was no corn in Sangamon county at the time, and Mr. Lock went thirty miles below St. Louis, paid five dollars for ten bushels, and hauled it home for sced, and bread for his family. He has known corn to sell for four dollars per bushel, and has seen equally as good corn sell at eight cents per bushel, a difference of fifty fold. Mr. Lock donated timber and lahor to aid in building the first steam mill in Rochester. After it was built, the proprietors refused to grind for toll, and demanded twenty-five cents per bushel for grinding. Mr. Lock offered two bushels for grinding one, but the miller refused. The price of corn was ten cents. He was forced to the necessity of hunting a purchaser for two and one- half bushels, take the twenty-five cents and pay it for grinding one bushel. The usual toll is one-eighth of the grain.
LOCKRIDGE, JOHN, was born about 1758, in Angusta county, Va. He enlisted about 1775, in the revolution- ary army, and was in the battles of Guil- ford Court House, the Cowpens, and many others. For his services he drew a pension to the end of his life. Mr. Lock- ridge married in his native county, and moved to Montgomery county, Ky., raised a large family, and came to Sangamon county, Ill., with his son, William A., ar- riving in IS35. He died in 1848. He had four sons and four daughters, who came to Sangamon county, namely-
JOSEPH H., born Dec. 10, 1791, in Montgomery county, Ky., was mar- ried there to Martha Cassity. They moved to Sangamon county in 1835, in what is now Ball township, where he died. His widow married James Phelps, and lives in Auburn.
ELIJAH, born Dec. 19, 1806, in Montgomery county, Ky., married in Kentucky, to Lavina Cassity, and moved
to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in 1835, in what is now Ball township. They had eight children, namely: ELIZA- BETH A. married Charles Bridges, moved to Missouri, and Mr. Bridges died there. JOSEPH W. married Oct. 1, 1848, to Eleanor Haley. They had two living children, EDWARD and JULIETTE, who live with their mother. Joseph W. Lockridge died Dec. 27, 1865, in Sanga- mon county. His widow married July 19, 1867, to George Young, who was born November, 1832, in Pittsylvania county, Va. They had three children, WILLIAM E., LUELLA and THOMAS M., and live half a mile north of Pawnee. JOHN married Elizabeth A. Hart. They have two children, ROSE and ROBERT, and live in Henry county, Mo. He served three years in an Illinois regiment, nine months of the time in Libby prison, and came as near starving to death as it was possible to do, and live. FRANCIS M., served three years in an Illinois regiment, and was honorably discharged. He lives in Henry county, Mo. ROBERT en- listed in an Illinois regiment, and died in the army. MARTHA J. married Henry Kitch. They moved to Missouri, where he died, and she married again. MARY married James Mollihorn. They have three children, AMBROSE, CORDELIA and LILLIE BELLE, and live three miles north- west of Pawnee. AMANDA L. mar- ried John Forahner, and lives in Missouri. Elijah Lockridge died in Ball township, about 1856. His widow lives with her children, in Missouri.
LOCKRIDGE, WILLIAM A.,. was born Jan. 17, 1810, in Montgom- ery county, Ky. He was married there to Sally Moore, June 3, 1830. They had two children in Kentucky, and moved in company with his father, John Lockridge, to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Oct. 22, IS35, in what is now Ball township, where five children were born. Of their seven children-
BURRILLA N., born June 11, 1832, in Kentneky, married in Sangamon coun- ty, to James M. Lewis. See his name.
GULIA A., born in Kentucky, mar- ried to Napoleon Lloyd. They have three children, WILLIAM, ROBERT and HATTIE, and reside at Mt. Sterling, Kentucky.
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MARY E., born March 14, 1836, in Sangamon county, married William Gard- ner. They reside in Chatham, Illinois.
MARGARET, born in Sangamon county, is an invalid, and resides with her sister, Mrs. Ingels.
