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ELIZABETH, born June 30, 1793, in Fayette county, Ky., married there to John Lanterman. See his name. They came to Sangamon county in IS19.
ANDREW, born Feb. 2, 1795, in Fayette county, Ky., married there to Martha Tomlinson, and came to Sanga- mon county with Captain Jonathan Saun- ders in 1824, settling four miles northwest of Springfield. They had one child in Kentucky, and eight in Sangamon coun- ty. Two died young. ELIZABETH A., born in Kentucky, married in Sanga- mon county to William B. Jones. See his name. REBECCA married John Morgan, and died. ANDREW is un- married, and lives near Leroy, McLean
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county, Ill. THOMAS married Nancy Little, and died in 1873, leaving a widow and two children, near Leroy. CHAR- LES A. married Elizabeth Land, has three children, and lives near Farmer City. MARTHA, died, aged eighteen years. SARAH M. married William Morgan, has six children, and lives near Farmer City, Illinois. Andrew Mc- Kinnie died June, 1855, and his widow resides near Farmer City, De Witt county, Illinois.
GUNNNELL S., born March 26, 1897, in Fayette county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, April 25, 1824, to Elizabeth Little. They had five child- ren. MARY, born Feb. 21, 1826, mar- ried Dec. 5, 1848, to William J. Sinnard. They had seven children, WILLIAM T., GUNNELL M., E. E., ALLISON D., SARAII E', MARY F. and LEWIS H., and live near Blue Mound, Christian county, Illinois. NANCY, born April 1, 1828, married Dec. 10, 1848, to C. C. Hollier. They had twelve children, six of whom died under three years. The six living are: LEWIS S .; MARY E. married Jacob Bliler, have one child, Clarence S .;- EDMUND A., ALICE B., IDA J. and LUCY. C. C. Hollier and family reside near Blue Mound, Illinois. LEWIS H., born Sept. 10, 1832, married Feh. 18, 1862, to Marga- ret J. Fletcher. They had three children, CHARLES A. E. lives with his parents; MARY E. and ALICE T. died young. L. H. McKinnic resides near Blue Mound, Ill. SAMUEL H., born Dec. 5, 1834, died March, 1860. ALLISON S., born July 26, 1837, was married Sept. 15, 1863, to Clarissa Reed. They have one living child, BENJAMIN F., and live two miles north of Springfield. Mrs. Elizabeth McKinnie died Ang. 15, 1869, and Gun- nell McKinnie died Oct. 14, 1875, near Blue Mound, Christian county, Ill.
ELEANOR, born Feb. 22, 1799, in Fayette county, Ky., married Uriah Cal- lerman. See his name.
SARAH, born Jan. 16, 1801, in Flem- ing county, Ky., married there to Jona- than R. Saunders. See his name.
NANCY, born June 15, 1803, in Flem- ing county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Hiram Duncan. They moved to southwest Missouri, where three chil- dren were born, then moved to the vicin-
ity of Stockton, California, and reside there .-- 1876.
MARY, born Feb. S, ISO6, in Flem- ing county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to John Humphrey. See his name. He died, and she married John Branson. See his name.
THOMAS L., born Feb. 4, 1SOS, in Fleming county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon county, August 27, 1840, to Sarah A. M. Jones. They had five children in Sangamon county. MARY E., born Nov. 27, IS41, married Waldermer F. Helvety, and lives near Forsythe, Macon county, Ill. WILLIAM L., born Feb. 4, 1844, was married Jan. S; 1874, to Eleanor Hood, and has one child, MAUD E. HENRY H., born March 7, 1846, died March 7, 1860. COLUMBIA A., born April 29, 1850, married Henry B. Drake. They have one child, MABEL I., and re- side near Elkhart, Ill. JULIA F., born April 2, 1856, resides with her parents. Thomas L. McKinnie, and his wife re- side on the farm where his parents set- tled in Feb., 1827, four miles northwest of Springfield.
