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ELIZABETH, born Feh. 4, 1816, in New York, married in Sangamon county to Ezra Barnes. See his name.
CAROLINE, born Feb. 13, 1819, married in Sangamon county to Madison Curvey. They had four children, and Mrs. Curvey died in the spring of 1854. Her son, ORRIN, married Ann Roberts, and lives in Chatham township.
SETH, born Jan. 3, 1823, in Pope county, Ill., married, Aug. 21, 1851, to Eleanor Kent, who was born May 28, 1831, in Harrison county, Ohio. They have no family. Seth Mason resides on the farm where his father settled in 1824, in Auburn township. He has in his pos- session a trunk made of camphor wood which his father brought from China, with a set of table ware made to order there, with the initials of himself and wife (N. L. M.) on each piece. The chest was filled with silks and other rich goods.
Noah Mason, Sen., died, Nov. 18, 1834, and his widow died, October, 1862, both in Sangamon county, Illinois.
MASSIE, THOMAS, was born Dec. 26, 1759, in Albemarle county, Va. He was a Revolutionary soldier, for which he drew a pension near the close of his life. He went to Kentucky after the Rev- olution, and there became personally ac- quainted with Simon Kenton, one of the associates of Daniel Boone in the early settlement of Kentucky. Thomas Massie was married to Fanny Hudson, either in Kentucky or Virginia. They had four children, none of whom ever came to Sangamon county. Mrs. Fanny Massie died in Kentucky, and Thomas Massie married Rebecca Collyer, a native of Vir- ginia, also. They had eight children, all born in Montgomery county, Ky., and the family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in 1828, in what is now Curran township. Of their eight children-
ABSALOM, born in Kentucky, mar- ried in Tennessee, and died there.
JOHN C., born Aug. 11, 1795, in Kentucky, married Aug. 13, 1815, in Tennessee, to Elizabeth Freeman. He moved to Sangamon county soon after his father, in 1828, and after a stay of five or six years, moved to Pike county, Ill., where Mrs. Massie died. Mr. Massie married again, and died there. His son, MELVIN MASSIE, was a Represen- tative from Pike county, to the Legisla- ture of 1873.
HUDSON, remained in Kentucky.
SELVANUS, born Sept. 12, 1799, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, Aug. 11, 1829, to Sarah Maltby, and had seven children. He died, June 28, 1856, and his widow lives in Gardner town- ship, Sangamon county.
FRANCES f., born June 25, 1802, married Wm. Ralston, Jun. See his name.
THOMAS, Fun., born in Kentucky, was educated as a physician, and died, un- married, in Tennessee.
JESSE E., born in Kentucky, in ISto, is unmarried, and lives in Gardner township.
MARTHA, born Feb. 1, 1813, in Kentucky, married, July 14, 1829, to Thomas Morgan. Sce his name.
Thomas Massic, Sen., died, Aug. 19, 1835, and Mrs. Rebecca Massie died Sept. 7, 1835, both in Sangamon county.
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MATHENY, CHARLES R., born March 6, 1786, in Loudon county, Va. When a young man he visited his brother at Crab Orchard, Ky., and was there licensed to preach, by the proper authority, in the M. E. church. He went, in 1805, as missionary, under the auspices of that church, to that part of the North- Western territory which afterwards be- came St. Clair county, Ill. In addition to preaching he studied and practiced law. He was married in 1806, in St. Clair coun- ty, Ill. to Jemima Ogle, who was born in that county, Oct. 26, 1787. Her father, Captain Joseph Ogle, emigrated from Pennsylvania very early, and was a prom- inent actor in the Indian wars and other events connected with the early history of the country. Ogle county, in the northern part of Illinois, was named in honor of his memory. C. R. Matheny was elected in IS17, representative in the Territorial Legislature, which met at Kaskaskia, Ill., and was clerk of the House during the winters of 1820 and '21. C. R. Matheny and wife had seven children in St. Clair county, Ill., and when the law was en - acted for the organization of Sangamon county, he was induced by the tender of the office of county clerk, county auditor, circuit clerk, and some other prospective advantages, to come to Springfield, arriv- ing in the spring of 1821, where four children were born. Of their eleven
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MARY, born April 13, 1837, in St. Clair county, was married in Springfield to Robert Thompson. See his name.
