History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois : "centennial record", Part 78

Author: Power, John Carroll, 1819-1894; Power, S. A. (Sarah A.), 1824-; Old Settlers' Society of Sangamon County (Ill.)
Publication date: 1876
Publisher: Springfield, Ill. : E.A. Wilson & Co.
Number of Pages: 824

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JOHN married Elizabeth Abell, and died, leaving two children, WILLARD and JOHN.

SAMUEL, born in Sangamon county, enlisted in Feb., 1862, in the 33d Ill. Inf., and was discharged on account of physi- cal disability, Sept. 1862. Enlisted in IS63 in the 16th Ill. Cav .; was captured in Virginia, taken to Libby prison, ex- changed, and died in Baltimore, Md., from the effects of his prison treatment.

POLLY died in Sangamon county April 3, 1864, aged twenty-two years.

WILLIAM died, aged twenty-two years, in Sangamon county.

JAMES A. died, aged twenty-two years.

ALFRED, born in Sangamon county, served a term in the ioth Ill. Cav., and was in Washington at the time of Presi- dent Lincoln's assassination. He married Jane Rhodes, and lives at Columbus, Ohio-1874.

DAVID, born in Sangamon county, and went to California in 1873.

THOMAS PRESTON, born in Sangamon county, married Margaret Berry, and reside one and one-half miles southwest of Breckenridge.

Mrs. Maria McCoy died Sept. 14, 1872, in Sangamon county, and Hamilton Mc- Coy resides near the old Breckenridge mill, in Cotton Hill township, Sangamon county, Illinois.

McCONNELL, JAMES, was born in 1789, near Belfast, Ireland. Sarah Smith was born at the same place, in 1787. They were married in 1811, and soon after embarked for America, landing in New York City. In a short time he went to Belleville, New Jersey, where he labored in a powder mill three years, without losing a day. The war with England, from 1812 to 1815, was then in full force, and caused a great demand for powder. Mr. McConnell having learned all the processes of manufacturing the same, and was an especial adept in the most difficult part-that of refining salt- petre. He went to Madison county, New York, and established works on his own account, and continued to manufacture

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powder there, seven or eight years, when he turned his attention to farming and raising fine stock in the same county. After making several trips to Kentucky, selling stock, he was advised to take some to Illinois. Acting upon this advice, he ¿ embarked at Pittsburg with a lot of jacks and jennets, landed them at Shawnee- town, and drove them from there to Springfield, arriving in the fall of 1840. He had no thought of making his home here, but was so well pleased with the country that he bought the land about three miles south of Springfield, making part of the farms on which two of his sons now reside. He went back to New York, settled up his business, and came with his family the next year. His re- moval was the cause of several other fam- ilies coming, also. Mr. McConnell brought a flock of about two hundred fine merino sheep, and at the same time some thorough-bred Berkshire hogs. His son, Edward F., brought a flock of merino sheep, also. This was about the first effort to introduce fine blooded sheep and hogs into Sangamon county.

Mr. and Mrs. McConnell had one child in New Jersey and seven in New York, namely-

MARY, born in IS12, in New Jersey, married in New York to John Buck, and died there. Mr. Buck married again and resides in Auburn, Illinois.

SARAH, born in 1814, in Madison county, N. Y., was married there to Franklin B. Hoppin. See his name.

EDWARD F., horn April 30, 1816, in Madison county, N. Y., married there to Ann M. Hoppin. They had one son. JAMES S., born Feb. 9, 1843, at the home of his grandfather, near Spring- field, Ill., married June 21, 1866, in Gales- burg, Ill., to Laura Lavinia Pike, who was born Feb. 18, IS45, at Middleburg, Elkhart county, Indiana. They had two children, EDWARD PIKE and MARY LAVI- NIA; the latter died Dec., IS75, in her sixth year. James S. McConnell, son and wife reside near Chatham, Ill. Mrs. Ann M. McConnell died June 14, 1853, near Chatham, aged thirty-two years. Ed- ward F. McConnell was married March 13, 1855, at Eaton, N. Y., to Mary P. Hoppin. They have no living children, and reside two miles southwest of Chatham, Sanga- mon county, Ill. E. F. McConnell has,

from the time he came to the county, been engaged in farming, making wool growing a specialty. Previous to 1866 the McConnell and Hoppin flocks of sheep had been developed and brought up to a standard of excellence not equaled in any of the older eastern States for weight of carcass, length of staple, density of fibre, and average weight of fleece per

head. These essential merits were brought forth by the highly nutritious grasses and fattening properties of the corn raised in Sangamon county. Mr. McConnell was Major in the New York State Militia previous to his removal west. When he came it was by private con- veyance, that being before the days of railroads. He has since returned in as many hours as it required days to travel over the route the first time.