WILLIAM P., born May 20, ISIo, in Fleming county, Ky., married May 12, 1839, to Sarah J. Threlkeld, who was born Oct. 16, 1817, in Shelby county, Ky. Her home was in Sangamon county from about 1832, but the marriage took place while she was on a visit near Burlington, Iowa. They had ten children, all born in Sangamon county, Ill. MARY A., born May 11, IS40, married Nov. 9, 1865, to William A. Montgomery. They had two children. The second, CHARLES F., died young. EDWARD P. lives with his parents, near Assumption, Christian coun- ty, Ill. THOMAS L. S., born June 13, IS41, married Jan. 1, 1868, to Harriet Clark, in Springfield. They had two children. GEORGE T. died young. En- WIN E. lives with his parents near Buffalo Hart Station, Sangamon county, Illinois. LUCY J., born Nov. 5, 1842, married Nov. 9, 1865, to Charles H. Judd. They had one child, FRANCIS E., and Mr. Judd died August 30, 1870. His widow and son reside with her pa- rents. SARAH E., born Sept. 4, 1844, married Dec. 25, 1862, to Joseph E. Cor- bin, and have three children, OLIVER E .. WILLIAM and JENNIE B., and live near Rockville, St. Clair county, Missouri.
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WILLIAM A., born March 11, 1846, was married Sept. 16, 1874, to Emma Marshall, and lives near his father. VIRGIL U., born May 4, ISIS, was married Sept. 10, 1872, to Elizabeth Hood. They have two children, and reside near Forsythe, Macon county, Ill. NANCY E., born June 7, 1850, married John W. Taylor. See his name. FRAN- CES M., born March 4, 1852, was married Sept. 11, 1872, to Victor F. Hilvety. They have two children, EARNEST and a babe, and live near Forsythe, Macon county, III. HARRIET M., born Nov. 25, 1855, was married Feb. 12, 1874, to Isaac Hazlett, and live near Farmer City. CHARLES E., born Oct. 13, 1859, lives with his parents. Wm. P. McKinnie and wife reside four miles northwest of Spring- field, on the farm where they settled in IS40, and adjoining where his father set- tled in IS27.
Lewis McKinnie died Oct. 7, 1841, and Mrs. Nancy McKinnie died Oct. S, 1843, both near Springfield, Illinois,
McLOUD, JOHN K., was born in 18og or 'io, in Washington county, Tenn. He came to Sangamon county in 1837 or 'S, and was married to Mrs. Mar- garet McNabb, whose maiden name was Dunlap. They had six children, namely-
LOUISA married Collin H. Cowardin, have six children, and live in Sullivan county, Mo.
LUZETTA, married Oct. 13, 1863, to Cyrus Lilly, a native of Augusta coun- ty, Va. They have four children, LAURA B., NORA E., MARY M. and GRACE M,, and reside three miles west of Sherman, Illinois.
DRUCILLA married Augustus Young. They have five children, and live in Logan county, Illinois.
WILLIAMI P., born April 9, 1844, in Sangamon county, married March 9, 1871, to Mayne E. Myers, who was born in Licking county, Ohio, Dec. 13, 1849. They have one child, CLARENCE P., and reside at the family homestead, two and a half miles west of Sherman, Illi- nois .- 1874.
MARY E., married Bernard Henley, have two children, and live in Sullivan county, Mo.
MARGARET E., married Adolphus Allen, and lives in Sullivan county, Mo.
Mrs. Margaret McLoud died April 7, IS60. John K. McLoud resides in Fancy Creek township, two and a half miles west of Sherman, Sangamon county, Illi- nois .- 1874.
McMURPHY, DAVID, was born Ang. 20, 1794, in Windsor county, Vermont, married in St. Lawrence county, New York, to Elizabeth White, who was born in Harrisburg, Pennsyl- vania. They had three living children in New York. Mr. David McMurphy vis- ited Sangamon county in 1837, and moved his family, in 1839, to what is now Salis- bury township. Of his children-
GEORGE, born Jan. 6, 1823, in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., married at Salis- bury, Sangamon county, March 29, 1845, to Mary A. Miller, who was born Dec. IS, 1827. They had eight children in Sangamon county, two of whom died young. ALBERT, born March 29, 1846, at Salisbury, married near Carbon- dale, Ill., to Julia A. Prickett. They have one child, DAISEY IRENE, and re- side in Springfield. Mr. Albert McMur- phy is engaged in the grocery trade. GEORGE W., born July 31, 1850; WILLIAM H., born Oct. 17, 1853 ISAAC H., born January 20, 1855; SARAH A., born July 11, 1860; the four latter at Salisbury. MARY O., born March 3, 1864, in Springfield. The five latter reside with their parents. Mr. George McMurphy moved from Salis- bury to Springfield, in 1863, and is in the grocery business, corner of Madison and sixth streets.
WILLIAM H., born Nov. 20, 1826, in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., partly raised near Salisbury, Sangamon county, and married, in 1854, in Mason county, to Lucinda M. Holland. They have three children, JOHN, NELSON and JEN. NIE, and reside near Burton View. Logan county, Illinois.