MATILDA, born August 29, 1809, in St. Clair county, was married in Spring- field, Illinois, to Gershom Keyes. See his name.
LUCY, born Mar. 13, 181, in St. Clair county, was married in Springfield to P. Asbury Sanders, who was born in Loudon county, Va., and came to Sanga- mon county in 1828. Mrs. Lucy Sanders died, Feb. 8, 1836, leaving one son, CHARLES M., who went to California in 1857, and was last heard from by his friends in Springfield in the Union army. P. A. Sanders married Margaret Ogden. They have two sons in Springfield.
LORENZO DOW, born March 25, IS13, in St. Clair county, Ill., studied medicine in Springfield, Ill., under Dr. J. M. Early, and served in the Black
Hawk war. He graduated in the spring of 1836, in the medical department of Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, the first native of Illinois to obtain that distinction, and the second citizen of Sangamon county to graduate in any medical college, Dr. Geo. M. Har- rison being the first. See his name. Dr. L. D. Matheny had just engaged in the practice of medicine under flattering cir- cumstances, when he died, Feb. 7, 1837, in Springfield, Iilinois.
NOAH W., born July 31, 1815, in St. Clair county, Illinois. He assisted his father in the county clerk's office as soon as he could write. At his father's death Noah was appointed clerk pro tem., by the county court, and in Nov., 1839, he was elected to fill the unexpired term of his father. He was afterwards elected for eight successive terms, of four years each. He was married in Springfield, August 22, 1843, to Elizabeth J. Stamper, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Stam- per, of the M. E. church. She was born April 18, 1825, in Bourbon county, Ky. Noah W. Matheny and wife have four children, all born in Springfield. WIL- LIAM S., SAMUEL O., EDWARD C. and FANNIE, who reside with their pa- rents. Mr. Matheny served as county clerk until 1873. He served ten or twelve years as deputy for his father, and thirty- four years by election. He is now-1876 -President of the First National Bank, Springfield, Ill., and resides in the city.
GAMES H., born Oct. 30, ISIS, in St. Clair county, was brought up in Springfield. At fifteen years of age he we employed as clerk in the Postoffice and Recorder's office, transacting the bus- iness of both offices. The two now have grown to require the services of at least twenty men. J. H. Matheny was appointed deputy clerk of the State Supreme Court for 1839 and '40. In 1841 he became deputy in the circuit clerk's office. Hc was married in Springfield, Feb. 11, 1845, to Maria L. Lee, who was born in 1827, in Carrolton, Ill. They have seven child- ren, all born in Springfield. LEE is now clerk in the Postoffice, Springfield, 111. EDWARD DOW, born Dec. 4, 1847, studied law with his father, and is a mem- ber of the law firm of Matheny, Mc- Guire & Matheny, Springfield, Illinois. LUCY, NORA, JAMES H., Jun.,
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RALPH C. and ROBERT W; the five latter live with their parents. J. H. Matheny was a member of the constitu- tional convention of 1848. He was elect- ed circuit clerk in 1852 for four years, after which he was commissioned Lieut- enant Colonel of the 130th Ill. Inf. After the capture of Vicksburg he was on de- tached duty, holding military courts until 1864, when his regiment was consolidated with another, and he resigned. In Nov., 1873, he was elected Judge of Sangamon county for four years, and resides in Springfield, Ill.
In 1840 ten young men, who had been brought up in the vicinity of Springfield, and had not seen much of the world, or heard a great man speak, learned that Henry Clay was to make a speech at Nashville, Tenn., at a certain time. They fitted up an old prairie stage, put on a cover, provided themselves with tents and provisions, and in August, 1840, Benja- min A. Watson, Henry Oswald, Daniel Woodworth, Edna Moore, Stanislaus P. Lalumere, John H. Craighead, Oliver P. Bowen, Benoni Bennett, Moreau Phil- lips and James H. Matheny started in their wagon, drawn by four horses, and driven by Phillips. They camped out at night, did their own cooking, and sung the stirring campaign songs of that year in passing through every town and vil- lage. In some places they were applaud- ed, at others jeered, and occasionally they were pelted with stale eggs, but they sang through it all, were on time to hear Clay's speech, and were invited on the platform. They sung some of their spirited songs, creating quite afurore, saw a crowd of forty thousand men, ten times as many as they had ever seen before, and returned home as they went, having been out five weeks, and traveled about one thousand miles. They felt well paid for their time, labor and expense. James H. Matheny delivered the oration at the first meeting of early settlers in Sanga- mon county, Ill. He is the senior member of the firm of Matheny, McGuire & Matheny, of Springfield, Ill., and is now (1876) Judge of the Sangamon county court.