ANDREW B., born Jan., IS19, in Madi- son county, N. Y., was married there to Augusta Rogers. They have eight chil- dren born in Sangamon county, namely : MERCY ADELIA married De Witt Smith. See his name. FRANK R., married Belle Merriman, has two child- ren, and lives near Victoria, Victoria county, Texas. EDWARD O. married Luella Patteson, has one child, and lives at Bates, Sangamon county, Ill. SARAH A. married S. Willis Merriman, has one child, and lives near Victoria, Texas. JOHN D., WILL A., AUGUSTA and ANDREW; the four latter reside with their parents. A. B. McConnell was elected President of the Illinois State Agricultural Society four years in succes- sion, 1865-'66-'67 and '68. In 1870 he was elected Sheriff of Sangamon county for two years. He resides now-1876- three miles south of Springfield, on part of the land purchased by his father in I S40.

ELIZA, born in Madison county, New York, married there to Charles T. Hoppin. See his name.

JOHN, born Dec. 5, 1824, in Madi- son county, N. Y., married in IS48, at Chatham, Illinois, to Elizabeth Parsons, who was born March 10, 1831, in Con- necticut. They have two sons born in Sangamon county, SAMUEL P., born July 5, 1849, married Feb., 1876, in Chic- ago, to Sarah Rogers, daughter of Judge J. G. Rogers. S. P. McConnell is a prac- ticing lawyer in Chicago, and resides

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there. JAMES H. is engaged in business in Springfield. At the beginning of the rebellion John McConnell raised a com- pany, which was assigned as Co. A, 3d Ill. Cav. He was promoted, Sept. 11, 1861, to Major of the regiment, with which he served until until March IS, 1863, when he resigned. While con- nected with the Third Cavalry, Major McConnell commanded the only cavalry engaged in the battle of Pea Ridge, Mar. 6, 7 and 8, 1862. . Col. G. M. Dodge, of the Fourth Iowa Infantry, commanding the brigade, in his report says: "Where so many fought gallantly, it would be hard to distinguish; but I noticed the daring bravery of Major McConnell, of the Third Illinois Cavalry, who supported me on my right." Gen. E. A. Carr, who commanded the Fourth Division, in a let- ter dated April 14, 1862, after apologizing for the delay on account of a wound in his right hand, says: "Otherwise, I should have taken the liberty of writing to you long before this, to congratulate you on having such a noble man for a husband. His conduct on the day of battle, and all other days, was admired by every- one. With about two hundred and seventy- five men he kept back a line of the enemy four or five deep and three-quarters of a mile long, comprising several thou- sand, and prevented them from getting around so as to fall on our flank and rear. Tell his father that he has great reason to be proud of such a son." Major McCon- nell was appointed, June 15, 1863, Colonel of the 5th Ill. Cav. He was physically unable for duty until May 27, 1864, when he was mustered in and took command, the regiment then being in Mississippi. Col. McConnell was appointed, March 13, 1865, to Brev. Brig .- General. His commission was issued April 14, 1865, having been signed on the morning of that day by President Lincoln, being one among the last acts of his official life, as he was assassinated on the evening of that day. Gen. McConnell's regiment was assigned to the First Brigade, Second Division, Major-Gen. Custer commanding. They moved by way of Red river to Hempstead, Texas, where they remained from August to October 6, and then moved to Springfield, Ill., where Gen. McConnell was mustered out with the Fifth Cavalry, Oct. 27, 1865. Gen. John

McConnell is a farmer, and resides on part of the land bought by his father in 1840, three miles south of Springfield.

JANE, born April 15, 1829, in Madi- son county, N. Y., married in Sangamon county, in 1842, to Franklin Fassett, a native of Ohio. They have two daught ters, SARAH E. and JENNIE, and re- side on south Sixth street, Springfield, Ill. Mr. Fassett is a farmer, and is en- gaged in business in Springfield.