LESTER, born Jan. 28, 1833, in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., married near Salisbury, Sangamon county, March 13, IS53, to Eliza J. Parvin, who was born March 30, 1830, on the farm where she was married. They had four children, two of whom died young. DAVID V., born May 5, 1856, and CHARLES, born June 22, 1862, reside with their father. Mrs. Eliza J. McMurphy died in Springfield, March 3, 1865, and Lester
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McMurphy was married March 26, 1867, in Jacksonville, Ill., to Mary E. Gass, a native of that city. They have two children, FRANK P. and HERBERT 1 .. , who reside with their parents, in Springfield. Lester McMurphy was act- ing post master at Salisbury for five years, and came to Springfield in 1860, and from that time to the present has been employed in the Post Office. He is now chief clerk-1876.
David McMurphy was a practical mill- wright for many years before coming to Illinois, and he built many mills in Sanga- mon and adjoining counties.
Mrs. Elizabeth McMurphy died Oct. 18, 186S, in Springfield, and David Mc- Murphy died Oct. 29, 1875, in Logan county, Illinois.
McMURRY, MRS. ELIZ- ABETH, whose maiden name was Logue, was born Dec 6, 1775, in Virginia. She was married in Botetourt county, Virginia, to Robert McMurry, who was born about 1772 in that county. They had four children there, and in the autumn of ISot moved to Washington county, Ky., where three children were born. In the autumn of ISio they moved to St. Clair county, Ill., where they spent one winter in camp. In the spring of ISU they moved to a place called Turkey Hill, near the present city of Belleville. Rob- ert McMurry died there, in Feb., 1812. The Indians were manifesting signs of hostility as the allies of Great Britain, in the war of 1812, and Mrs. McMurry very wisely decided to return to Kentucky with her seven children. After the war she moved to St. Clair county again, and from there to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1821, settling north of Spring creek, and eight milles west of Spring- fiel 1. Mrs. Elizabeth MeMurrry died in : S57. in Curran township. Of her seven children --
WILLIAM, born Dec. 29, 1793, in Botetourt county, Virginia, remained with his mother until her return to Kentucky, after the death of his father. He was married Oct., 1817, in Washington coun- ty, Ky., to Elizabeth Clampit, who was born March 22, ISO1, in Kentucky. They came to St. Clair county, Ill., in ISIS, where one child was born, and moved, in the fall of IS20, to what became Sanga- mon county, settling north of Spring -64
creek, and eight miles west of Spring- field, where they had nine living children. In 1849 Mr. McMurry moved to De Witt county, Ill. Of his children: JAMES L., born Jan. 31, 1819, in St. Clair county, married three times, without children by either marriage. He was married the fourth time in Iowa. They have two children, WILLIAM and JOSEPH, and live in Urbana, III. ELIZABETH, born Feb. 17, IS21, was married to Caswell Hall. They had four children. EDITH M. died in 1863. EMMA married Mr. Stout, May 19, 1868, and lives at Leroy, III. PETER C. is married, and lives at Leroy, Ill. WILLIAM lives at Leroy. Mrs. Elizabeth Hall died Oct. 16, 1853, near Clinton, Ill. Caswell Hall was married in 1855 to Miss Edwards, and lives at Leroy, McLean county, Ill. NANCY, born March 5, 1823, died June 16, 1851. WILLIAM C., born Oct. 2, 1S26, in Sangamon county, was married there, April 24, 1850, to Elizabeth J. Cummings. They had tour children. ANN E. mar- ried Joseph Jackson, Feb. 26, 1875. IDA G., MARTHA A. and JAMES M. live with their father. Mrs. McMurry died Oct. 7, 1860, and W. C. McMurry enlisted Sept. 4, 1861, in Co. 1, 39th Ill. Inf., for three years. He was taken prisoner, May 16, 1864, at Drury's Bluff, Virginia, and im- prisoned one week at Libby, three and a half months at Andersonville, two weeks at Charleston, five months at Florence, South Carolina, was exchanged, and en- tered the Union lines, Feb. 26, 1865, and was honorably discharged, March 14, same year, being six months and ten days over his full time. He was married Apr. 20, 1865, to Mrs. Lucinda B. Cummings, whose maiden name was McCord. They have one child, TOT, and reside in Farmer City, Ill. LEWIS R., born May 25, 1829, died Sept. IS, 1851. MOSES C., born April 15, 1831, in Sangamon coun- ty, enlisted June, 1864, for one hundred days, in Co. A, 135th Ill. Inf., served full time, and was honorably discharged, Oct., 1864. He was married Nov. 17, 1868, to Almeda Warner, who was born April 30, 1844, in Ohio. They have two children, JAMES O. and OTTO F. M. C. McMurry and family live near Saybrook, Cham- paign county, Ill. SAMUEL B., born Sept. 6, 1833, in Sangamon county, en- listed in 1861, in Co. E, 20th Ill. Inf., for
