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MEACHAM, JOSEPH, was born in 1794 in Christian county, Ky. Thankful Finley was born in 1795 in the same county. They were married, and had seven children there. The family moved to Sangamon county, arriving Oct., IS40, at Springfield, and the next spring moved to what is now Loami township. Of their children-
ELCET F., born Oct. 2, IS20, in Christian county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon county Nov. 7, 1844, to Jackson Archer. See his name. He died, and she married William Duff. See his name.
FOHN W., born Aug., 1822, in Chris- tian county, Ky., came to Sangamon county in' IS38, preceding his parents. Ile was married in Springfield to Aim Young. They had seven children; one only is living, ROBERT P. He mar- ried Sarah Jumper in Jacksonville. The family reside in Waverly, Illinois.
MARY H., born in Kentucky, mar- ried in Sangamon county to A. S. Har-
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mon. She died, and Mr. Harmon married again. He lives in Waverly.
ELIZABETH E. was twice mar- ried. She and both husbands died in Waverly.
MINERVA L., born in Christian county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Young Hudson. See his name.
ABNER W., died in Kentucky, and AMERICA f., died in Sangamon county, each at ten years of age.
Mrs. Thankful Meacham died Oct. 7, 1844, and Joseph Meacham died Oct. 19, 1845, both near Loami, Sangamon county, Illinois.
MEGREDY, ENOCH, born in 1794, in Cecil county, Maryland, was married there, Aug. 20, 1816, to Mary S. Jones, who was born in Cecil county, April 7, 1798. Mr. Megredy was en- gaged in merchandizing, and they had four children there. About 1823 they moved into the adjoining county, in Penn- sylvania, where Mr. Megredy continued in the mercantile business. Four children were born in Pennsylvania, and about 1831 they returned to Maryland, where they had three children. Mr. M. moved his family to Springfield, Ill., arriving June 16, 1837, and in December following moved to what is now Ball township, six miles south of Springfield, where two children were born. Of all their child- ren; the eldest-
ELIZABETH died Dec. 14, 1821, in Maryland, aged four years.
JAMES f., born Feb. 1, 1819, in Cecil county, Md., was married in San- gamon county, Ill., Dee. 30, 1841, to Ann R. Hall. They had ten children, three died under four years, and JOHN B. in his fourth year. Of the other . six- CHARLES L. married Virginia Weber, and lives at Belleville, Kansas. ANNA, WILLIAM P., SAMUEL E., MIL- LARD F. and FANNIE, live with their parents, three and three-fourths miles northwest of Pawnee. James J. Megre- dy represented Sangamon county in the State Legislature, for the session of 1857 and 'S.
MARY A., born Nov. 3, 1820, in Ceeil county, Maryland, was married Nov. 25, 1847, in Sangamon 'county, Ill., to Dr. George M. Harrison. See his Nume.
DANIEL, born Aug. 30, 1822, in Maryland, was married in Sangamon county, Feb. 22, 1849, to Sarah N. Harri- son, who died, and he married Catharine Kennedy. Daniel Megredy died in Ball township, leaving three children, WIL- LIAM ARTHUR, MARY and SA- RAH.
ELIZABETH, born Sept. 11, 1824, in Lancaster county, Penn., is unmarried, and lives at the family homestead, in San- gamon county.
ENOCH, born June 16, 1826, at Con- estoga, Lancaster county, Penn., raised in Sangamon county, married, Oct. 16, 1850, to Lucinda P. Harrison, who was born Sept. 10, IS28, in that part of Sangamon which is now Menard county. They had four children-MARY A., the second child, died in her fifth year. ENOCH E., ADA and LESLIE E. live with their parents, in Menard county, three and one- half miles northwest of Salisbury.
JOHN, born July 11, 1828, in Cones- toga Center, Pennsylvania, married Pris- cilla L. Miller. They had four children, and Mr. Megredy died, near Springfield. His widow and children live in Kansas City, Missouri.
SARAH died, aged twenty years.
ABIGAIL, born July 18, 1832, in Cecil county, Maryland, was married in Sangamon county, April 14, 1858, to Morgan B. Pettus. They have three children, and live in Lincoln, Illinois.