Mrs. Sarah McConnell died Jan. 17, 1855, and James McConnell died Jan. 7, 1867, both in Woodside township, three miles south of Springfield, Ill.

In consequence of his efforts to intro- duce improved stock, and his advanced ideas generally on the subject of cultivat- ing the soil, James McConnell was by common consent assigned an honorable position among the farmers of Illinois. He was one of the earliest farmers who were in favor of forming a State Agricul- tural Society, and was president of the convention assembled in 1852, in Spring- field, that organized the Illinois State Agricultural Society, now called the Illi- nois State Board of Agriculture.

McCLEES, THOMAS, was born about 1775, in Pennsylvania, and went to Fleming county, Ky., and from there to Ohio, where he was married Sept. 9, 1804, to Mary Jameison, who was born in Fleming county, Ky. They had two children in Ohio, and returned to Kentucky, where six children were born. The family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1830, and set- tled five miles southeast of Springfield. Of their eight children-

HANETTA, born Nov. 18, 1805, in Ohio, married Benj. C. Law. See his name. JOHN, born Jan. 25, 1807, in Ohio, never came to Illinois. History not

known.

WILLIAM, born in Fleming county, Ky., came with the family to Sangamon county, and died at Mineral Point, Wis., in I851.

DANIEL, born about 1812 or '13, in Fleming county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon county to Margaret Clark. They had three children, and he went to Cali- fornia in the early "gold-digging times, and his family went to him. His daugh- ter MARY J., married John Spence. He served three years in a Wisconsin

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regiment; was starved in Andersonville prison, and died after coming home. His widow lives in Springfield. CHRIS- TIANA married Thomas Petty, and lives near Sangamon station. Daniel McClees lives in Washington Territory, near Puget Sound.

LOUISA, born about 1815, in Flem- ing county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to John Lewis, who died, and she married Peter Carril, and had one child, JAMES T., who is married, and resides near Quincy, Mo. Peter Carril died, and his widow lives with her sister, Mrs. Law.

GRACE, horn Feb. 22, 1817, in Flem- ing county, Ky., married Levi W. Jones. See his name.

THOMAS, born Nov. 1S, ISIS, in Kentucky, died in Sangamon county, in his twenty-fourth year.

GAMES, born Oct. 17, 1820, in Ken- tucky, went from Sangamon county to California soon after the discovery of gold, and has not been heard of since about 1850.

Mrs. Mary McClees died in Sept., 1831, and Thomas MeClees died in 1852, both in Sangamon county, Illinois.

MCCLELLAND, ROBERT, was born about 1789, in Ohio. His mother died when he was quite young, and his father died a few years later. He went to White county, Ill., when he was a young man. Charlotte Council was born about 1797, near Tarboro, N. C., and was taken by her parents to White county, Ill. Robert McClelland and Charlotte Council were there married, had two children in that county, and moved to what became Fancy Creek township, Sangmon county, Sangamon county, arriving in Aug., 1819, where ten children were born. Of their child. ren-

ELIZABETH, born in White coun- ty, Ill., married in Sangamon county to Conrad Crawley. They had four child- ren, and moved to St. Joseph, Mo., and from there to Liberty, Mo., where Mrs. Crawley died. Mr. Crawley returned to Sangamon county with their children. Their son, JAMES M. Crawley, married Miss Shoup, and resides half a mile east of Crow's Mill. See Shoup family. Thomas died early in 1872, at the house of his brother, James M.

JAMES, born in ISIS, in White county, Ill., married in Sangamon county to Mary Brown. She was born Dec. 25, 1818. They had nine living children in Sangamon county. ROBERT married Ann Groves. They have one child, MINNIE, and reside two and a half miles northeast of Williams- ville. THOMAS L. enlisted Aug. 12, 1862, for three years, in Co. C, 114th Ill. Inf. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Guntown, Miss. June 11, 1864. Spent four months in Andersonville prison, and was reduced from 160 to 100 pounds by starvation. He was taken to Millen, Ga., and remained two months. Ile was paroled and exchanged Dec., 1864; served his full term, and was honorably discharg- ed Aug. 12, 1865. He was married to Nancy J. Jones. They had three child- ren, CHARLES B., NOAH F. and IRWIN S., and reside two miles north of Williams- ville. MARTHA J. died, aged eleven years. JOHN W., married Susan Groves. They have one child, MABEL, and reside three-quarters of a mile southeast of Williamsville. CHARLES lives with his mother. NANCY A. married Wal- ter S. Redford, and lives in Illiopolis. GEORGE, MARY and JAMES live with their mother. James McClelland died Sept. 25, 1865, and his widow resides one and a half miles northeast of Wil- liamsville.