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three years, and died at Mound City, Ill., March 21, 1862, was taken home, and buried at Clinton. JOSEPH D., born April 7, 1838, lives at Farmer City. ANN J. P., born Feb. 29, 1840, in San- gamon county, was married at Clinton, March 5, 1867, to T. H. Benton McEl- haney, who was born Feb. 4, 1842, in De Witt county, Ill. He enlisted August 11, 1862, in Co. D, 107th Ill. Inf., for three years, served until the close of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged, July 11, 1865. Mr. and Mrs. McElhaney have three children, WILLIAM A., LOU C. A. and BENTON M., and live at Clinton, Ill. PETER A., born July 14, 1843, in San- gamon county, enlisted June, 1864, for one hundred days, in Co. A, 135th Ill. Inf. served full time, and was honorably dis- charged, Oct. 1865. He was married in June, 1874, to Olie McMahon, and re- sides at Clinton, Ill. Mrs. Elizabeth Mc- Murry died Sept. 17, 1850, and William McMurry was married August 14, 1853, in Sangamon county, to Mrs. Agnes Bryant, whose maiden name was Sims. William MeMurry died Feb. 13, 1876, at Clinton, Ill., and his widow resides there.
SAMUEL, horn Oct. 21, 1795, in Botetourt county, Va., was married Nov. 20, 1821, in St. Clair county, to Mary Rittenhouse. She was born Oct. 1, 1800, in Madison county, Va. They moved to Sangamon county in 1823, settling south of Spring creek and eight miles west of Springfield. They had nine children in Sangamon county. JOHN D., born Aug. 6, 1824, was married Jan. 9, 1846, to Cath- arine Bormann, who was born Feb. 14, 1825, in the Kingdom of Bavaria. They had four living children. SAMUEL H., born March 1, 1848, was married Sept. 2, 1874, to Matilda Roots, of Mannsville, Taylor county, Ky. They live two miles west of Curran, IH. LAURETTA A., born December 25, 1850, was married February 22, 1872, to George F. Allen. They had one child, Arthur F. Mrs. L. A. Allen died, November 12, 1874. BARTHENA D. and CHARLES W., live with their father. Mrs. Catharine B. McMur- ry died May 31, 1872, and John D. Me- Murry was married Jan. 7, 1875, in Springfield, Ill., to Mrs. Rebecca Mc- Kechnie, who was born in 1826 in York- shire, England, and whose maiden name was Snape. They reside three miles
northwest of Curran, Sangamon county, Ill. PETER C., born Jan. 29, 1826, married Almeda Davis. They had two children. He died Oct. 22, 1853. Of their children, CHARLES S. and JOHN L. live with their mother, who married W. W. Kelly. See his name. ROBERT T., born Jan. 6, 1828, married Margaret Davis. They have four children. MARY E. was married March 16, 1875, to Bos- well Thatcher, of Wayne county, lowa. SAMUEL O., DAVID L. and JAMES live with their parents, near Bethlehem, Iowa. WILLIAM L., born Jan. 26, 1830, mar- ried Barbara A. Bormann. They have seven children. VERLINDA C. married George McComas in 1872, and lives near Bethlehem, Iowa. GEORGE P., LENORE, MELISSA M., MOSES S., ELMORE and Joux 1. live with their father. Mrs. McMurry died June 11, 1875, and the family live near Bethlehem, Iowa. ARTHUR B., born Jan. 30, 1832, died, aged ten years. GEORGE L., born Feb. 19, 1834, mar- ried Julia F. Head. They have two liv- ing children. Mrs. Julia McMurry died Sept. 16, 1875. Mr. MeMurry and the children live near Bethlehem, Iowa. JAMES O., born March 19, 1837, mar- ried Elizabeth Pearce. They had four children, ROBERT, DEBORAH C., BARTHE- NA and JAMES. Mrs. Elizabeth Mc- Murry died April, 1873. He married
Matilda Chrisman. They have one . child, EARNEST, and live near Bethlehem, Iowa. ELIZABETH E., born Jan. 20, 1839, married Debold Paulen. See his name. MARY J., born Sept. 23, 1842, married George Mentzer. They have
three children, JOHN D., LAURA and and reside near Cerro Gordo, Ill. Mrs. Mary McMurry died April 5, 1863, and Samuel McMurry died April 19, 1863.