CHARLES W., born Sept. 27, 1820, in St. Clair county, was married in Springfield, Feb. 13, 1845, to Margaret Condell. a native of Pennsylvania. They
had three children-HELEN, born Jan., 1846, died Jan., 1864. CHARLES O. and GEORGE H. reside with their pa- rents. Charles W. Matheny was for many years engaged in merchandizing in Springfield, and now-1876-resides in the city.
A. ELIZABETH, born Nov. 28, 1823, in Sangamon county, resides with her sister, Mrs. Whitehurst.
ELIJAH COOK, born June 13, 1826, in Springfield, crossed the Plains in 1849, and remained on the Pacific coast until 1854, when he returned, and was married Feb. 3, 1857, in Springfield, to Alletta L. Vannordstran. They had two children, JOHN R. and LOUISA I. Mrs. Matheny died in June, 1864, and he was married, in 1865, to Mrs. Naomi L. Rittenhouse, a native of Pennsylvania, whose maiden name was Schroyer. She has two children hy a former marriage, CHARLES E. and LOUIS PERCY Rittenhouse. Mr. and Mrs. Matheny have three children, MIMA, PHILLIPS G., and ADA L., who reside with their parents. E. C. Matheny was deputy United States Marshal about nine years, for the southern district of Illinois, and during that time sold over $2,000,000 worth of confiscated property, at Cairo. He resides in Springfield, Illinois.
MARIA C., born Aug. 10, 1829, in Springfield, was married, June 12, 1849, to Stephen S. Whitehurst. They had seven children-MIMI, born April 13, 1854, in Springfield, Ill., was marrie there, Jan. 13, 1876, to George H. Helmle, who was born Feb. 5, 1853, in Springfield. G. H. Helmle was elected town clerk, in the spring of 1874, and again in 1875, and was elected assessor in 1876. He is an architect, and resides in Springfield. MARY, MEREDITH HELM, LIZ- ZIE M., CARRIE M., SUSIE M. and REGINALD GWYNN, live with their mother. Stephen S. White- hurst died, May 19, 1875, and Mrs. Whiteburst and family reside in Spring- field, Illinois.
EMILY R., born March 16, 1832, in Springfield, was married there, Sept. 25, 1860, to Benjamin C. McQuesten. They have one child, BENJAMIN, and moved in 1869 to Ottawa, Kansas, where Mr. McQuesten is engaged in banking, and where he and his family reside.
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Charles R. Matheny held the office of county clerk until his death, which oc- curred Oct. 10, 1839. Mrs. Jemima Ma- theny died Feb. 23, 1858, both in Spring- field, Illinois."
MATTHEWS, JOSEPH, was born in Buckingham county, Va., and when a young man went to Fayette county, Ky., where he was married to Tabitha Rutherford, a native of that county. After spending a few years each in Wayne and Cumberland coun- ties, Ky., they moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Oct. 20, 1830, in what is now Cooper township. They had eleven children, some of whom died, and some married and remained in Ken- tucky and Tennessee.
S'ALLY married in Kentucky to Charles Thomas. She died in Mechan- icsburg in 1865, leaving one son, ROW- LAND D. Thomas, who is married, and lives in Cooper township.
ELIZABETH, born in Kentucky, married there to Dr. Joel Hughes, came to Springfield in 1834, and in 1837 went to Ashley, Mo., where Dr. Hughes died. His widow married in Springfield to Wil- liom Brown, and died Oct. 19, 1859, in Cotton Hill township.
WILLIAM S., born in Kentucky, married in 1833, in Sangamon county, to Mrs. Lucinda Ashley, whose maiden name was Cooper. He died in 1834, leaving one child, WILLIAM S., Jun. He served three years in the 130th Ill. Inf., part of the time in Andersonville prison. W. S. Matthews, Jun., lives near Edinburg, Illinois.