SARAH B., born Jan. 1, 1841, in Sangamon county, married Nathaniel Ingels, who was born Jan. 1, 1837, near Paris, Ky. They have five living child- ren, SARAH P., HENRY G., FRED- ERICK L., JOHN A. and JESSIE N. WILLIAM B. died, aged two years. They live in Ball township, two and a half miles southeast of Chatham, Illinois.
WILLIAM R., born in Sangamon county, married April 22, 1869, to Mary Nuckolls. They had one child, CHARLES W., and reside adjoining Pawnee on the north. William R. Lock- ridge is a farmer, stock-raiser and mer- chant.
JOHN R., born in Sangamon county, married to Sarah J. Headley. They have one child, JAMES W., and live in Ball township, near Sugar creek Cumberland Presbyterian church, on the farm settled by Joseph Dodds in 1818.
Mrs. Sally Lockridge died Nov. 23, 1857, in Sangamon county, and Wm. A. Lockridge was married June 10, 1858, to Amanda E. Goodbar, who was born in Kentucky, June 2, 1826. They have three children, EMMA, RACHEL L. and MARY M.
Wm. A. Lockridge resides in Ball township, two and a quarter miles south of Chatham, Ill. ; When Mr. Lockridge came to Sangamon county the timber land was all taken, and it was almost im- possible to buy it at any price. Prairie land could he obtained for two or three dollars per acre, and at the same time he has known timber land to sell as high as eighty dollars per acre. Timber land equally good can now be bought for forty dollars per acre, while the prairie land that was then so cheap sells from forty to sixty dollars per acre. Railroads, coal and the hedge plant have wrought the change. Mr. Lockridge says he raised wheat, tramped it out with horses, hauled it ninety miles to St. Louis, and sold it for thirty-seven and a half cents per bushel. It required ten days to make the trip, and a full four-horse load would bring about seventeen dollars and fifty
cents. The best he could do in selling net pork in Springfield was one dollar and a quarter per hundred pounds, and half of that in trade at very high prices. Mr. Lockridge is now one of the most extensive farmers in the county.
LOCKRIDGE, JOHN, was born July 17, 1799, either in Montgomery or Fayette county, Kentucky. He was married in Kentucky Sept. 3, 1811, to Margy Killough, and moved in 1826 to Owen county, Indiana, and from there to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving Oct. 20, 1838. Of their eight children-
NANCY, born in Kentucky, married in Indiana to John M. Hart, and died, leaving a family in Putnam county, Indiana.
JOHN MILTON, born Jan. 15, 1814, in Montgomery county, Kentucky, came to Sangamon county, near Auburn, in 1837, one year before his father came. He was married July 2, 1840, to Jane Nuckolls. They had five living children in Sangamon county. ROBERT H, the fourth one, born Jan. 17, 1850, mar- ried May 3, 1871, to Ella Hough, who was born July 22, 1853, in Lewis county, New York. They live two and a half miles southeast of Chatham. The other four, JOHN W., JAMES M., AN- DREW H. and CHARLES E., live with their parents. J. Milton Lockridge and family reside one mile west of Au- burn, Illinois. Mr. Lockridge has served several years as a member of the Board of Supervisors of Sangamon county
GAMES W., born in Kentucky, mar- ried Margaret A. Bridges. She died, and he married Jane Foster. They reside at Elkhart, Logan county, Illinois. He has children by both marriages.
MARGARET married Alexander Smith, and died, leaving seven children in Chatham.
MATTHEW K. married Pauline Landers. She died, and he lives in Cali- fornia.
JOSEPH H. married Mrs. Elizabeth Frazier, whose maiden name was Wal- lace, and live in Auburn, Illinois.
ELIZABETH married Madison Cur- vey, and died without children.
LOUISA married Franklin Steele, and lives in Owen county, Indiana.
John Loekridge died in Oregon Sept. 20, 1852, having left his family in Sanga-
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mon county, expecting to return. His widow, Mrs. Margy Lockridge, died in Montgomery county, Illinois, November 2, 1 864.