WILLIAM born Jan. 19, 1820, in Sangamon county, married Aug. 29, 1844, to Margaret Sales. She was born Aug. 10, 1829, in Sangamon county. They have nine children. MARY E. married Homer N. Bryant, He served three years in the 114th Ill. Inf., and was honorably discharged. They reside at Lone Tree. Neb. LUCINDA J. married David F. Hurst. He was a soldier in a Pennsylvania regiment. They live near Elkhart, Ill. GEORGE married Mary E. Shively, and live near Lone Tree, Neb. THOMAS lives with his mother. MELISSA married March 12, 1872, to Asa Canterberry, and live near Athens, Ill. EMMA, EDGAR, WILLIAM, and FLORENCE live with their mother.

William McClelland dicd April 17, 1876, and his widow resides three and one- half miles northwest of Sherman, Illinois.

NANCY, born Aug. 17, 1821, in San- gamon county, married in 1846, to Charles

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McCrea, who was born in ISIS, in Penn. They moved to Beardstown, and resided there until two children were born. JAMES E., born Jan. 4, 1847, unmarried, and resides at Long Valley, California. MARY F., born Dec. 3, 1849, married William F. King. See his name. Charles McCrea went to California in 1849, was about starting for home when last heard from in 1855, and it is believed by his friends that he was murdered for his money. Mrs. McCrea was married in 1856 to John W. Beck. They had three children, HARRY, ANNA and EMMA. Mr. Beck died in 186S, and his family reside in Petersburg.

ANE, born in Sangamon county, married Stephen Brittin. They had six children. CHARLOTTE married John Lake. EVANS married Catharine Lake, and reside in Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Brittin both died in Fancy Creek township.

YOHN, born Sept. 1, 1824, in Sanga- mon county, married Oct. 12, IS48, to Elizabeth Mitts. They have seven child- ren. JANE married S. Sanford Turley. They have four children, NORA L., LUEL- LA, JOHN E. and OLLIE M., and reside onc and a half miles south of Williamsville. Mr. Turley enlisted in Co. B, 11th Mo. Inf., in July, 1861 ; served full term, and was honorably discharged Aug. 4, 1864. ROBERT E. is a practicing physician. MARTHA E., CHARLOTTE F., AN- NIE and ALICE, twins, and MARY L., are unmarried, and reside with their parents, at Williamsville-1874.

ROBERT, born April 17, 1827, mar- ried Nov. 23, 1854, to Martha Mitts. They have five children, MARIETTA, GEORGE A., WILLIAM H., KATE and LEWIS, and reside two and a half miles northwest of Williamsville.

LUCINDA died in 1850, at twenty- two years of age.

MARY, born in Sangamon county, married Mr. Harper, who died, and she married James Washington. She resides in St. Joseph, Missouri.

GEORGE W., born Feb. 27, 1832, in Sangamon county, married Dec. 21, 1858, to Mary C. Brown, who was born July 20, 1837. They have four children, FREDERICK, FRANK, PAUL and ARTHUR, and reside three miles north- west of Sherman.

THOMAS, born March 26, 1835, in Sangamon county, married Oct. 2, 1860, to Sarah J. Brown, who was born Nov. 3, 1839, in Sangamon county. They had three children. MINNIE K. died in her fourth year. CHARLIE B. and EDWIN live with their mother. Thos. McClelland died April 24, 1876, on his farm, six miles southeast of Springfield, Ill., where his family reside.

YULIA A. is unmarried, and lives at Petersburg, Illinois.

Robert McClelland died Oct., 1860, and Mrs. Charlotte McClelland died May, 1868, both in Sangamon county, Illinois.

McCOLLY, JOHN, a native of New York, was married in St. Lawrence county to Sarah Bryant, a sister to Mrs. Isaac Bates, and cousin to William Cul- len Bryant. They came to Sangamon county in 1837, with the family of Isaac . Bates, settled in Fancy creek township, raised a family, and in 1856 moved to Lynn county, Iowa.