LOT P., born Oct. 11, 1S11, in Cum- berland county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon county June 28, 1838, to Eliza Forrest, who was born in 1815. They had four children in Sangamon coun- ty. SARAH J., born April 30, 1839, married Joseph Breckinridge. See his name. He died, and she married Thomas Pike. LAVINA A. died, aged twenty- two years. JOHN HENRY, born June S, 1848, is a minister in the Christian church at Toledo, Ohio-1874. JAMES J., born March 4, 1854, lives at Illiopolis. Mrs. Eliza Matthews died July 13, 1866. Lot P. Matthews lived in Cooper town- ship until the death of his wife. Since that time he has been traveling as a col- porteur in the Christian church.
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JOSEPH H., born Nov. 2, 1813, in Cumberland county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, Oct. 20, 1843, to Sarah A. Hayley. They had eight children in Sangamon county. FRANCES A., born July 11, 1844, married Dec. 4, 1859, to Charles H. Bridges. See his name. JAMES F., born Jan. 1, 1846, died in his nineteenth year. THOMAS P., born Nov. 18, 1848, married Silence A. Pearce, and live in Niantic, Macon county, Il1. MARY E. died in her third year. AMELIA and CORDELIA, born July 2, 1854; WILLIAM A., born June 10, 1857, and ALICE, born Dec. 26, 1859. The four latter live with their mother. Joseph H. Matthews died Oct. 16, 1861, in Pawnee, and his widow and children reside in Illiopolis, Sangamon county, Illinois.
GAMES f., born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Ann Dozier, and both died.
Mrs. Tabitha Matthews died August, 1835, and Joseph Matthews died Dec. 15, 1814, both in Cooper township, Sanga- mon county, Illinois.
MATTHEWS, SCHUYLER B., was born Aug. 11, 1821, in Greene county, Kentucky, and came to Sanga- mon county, arriving Oct. 18, 1834, in what is now Island Grove township, two miles cast of Berlin. S. B. Matthews and Elizabeth Batty were married in Sangamon county June 1, 1854. She was born Oct. 16, 1825, in Lancashire, England. They have three children, JOHN W., WILBER B. and SCHUY- LER A .; all reside with their parents, three miles south of New Berlin, Ill.
MATHEW, SIMON, was born Feb. 12, 1787, in Virginia, and was mar- ried in Franklin county, Ohio, April 7, 1812, to Anna Deardorff, They had two children in Ohio, and in 1816 or '17 moved to Washington county, Indiana, where they had six children, and moved to San- gamon county, Ill., arriving Nov., 1833, in what is now Ball township, where they had one child. Of their children-
GAMES D., born about 1813, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to Dorcas Hamilton. They have ten child- ren, and reside near Chandlerville, Cass county, Illinois.
JOHN M., born in IS15, in Franklin county, Ohio, married in Sangamon coun-
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ty to Mrs. Sarah Crowder, whose maiden name was Woozley. They had five chil- dren in Sangamon county. JAMES H., born Oct. 13, 1838, married March 28, 1860, to Sally A. Handlin. They have two children, EVERETT S. and JENNIE M., and live in Springfield. SIMON T., married Mary A. Clayton. They have three childeen, ETTA E., LUTHER F. and CHARLES. CARROLL, and reside in Ball township, Sangamon county, Ill. SU- SAN ANN, born August 29, 1844, mar- ried Marcus D. Clayton, See his name. WILLIAM O. married Mary E. Lamb, have two children, IDA MAY and FANNIE A., and live four miles north of Pawnee, Illinois. LEONARD S., married Sept. 24, 1874, to Alice Galloway. Mrs. Sarah Matthew died, and John M. Matthew married Mary A. Scott. They have five children, FANNIE, JOHN M., Jun., LAURA, LUCY and JOSEPHINE, and reside in Ball township, three and a half miles southeast of Chatham, Illinois,
SILAS D .. born in 1818, in Washing- ton county, Indiana, married in Sangamon' county to Ellen Deardorff, who died, and he married Mrs. Elizabeth Wood. They had five children. Their son, JOHN F., served two enlistments in the army, and died at home of disease contracted in the service. Silas D. Matthew and family re- side near Edinburg, Christian county, Illi- nois.