LOCKRIDGE, ELIZA- BETH, born in Kentucky, married Alexander Cassity. See his name.
LOCKRIDGE, ISABEL K., born July 4, 1815, in Kentucky, married William Bridges. See his name.
LOCKRIDGE, MARGA- RET, married James Bridges. See his name.
LOCKRIDGE, REBECCA, born in Kentucky, married George Bridg. es. See his name.
LONG NINE .- In the State Leg- islature of Illinois that assembled at Van- dalia, in December, 1836, and continued until March, 1837, the delegation from Sangamon county was composed of two Senators and seven members of the House of Representatives. They were the most remarkable body of men from any one county, for the reason that they were much taller than the average of human stature. Some of them were a little less and some a little more than six feet, but their combined height was ex- actly fifty-four feet. They were then, and are yet, spoken of as the "Long Nine."
The names of those in the Senate were Archer G. Herndon and Job Fletch- er; in the House of Representatives, Abraham Lincoln, Ninian W. Edwards, John Dawson, Andrew McCormack, Dan Stone, William F. Elkin and Robert L. Wilson. One or two were as tall, but none taller, than Abraham Lincoln, who it will be seen, by reference to his Auto- biography, could add four inches to be di- vided among those who fell below the average. A sketch of each of them will be found in their appropriate places, in the alphabetical arrangement.
The settlement of the State began in the southern part, and Kaskaskia was made the capital of the territory because it was more easy of access to a majority of the inhabitants than any other point. Set- tlements moved northward, and Vandalia was created for the purpose of making it the capital. A feeling prevailed at the time that it would again be necessary to move further north. For that reason a
clause was inserted in the law establishing the capital at Vandalia, that it should not be moved from there for twenty years.
Before the expiration of that time, it was everywhere conceded that the capi- tal must again be moved north. Spring- field was early a candidate, and the mem- bers of the legislature from Sangamon county were chosen with direct reference to that subject. The people of Illinois were at that time nearly insane on the subject of internal improvements. The previous session of the legislature com- menced chartering railroad companies, but the session of 1836-'7 was devoted largely to business of that kind. The capital stock authorized to joint stock companies, chiefly railroads, down to the end of the session of 1836-'7, was twelve millions of dollars. The internal improvement act of Feb. 27, 1837, appropriated ten million, two hundred thousand dollars, directly from the State treasury; more than nine millions of that sum was for railroads. At the same session private laws were enact- ed, chartering joint stock companies with authorized capital stock, to the amount of nearly eight millions, making an aggre- gate of nearly thirty millions of dollars involved in efforts to legislate railroads in- to existence, before the business of the country would justify it.
In order to accomplish this legislation, a great amount of what is understood among politicians as "log rolling," was done. That is, you help me to get my pet scheme through, and I will help you. The "Long Nine" did not ask much for their section in the way of internal im- proveinents, but they never lost an op- portunity to make a vote for the removal of the capital to Springfield. It is only surprising that, with such opportunities, they did not accomplish more. It will be seen, by reference to the forty-third page, that there were seven candidates for the location, and that on the first ballot Springfield received thirty-five of the one hundred and twenty-one votes cast, and continued to gain until the fourth ballot, when she received seventy-three of the one hundred and eight votes cast. It was thus decided that Springfield was to be the future capital of the State, and as surely determined that the men who se- curcd that result should ever after be known as the "Long Nine."
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LONG, THOMAS, was born May 6, 1775, in Nelson county, Ky .; went to Caldwell county, married there Feb. 4, 1819, to Annis Hurlbut, who was born in Vermont Feb. 14, 1801. They had three living children in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving April 19, 1824, seven miles south of Spring- field, where three children were born, and they moved to Rochester, in the same county, where they had two children. Of their nine children-
MATTHEW E., born June 12, 1820, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon coun- ty Feb. 4, 1844, to Eliza Thompson, daughter of General Lewis Thompson. Mr. Long moved to Taylorville in the spring of 1850. Mrs. Eliza Long died Nov., 1857, in Taylorville, and he was married July 4, 1861, to Mary Sattley. Mr. Long was elected Justice of the Peace in 1869, and is now serving his second term. Matthew E. Long and wife reside in Taylorville, Illinois.