GAMES, born April 5, 1798, in Bote- tourt county, Virginia, was married in Sangamon county, Ill., to Lavina Ear- nest. They had six children in Sangamon county, and moved to Keokuk, Iowa; from there to Independence, Mo., thence to California, about 1855. Of their child- ren, SARAH married Rev. Mr. James. She died in 1854, leaving one child. MARTHA J. married Inglefield Greg- ory. ROBERT S. married in 1849, and his wife lied Nov. 16, 1863, leaving six children, LUELLA, ALTA, SARAH, MARY L., WILLIAM H. and OLIVE M. THOS.
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FRANK, JAMES and ELIZA,-the three latter are married. James McMurry died near Ione City, California, and his family reside there.
LEWIS, born April 15, ISO1, in Vir- ginia, came to Sangamon county, Ill., with his mother in 1S23. He married Leanna DeMula, a French lady of St. Louis, and died there, without children, in 1853.
ESTHER, born Oct. 28, 1803, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county to John Turner. See his name. ARTHUR B., born Nov. 7, 1807, in Washington county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county, Ill., to Sarah Enyart. They had six children. ROBERT died in his twenty-first year. MARTHA J. married Robert Elder, and live in Butler county, Neb. ELIZABETH A. mar- ried Wesley Huggins, and died June 12, IS62. MARY F. married John F. Crowder. See his name. She died in June, 1873. LEWIS S. married Me-
lissa Griffin. They have three children, and reside in Butler county, Neb. SA- RAH M. was married in 1866 to Dr. Charles Kerr. They had four children, CHARLES, MABEL, MAUD and NETTIE; the latter died in infancy. Mrs. S. Melissa Kerr died March 22, 1876, in Pawnee, and was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Sce Dr. Kerr's name, with Elisha Sanders. Arthur B. McMurry died Feb. 28, 1855, and his widow was married June 7, 1875, to William Parkes. See his name.
LOGAN, born March 22, ISIo, in Washington county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county Dec. 22, 1831, to Melis- sa Robison, who was born Nov. 11, 1813. They had ten children in Sanga- mon county. EDWARD S., born Nov. 13, 1832, was married Jan. 10, IS58, to Susan Reid ; have four children, J. J., ANNA, MARTIIA E. and G. E. LEWIS, and live at Leghorn, Kansas. E. S. McMurry is Postmaster there. JOHN L., born Mar. 31, 1835, died in his third year. MARY E., and MARTIIA J., twins, born July 10, 1838. Mary E. was married July 26, 1868, to Hiram F. Robbins. born in Warren county, Penn. They have three children, SANDFORD L., FANNIE A. and ANNIE M., and reside near Maple Grove, Pottawatomie county, Kansas. Martha J. was married July 1, 1868, to James Siddens, who was born in Putnam
county, Indiana, February 9, 1836. They have three children, I DA B., SADIE M. and MARY F., and reside near Westmoreland, Pottawatomie county, Kansas. ANGELINE, born May 23, IS41, died in her second year. ELIHU J. L., born Aug. 9, 1844, enlisted in Capt. Pratt's Co., 130th Ill. Inf., Aug. 11, 1862, for three years. The company disbanded, and he joined Co. B, roth Ill. Cav., in October of the same year. Served three years and three months, and was honor- ably discharged. GEORGE F., born Aug. 21, 1847, resides near Westmore- land, Pottawattomie county, Kansas. SARAH A., born June 20, 1850, EMI- LY F., born March 5, 1854, and ROS- ELLA, born March 21, 1858, all reside with their parents, half a mile south of Farmingdale, Sangamon county, Illinois.
MCNABB, WILLIAM, was born about 1760, in Ireland, and emigrated to America before the Revolution. The family settled in that part of Amherst which is now Nelson county, Vir- ginia. He was there married to Mary Crawford, a cousin of Wm. H. Crawford, of Georgia, who was one of the
four candidates for President, in 1824. Mr. and Mrs. McNabb moved from Vir- ginia to Green county, Ky., where they had six children, and moved to Illinois, in 1819, first stopping in Logan county, and in 1820 moved to a point about three miles west of Springfield, and settled the farm now owned by Washington Rickard. Of their six children-
SAMUEL, born in Kentucky, mar- ried there, came to Sangamon county about IS26, and in the spring of 1831 moved to the vicinity of Petersburg, Ill., and died there in IS72.