WILLIAM R., born Dec. 31, 1833, in Wakefield, Cecil county, Maryland, was married in Iroquois county, Ill., Oct. S, 1872, to Joanna Harlan, who was born Oct. 21, 1850, in Morgan county, Ill. They have one child, WILLIAM, and live in Chatham, Sangamon county, Illi- nois.
ADALINE B., born Nov. 21, 1835, in Ceeil county, Maryland, was married Nov. 21, 1855, in Sangamon county, Illi- nois to Robert S. Graham. See his name.
ARCHIBALD FOB, born January 30, 1838, in Sangamon county, lives at the homestead.
MARGARET R., born April 20, IS40, in Sangamon county, is unmarried, and lives at the homestead.
Enoch Megredy, Sen., died December 28, 1851, and his widow died Aug. 11,
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1866, both on the farm where they settled in 1837, six miles south of Springfield.
Archibald Job, a cousin of Mr. Megre- dy, had a contract for furnishing stone to build the State House, in Springfield, which was commenced the year Mr. Me- gredy came to the county. The stone was obtained in Ball township, near Crow's mill, and Mr. Megredy was em- ployed to superintend the quarries. He was experienced in the business before he came west. Mr. Megredy was a local Methodist preacher, and a consistant tem- perance man. He lectured on temperance on all suitable occasions.
MENGEL, ISAAC R., was born about 1820, in Lancaster county, Penn. He left home with his brother, Levi B., April 17, 1838, and arrived at Springfield, Ill., early in May, and a few days later went to Lebanon, now Loami, in the employ of J. P. Langford, who had a contract for furnishing timber for the State House, then being built in Springfield. He was married near Loami to Eunice M. Meacham. They had twelve children, among them two pairs of twins, and once three at a birth, two boys and a girl; the latter and one of the boys died young. The other boy-
ELLIS, lives with his parents in Ne- braska.
LEVI enlisted in Co. K, 124th Ill. Inf., and died in the army.
ETHAN M., enlisted in Co. K, 124th 111. Inf. He lost an eye by an accidental shot from a weapon in the hands of his Captain, near the close of his term of service. He married Amanda M. Weber, in Sangamon county, and lives in Ne- braska.
ARMINDA Y., married a Mr. Grif- fin, in 1865. They have three children, and live near Lincoln, Neb.
HATTIE lives with her parents in Wahoo, Neb.
Isaac R. Mengel resides at Wahoo, Saunders county, Nebraska. He is Pro- bate Judge of that county-1875.
MENGEL, LEVI B., born in IS22 in Lancaster county, Penn., and came with his brother, Isaac R., to Springfield, thence to Loami, in IS38. He was married Nov. 13, 1842, to Jane L. Meacham. They had ten living child- ren in Sangamon county.
ELIZABETH, born June 12, 1843, married June, 1869, to James Coleman. They have twins, NINA MAY and LINA JANE, and live in Christian county, Illinois.
TIRZAH married David P. Colburn. See his name.
ANTHONY W. died Aug. 27, 1871, in his seventeenth year.
EUNICE married Oct. 29, 1874, to Ezra D. Fuller. They have one child, LULU, and live near Loami, Illinois.
FRANCIS, ALICE C., JOSEPH W., KATE M., ANNA L. and HAR- RY S. live with their mother.
Levi B. Mengel died Sept. 10, 1874, near Loami, Sangamon county, III., and his widow and children reside there.
MEREDITH, ABSALOM, born about 1785, in Virginia, was mar- ried there about 1807, to Mary Royal, a native of the same State. They moved to Butler county, Ohio, where they had four children, and then moved to Miami county, where two children were born. The family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Oct. 27, 1829, in what is now Ball township. The company in which they came numbered sixty-three persons. Of their six children-
THOMAS, born in Butler county, Ohio, was married in Sangamon county to Priscilla Fields, who died, and he mar- ried Jane Basil. They had two children. DAVIS was a soldier in an Ill. Reg., and was killed at the battle of Resaca, Georgia, May 15, 1864. NANCY E. married a Mr. Buck. He was a Union soldier, and died in the army. His widow resides with her mother. Thomas Mere- dith was drowned in Sacramento river, Cal. His widow and widowed daughter reside near Elizabeth, JoDaviess county, Illinois.