JOHN H., born Aug. 26, 1822, in Kentucky, died March 1, 1841, in Sanga- mon county.
FAMES G., born Dec. S, 1824, mar- ried Feb. 3, 1857, in Washington, D. C., to Virginia Stone. They had one child, VIRGINIA. Mr. Long was Sheriff of Menard county two terms, after which he obtained a clerkship in the pension office, and served sixteen years. He was then elected and served one term in the legis- lature of the District of Columbia. Mrs. Virginia Long died Sept. 15, 1860, in Washington, D. C. Mr. Long and daughter reside there.
THOMAS W .; born March 8, 1830, in Sangamon county, married Oct. 19, 1854, to Mary Trotter, who was born Aug. 6, 1835. See Trotter family. They had one child, JAMES E., and Mrs. Long died March 21, 1856. T. W. Long was married May 15, 1864, to Harriet Logan, a native of Ohio. They had one child, FLORA B., and Mrs. Long died Jan. 6. 1871. Mr. Long was Deputy Sheriff of Christian county in 1863 and '64, and is now keeping the Long House in Taylorville, Illinois.
GEORGE W., born March 3, 1833, in Sangamon county, married in Taylor- ville, June 22, 1852, to Sarah J. Stockdale, a native of Kentucky. They had one child, WILLIAM F., and Mrs. Sarah
Long died April 2, 1861. Mr. Long was married in 1871, to Millie Tickle, a native of New York State. They have one child, FLORENCE E., and reside in Taylorville, Illinois.
ELIZABETH A., born Ang. 27, 1835, in Sangamon county, married in Taylorville, Oct. 2, 1861, to Charles A. Manners, who was born Aug. 2, 1827, in Somerset county, New Jersey. His mother was a Stout, a descendant of "Penelope." Sce Stout family. Her own name was Penelope, also. Mr. Manners came to Christian county, and settled in Taylorville, July, 1851. He was county sur- veyor from 1852 to '54, and then was ap- pointed Government surveyor in Kansas and Nebraska, and was there from 1855 to '60. He was then elected sheriff, in 1862, in Christian county for one term, since which time he has been engaged in the construc- tion of railroads and farming. They have two children, FRANCES C. and TOM, who reside with their parents, in Taylor- ville, Illinois.
BENYAMIN F. and FRANCIS MI., twins, born Oct. 21, 1837, in Roch- ester, Sangamon county.
BENGAMIN F. married in Taylor- ville, April 17, 1862, to Eliza Rice, of Kentucky. They have one child, VIR- GINIA, and reside in Taylorville.
FRANCIS M. was Captain of Co. G, 41st Ill. Inf., was promoted to Major, at Memphis, in 1862. Was wounded at Jackson, Miss., July 12, 1863, from which he died the sixteenth of the same month.
Thomas Long was Major in the Black
Hawk war-first campaign. He left Springfield as Captain, and was elected Major, at Beardstown, and commanded what was known as Long's Odd Batalion. He dicd July 13, 1875, in Taylorville. His widow still resides there-1876.
LOGAN, JAMES M., born Sept. 22, 1815, in Bourbon county, Ky. He came to Springfield in May, 1840, and was married April, 27, 1843, near Roches- ter, to Elizabeth W. Bowling. She was born Sept. 22, 18IS. They had five children, two of whom died young.
NANCY M., born March 31, 1845, in Springfield, married Jan. 2, 1868, to Sam- uel F. Ridgeway. See his name.
JAMES C. and COLUMBIA f., twins, were born June 2, 1848, in Spring- field.
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JAMES C. was married Dec. 3, 1873, in Marysville, California, to Libbie Wil- bur. They have one child, JAMES W., and reside in Oroville, Butte county, Cali- fornia.
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