CATHARINE A., born in 1820, in Washington county, Indiana, married in Sangamon county to John Deardorff, who died, leaving two children, and she mar- ried Daniel Fetters. They have one child, and reside near Macon, Macon county, Illinois.
OSCAR F., born in 1822, in Wash- ington county, Indiana, married in San- gamon county to Margaret Britton. They had nine children. ANNA E. died at seventeen years of age. WINFIELD SCOTT, born May 6, 1848, is now- 1875-a student in the Senior class of the Northwestern University, Chicago, with the intention of entering the ministry in connection with the M. E. church. JOHN B. married in IS6S to Amanda E. Lawley. They have two children, CHARLES E. and GEORGE R., and live at Mt. Auburn, Christian county, Illinois, REBECCA J. married Daniel Poffen- berger. See his name. THOMAS L.
lives with his parents. LOUISA L. died, aged seventeen years. OSCAR M. died young. LAFAYETTE LINCOLN, and MATILDA M. live with their pa- rents. Oscar F. Matthew and wife re- side near Cotton Hill Postoffice, Sanga- mon county, Illinois.
FRANCIS M., born in IS25, in Washington county, Indiana, married in Sangamon county to Nancy VanOsdol. They have five children, and reside at Los Nietos, Los Angeles county, Cali- fornia.
SARAH E., born in 1Sz7, in Indiana, married in Sangamon county to John Smith, who died, and she married Isaac Grimes, and lives near Chatham, Illinois.
DAVID L., born in 1829, in Wash- ington county, Indiana, married in San- gamon county to Caroline Matthew, who died, and he married Hannah Conyer, and resides near Chandlerville, Cass county, Illinois.
WILLIAM P., born July 25, 1834, in Sangamon county, married July 14, IS53, to Mary Safley. They have four living children, MARTHA V., STEPH- EN L., U. S. GRANT and IDA A., and reside in Cotton Hill township, San- gamon county, Illinois.
Mrs. Anna Matthew died Oct. 24, IS34, and Simon Matthew was married in 1835 to Mrs. Elizabeth Deardorff. They had three children in Sangamon county-
THOMAS G. married Ann Ferrigo, and lives near Mapleton, Bourbon coun- ty, Kansas.
MATILDA f. married Brigham Pease, have four children, and live in Ball township.
ELIZA died. aged seventeen years.
Simon Matthew died June IS, IS48, and Mrs. Elizabeth Matthew died Oct., IS49, both in Sangamon county, Illinois.
MATTHEW, WILLIAM, was born June 9, 1So2, in Bracken county, Ky. He was married Jan. 4, 1824, to Sarah McDaniel, who was born August, I SoS. They had six children in Kentucky, and moved to Marion county, Ind., in IS34, and to Sangamon county, Ill., arriv- ing October, IS36, in what is now Mechan- icsburg township, where two children were born. Of their eight children --
JOHN W., born Oct. 4, 1824, in Bracken county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon county, August, IS48, to Rachel
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Lanham. They have eight children- MARTHA E. married Blackstone Mc- Daniel. See his name. WILLIAM H. married Edna Vaughn, have one child, ESTELLA, and lives with his father. ELI- JAH T., SARAH F., IRENE, HAR- RIET E. and MARY F., live with their parents. JOSEPH died, aged three years. John W. Matthew has no education from hooks, but has been a good business man in farming and stock dealing. In 1872 he took an over dose of quinine which totally destroyed his hear- ing. Not being able to read or write, and knowing nothing of sign language, he is utterly unable to receive or commu- nicate a thought. He lives near Dawson, Illinois-1874.
ROBERT W., born Jan. 27, 1826, and died Sept., 1853.
NATHANIEL F., born Nov. 4, 1827, in Bracken county, Ky., married Nov. 26, 1856, in Sangamon county, to Mary McDaniel. They had seven child- ren; the first and third, ALBERT and DOUGLAS, died young. OLIVER F., BELLE M., ROBERT S., GEORGE M. and WILLIAM J., live with their parents, four and one-half miles southeast of Buffalo Hart station, Sangamon county, Illinois.
LUANNE, born Dec. 10, 1829, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, Jan., 1855, to A. J. Newhouse, have five children, and live in Marion county, Indiana.