McCOMAS, ELISHA, was born March 25, 1803, in Cabell county, West Virginia. He was there married, March 30, 1825, to Sophia Shelton, who was born there, Oct. 9, 1809. They moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving April 30, 1825, in what is now Curran township. They had nine living children in Sanga- mon county, namely-

DIKE, born April 18, 1827, married May, 1848, in Sangamon county, to Nancy Murphy. They moved to Wayne coun- ty, Iowa, in April, 1853. He was killed March 6, 1856, by the fall of a tree, leaving a widow and three children, two of whom have since died. The living child, GEORGE, married Lorena McMurray, and lives in Wayne county, Iowa. His mother is married, and lives in the same county.

FINC2, born May 15, 1829, married Henry Davis. She died, Nov., 1864, leav- ing her husband and five children in Wayne county, Iowa.

CYNTHIA, born April 8, 1831, mar- ried Sept. 7, 1854, to James M. Gibson. See his name.

MARY E., born Sept. 1, 1835, mar- ried Dec., 1853, to Andrew J. Davis. They have five children, and live in Wayne county, Iowa.

SARAH f., born March 14, 1838. married Sept. 7, 1865, to William H.

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Featherston. She had three children, and died in Missouri. Mr. F. and two children live in Curran township, Sanga- mon county. The other child lives with her aunt, Mary E. Davis, in Wayne coun- ty, Iowa.

ELISHA T., born Sept. 14, 1840, en- listed August 5, 1862, in Co. I, 73d Ill. Inf., for three years. He was wounded at the battle of Stone's river, Dec. 31, 1862, and died in hospital, Jan. 6, 1863, near Murfreesboro, Tenn.

SOPHIA A., born Dec. 24, 1842, mar- ried March 7, 1864, to Thomas B. Gib- son. See nis name.

FRANCES 1., born April 19, 1845, married Nov. 13, 1867, to Ebenezer H. VanDoren. See his name.

JESSIE M. is unmarried, and lives with her mother.

Elisha McComas died Nov. 30, 1863, and his widow resides two and a half miles south of Curran, Sangamon coun- ty, Illinois .- 1876.

McCOMAS, DAVID, a brother to Elisha, born about 1813, in Cabell county, West Virginia, came to Sanga- mon county in 1827, was married in the spring of 1831, to Nancy Shelton. They had seven children. The father died in LaSalle county, and the mother in Iowa. Their daughter-

LOUISA married James M. Shelton. See his name.

McCUNE, GAVIN, was born July 7, 1788, in Pennsylvania, and was taken by his parents in 1796 to Nicholas county, Ky. He was there married to Hannah Ardry, a native of that county. They had six children in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1832 in what is now Cooper township. Of their six children-

MARY, born Dec. 27, ISII, in Ky., married James Bashaw. See his name.

ISABEL, born Oct., 1813, in Ky., married William S. Bashaw. See his name.

JANE, born about 1815 in Kentucky, lives with Solomon Reed, near Roches- ter, Illinois.

JAMES M., born Feb. 27, 1817, in Nicholas county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon county Feb. 24, 1842, to Nancy Whitford. She was born June 15, 1823, in Wayne county, Illinois. They had eight children in Sangamon county.

WILLIAM, born Dec. 29, 1842, enlisted Aug., 1862, for three years, in Co. I, 114th Ill. Inf. He was captured June 10, 1864, at the battle of Guntown, Miss .; spent nine months in a rebel prison in Alabama, exchanged at Vicksburg, and honorably discharged at the end of the rebellion. He was married Jan., 1870, to Mary E. Frankeberger; have one child, and live near Nashville, Barton county, Mo. HENRY C., born Feb. 3, 1844, married June 7, 1865, to Margaret Thompson, who was born April 26, 1841, in Fairfax county, Va. They have two children, ALMA and IONA, and live five miles east of Rochester. ELMIRA J., born June 3, 1847, married Sept. 1, 1864, to Charles Flagg; have two children, and live near Nashville, Mo. CHARLES A. lives at Decatur, Ill. MARY A., AMANDA A. and ROBERT W. live with their parents. JOHN W. died Sept. 23, 1875. James M. McCune and family live three miles east of Rochester, Sanga- mon county, Illinois.