HESTER, born Dec. 10, 1789 in Green county, Ky., married there to Robert White, July 17, 1806, and came to St. Clair county, Ill., in 1814, and in ISIS came to what was afterwards Sangamon, and still later Menard county, and settled near what is now Athens. Mr. White was born Oct. IS, 1779. They had five children, namely: MARY P., born in Green county Ky., married Mr. Miner, who lived but a few months, and she married William McDougal in 1827. They had thir- teen children, all except one lived to maturity: ten of whom are yet living,
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and have families. Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Dougal reside near Athens, Illinois. ELIZA, born in ISIo, in Green county, Kentucky, married near Athens, Illinois, March 15, 1834, to Jacob C. West, a native of Tennessee. They had eight children, five of whom died young. Of the other three-WILLIAM F., born June 19, 1835, married Miranda England, and had three children, all of whom died young. Wm. F. West was a graduate of the Missouri Medical College. He was appointed, Sept .. 1861, Assistant Surgeon, and soon after promoted Surgeon of the 28th Ill. Inf. He served until June, 1863, when he resigned on account of impaired health, and died March 27, 1864, near Athens. JOHN M., born Dec. 22, 1836, became first Assistant Contract Surgeon to the 28th Ill. Inf., in April, 1862, and in December of the same year resigned, in consequence of impaired health. He completed his medical course, and gradu- ated in February, 1864, at Rush Med- ical College, Chicago. He was mar- ried, Feb., 1863, to Harriet L. Bishop, at Williamsville, Ill. She died, June 7, IS75, leaving one child, f. Hial. Dr.
West was married, Feb. 1, 1876, in Pitts- burg, Penn., to Susie Lockwood, a native of Norwalk, Conn. Dr. J. M. West is a practicing physician, in Springfield, Ill. JACOB B., born in IS48, lives with his pa- rents. Jacob C. West and wife reside near Athens, Ill. JOHN R., born in Green county, Ky., died near Athens, aged twenty-two years. WILLIAM H., horn in Kentucky, married near Petersburg to Elizabeth Bone. They had seven child- ren, four of whom are yet living. Mrs. White died, and Wm. H. White married Mrs Elizabeth Sewell. They had three children, and he died Nov., 1864, near Athens, III. ROBERT F., born near Athens, Ill., married in Morgan county to Rachel Roach, daughter of Rev. N. Roach. They had seven children, four of whom died early in life. MARY E. and JOHN R. live with their parents. ESTHER married William Moore, and lives in De- witt county. Rober F. White and wife reside near Athens, Ill. Robert White died Nov. 27, 1847, and Mrs. Hester White died' April 2, 1867, both near Athens, Menard county, Illinois.
CATHARINE, born, and married in Kentucky to Mr. Blakeman, spent a short
time in Illinois, and returned to Ken- tucky.
ISABELLA, born, and married in Kentucky to Benjamin Wilcox, raised a large family near Petersburg, Illinois.
MARTHA, born in Kentucky, mar- ried John Jeneson, near Springfield, raised a family of six children, and both died, near Petersburg, Illinois.
JAMES CRAWFORD MCNABB, born Dec. 27, ISoo, in Green county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, Nov. S, IS25, to Ann R. Watson. They had four children in Sangamon county-EVE- LINE, born Sept. 15, 1826, married, Oct. 24, 1843, to John G. Elkin. See his name. ADELAIDE C., born March 4, IS29, married, in 1847, to Henry Beers. See his name. Mr. Beers died, August, IS51, and she married, Oct. 28, 1858 to Adolphus Rogers. They have two chil- dren, HENRY C. and ADELAIDE, and reside in Cincinnati, Ohio. JAMES II., born Sept. 17, 1831, in Sangmon county, went to California in 1849, and was married there, in 1859, to Mary Scudder, a native of New Jersey. They have three living children, ADELAIDE, JAMES and MARY L. James H. McNabb was twelve years edit- or of the Petalouma Argus, was State Senator, from 1862 to 1868. He is now- 1876-and has been for the last five years, deputy collector in the United States Cus- tom House. at San Francisco, California, and resides there. LUCILLA H. died, aged nine years. James C. McNabb died, January, 1835, in Sangamon county, and his widow resides in Mechanicsburg, Illi- nois.
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