JAMES H., born March 20, 1832, in Bracken county, Ky., brought to San- gamon county, in 1835, married Nov. 14, 1854, in Hillsboro, to Sarah C. House, who was born Sept. 2, IS35, in Cabarras county, N. C. They have four children, JOHN L., ALICE M., MARY A. and ILLNOY C., and live one-half mile northwest of Barclay, Illinois-1874.
ELIZABETH M., born in Ken- tueky, Aug. 15, 1834, married John H. Lanham. See his name.
MARY E., born Sept. 15, 1837, in Sangamon county, married, Feb., IS57, to William D. Turner. They have five children, and live in Wayne county, Illi- nois.
MARTHA G., born Feb. 1, 1840, in Sangamon county, married, Sept., 1857, to John Turner, had one child, and Mr. Turner died. She married John Good-
man, has two children, and lives in Wayne county, Illinois.
William Matthew died, April 12, IS41, and his widow died Sept. 26, 1851, she, in Sangamon, and he, in Logan county, Illi- nois.
MAXWELL, ARCHIBALD, was born July 11, 1808, in Doune, Perth- shire, Scotland. He crossed the Atlantic ocean in 1830, first landing at Quebec, Canada, went to Halifax, Nova Scotia, thence to New York city, landing Nov., IS31. He left there in June, 1832, while the cholera was raging. After a short stay in Trenton, N. J., he went to Phila- delphia, and spent a whole day trying to find a lodging place. He had plenty of money, and could obtain all the food he wanted, but fear of cholera prevented his finding a resting place; and he was com- pelled to leave the city for one night, but returned the next day and obtained em- ployment at his trade, stone cutting. In the summer of 1833 he went to Raleigh, N. C., and was employed on the State House, being erected there. From Ral- eigh he came to Springfield, Illinois, ar- riving in April, 1838, and soon after went to work on the State Capitol, then in course of construction. It is now the Court House of Sangamon county. Mar- garet Wilson was born Oct. 10, ISIS, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, and came to America, with her brother William C. Wilson, landing in New York, in 1836, and came to Springfield, Ill., in Novem- ber, 1837. Archibald Maxwell and Mar- garet Wilson were married, Nov. 26, IS40, in Springfield. They had nine children in Sangamon county, two of whom died young. Of the other seven children-
JOHN, born Sept. 11, 1842, in San gamon county, resides with his parents.
ARCHIBALD and MARGARET C., twins, born July 16, 1844, in Sanga- mon county.
ARCHIBALD is a teacher, and re- sides with his parents.
MARGARET C., was married July 31, 1866, to Calvin L. Finley, who was born July 3, 1841, in Ohio. They have five children, MARGARET E., ETTA R., ARCHIE C., ROBERT J. and MOLLIE G., and live one mile north of Illiopolis.
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ROBERT W., born Dec. 13, 1845, in Sangamon county, graduated March 25, 1874, in the law department of Michigan University, at Ann Arbor. He is now practicing law at Decatur, Illinois.
WILLIAM C., was born Oct. 21, 1850, in Sangamon county. He gradu- ated, Feb. 26, 1874, at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York city, and commenced practice in Chesnnt, Logan county, Illinois. Dr. Maxwell is now practicing in Springfield-1876.
ELIZABETH M., born June 18, 1852, died in her fifth year.
GAMES T., born July 15, 1859, re- sides with his parents.
Archibald Maxwell and wife reside two miles west of Illiopolis. Their marriage and the marriage of their eldest daughter were both solemnized by Rev. John G. Bergen, D. D.
MAXWELL, ELIAS, was born in Green county, Ohio. He was there married to Mrs. Nancy Morgan, a native of the same county. They moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, about 1825, and had six children in Island Grove-
SARAH A., born in Sangamon coun- ty, married, had one child, and mother and child both died.
JULIA A., born in Sangamon coun- ty, married Thomas D. Smith. He died Feb. 10, 1873, leaving a widow and seven children at Humboldt, Kansas.
WILLIAM, born May 4, 1830, in Sangamon county, married Oct. 27, 1852, to Hannah H. Batty, a native of Eng- land. They had eight children; three died young, and WILLIAM H. died, aged twelve years. RICHARD E., JOHN E. and EMMA E. reside with their pa- rents in New Berlin, Illinois.
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