JOHN M., born May 20, 1820, in Nicholas county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon county, Jan. 25, 1844, to Jane Baker. They have five children. CAROLINE, born Nov. 19, 1844, married Aug. 28, 1866, to Robert Martin, who was born July 3, 1840, in county Down, parish of Killylaigh, Ireland; came to America and to Sangamon county in 1856; enlisted July 25, 1862, in Springfield, in Co. I, 114th Ill. Inf .; served three years, and was honorably discharged July, 1865. Mr. and Mrs. Martin have three children. JOHN W., CHARLES E. and JAMES A., and reside eight miles due east of Springfield. MARY E., born Aug. 3, 1848, married April 7, 1867, to William J. Nutt, who was born July 10, 1841, in Orange county, N. Y .; came to Sangamon county in 1857: enlisted July 25, 1862, for three years, in Co. I, 114th Ill. Inf .; served to the end of the rebellion, and was honorably dis- charged Aug. 3, 1865, with the regiment. Mr. and Mrs. Nutt have three children, CHIARLES E., OTIIO L. and ROBERT E., and reside eight miles east of Springfield. ELIZA A., born March 3, 1851, married Sept. 11, 1873, to David H. Gobin, who was born Oct. 8, 1844, in Shelby county, Ill .; came to Sangamon county in 1856; enlisted Oct. 8, 1862, as musician in Co. I. 114th Ill. Inf .; served three years, and

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was honorably discharged Oct. S, 1865. Mr. Gobin is a preacher in the United Brethren church, and resides at Taylor- ville, Illinois. LUELLA A., born June 16, 1858, and IDA B., born Jan. 9, 1865, reside with their parents, three miles east of Rochester, Sangamon county, Illinois.

ROBERT, born in Kentucky in 1822, died in Sangamon county Sept. 1843.

Mrs. Hannah McCune died April 22, IS48, and Gavin McCune was married to Ruth Hamm. He died Aug. 29, 1853, in Sangamon county, Illinois.

McDANIEL, HENRY, was born May 20, 1781, near Harrisburg, Pa., and about 1786 he was taken by his pa- rents to Clark county, Ky. In ISog he entered the ministry in connection with the M. E. church. From that time until 1822 he gave his entire time to preaching, so far as his health would permit. He was stationed at Georgetown, Lexington, Louisville and Danville, respectively. His wife died in Kentucky without children, and he came to Sangamon county in IS34, returned to Kentucky, and brought out some of his brothers in 1836. He was married in 1838, in Sangamon county, to Amanda Carrico. They had five child- ren-

CATHARINE, born Feb. 22, 1839, married Thomas Hunter. They had two children. FRANCES E. lives with her mother, and CLARETTA lives with her grandmother McDaniel. Thomas Hun- ter died in 1866, and his widow married Austin Phelps, and lives in Springfield.

ANGELINE, born July 9, IS41, in Sangamon county, married John T. Mc- Elfresh, have three children, and reside in Decatur, Ill.

CHARLES B., born Feb. 7, IS45, in Sangamon county, enlisted in 1862, for three years, in Co. A, 73d Ill. Inf., was wounded at the battle of Stone's river, Dec. 31, 1862, recovered, and was trans- ferred to Bat. G, First Mo. Art., was with Sherman in his march to the sea, and was with the force that liberated the last of the Union men from Andersonville prison. He was honorably discharged, in 1865, was married, Jan. 22, 1866, in Springfield, to Martha E. Matthews, have three children, JOHN L., JENNIE F. and HENRY H., and live in Mechanics- burg, Illinois.

JOHN N., born March 19, 1848, and

REUBEN T., born Aug. 24, 1852, re- sides with their mother.

Rev. Henry McDaniel died, Aug. 10, 1863, in Mechanicsburg, and his widow resides two and one-half miles southwest of Dawson.

The mother of Henry, James, William, Jonathan and Robert McDaniel, came with her two youngest sons to Sangamon county, and died, aged near one hundred years.

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History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois : "centennial record", Part 78

Author: Power, John Carroll, 1819-1894; Power, S. A. (Sarah A.), 1824-; Old Settlers' Society of Sangamon County (Ill.) Publication date: 1876 Publisher: Springfield, Ill. : E.A. Wilson & Co. Number of Pages: 824

Author: Power, John Carroll, 1819-1894; Power, S. A. (Sarah A.), 1824-; Old Settlers' Society of Sangamon County (Ill.)
Publication date: 1876
Publisher: Springfield, Ill. : E.A. Wilson & Co.
Number of Pages: 824