AMY, born in Butler county, Ohio, was married in Sangamon county to William B. Lawley. Scc his name.
DAVIS, born June 14, 1812, in But- Jer county, Ohio, was married June 29, 1836, in Sangamon county, to Mary New- comer. They had eight children; one died in infancy. Of the other seven- SUSANNAH, born May 4, 1837, mar ried Drury Jones. See his name. CHARLES N., born July 23, 1839, en- listed in Co. E, 114th In. Inf., August 11, 1862. He was taken sick at Camp Butler,
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and was out of the service six months. He was married March 8, 1863, to Laura Wagoner, who was born Sept. 3, 1841, in Menard county, Ill. He rejoined his reg- iment, March 20, of same year, and after the siege of Vicksburg, was sent to Memphis, where he was detailed as Or- derly at headquarters of the Sixteenth Army Corps. Charles N. Meredith was honorably discharged, Oct., 1864, at Memphis, Tenn. Mr. and Mrs. Mere- dith have two living children, MARY F. and IDA J., who live with their parents. C. N. Meredith is engaged in the cloth- ing business at Taylorville, Ill., and re- sides there. MARY J., born Dec. 3, IS42, was married Jan. 1, 1863, to John R. Kincaid, who was born Nov. 14, 1833, in Virginia, and brought up in Gallia county, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Kincaid have four living children, LUTHER E., JAMES W., CATALINA MAY and FRED CARROLL, and live five miles north of Pawnee, San- gamon county, Ill. SARAH A., born Nov. 2, 1844, was married Oct. 19, 1865, to Lewis R. Hedrick. They have three living children, namely, MARY S., FRANCIS R. and ALICE J., and live in Taylorville, Christian county, III. CHRISTOPHER C., horn June 3, 1848, resides with his pa-
rents. LUTHER OSBORN, born July 7, 1851, was married Sept. 4, 1873, to Eliza A. Poffenberger. They have one child, CHARLES NOAIL, and live in Cotton Hill township, Sangamon county, Illi- nois. FANNIE L., born Jan. 27, 1857, lives with her parents. Davis Meredith lives in Ball township, ten miles south- east of Springfield, Ill. He remembers that, after the deep snow, when it had en- tirely disappeared except on the roads, where the snow had been packed down, they looked like ribbons stretched over the prairie, and the sight was beautiful. These strips were from one to three feet wide, and it was weeks after the other snow was gone before they disappeared.
WILLIAM, born in Butler county, Ohio, brought up in Sangamon county, is a minister in the United Brethren church, and lives at Fort Scott, Kansas.
SARAH A., born in Miami county, Ohio, was married in Sangamon county, Ill., to James Dillon. They have two children, OLIVER and DAVIS, who live with their father. Mrs. S. A. Dillon
died at Hittle's Grove, MeLean county, Illinois.
JOSEPH, born in Miami county, Ohio, was married in Sangamon county, Ill., to Susan Dillon, who died, leaving five children, SARAH A., LESLIE C., THOMAS J., CHARLOTTE J. and MARY C. live with their father. He married Mary Adams. They have one child, MELISSA. Joseph Meredith and family live near Taylorville, Ill.
Absolom Meredith died in Rochester township, Sangamon county, Ill., in 1842, and his widow died in 1844, in Ball township, Sangamon county, Illinois.
MERRIMAN, ELIAS H., was born Jan. 20, 1So2, in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated at William and Mary College about 1820, and at the Baltimore Medical University soon after. He was married in Baltimore Ang. 16, 1822, to Susan H. Lavely, a sister to William Lavely. See his name. She was born Dec. 9, 1804, in that city. They had one child there, also. After prae- ticing for a time in the vicinity of Balti- more, Dr. Merriman moved to St. Louis, Mo., and from there to Springfield, III., arriving in March, 1830. They had one child in St. Louis, and two in Springfield. Of their children-
GAMES H., born Jan. 27, 1827, in Baltimore, Md., was raised in Springfield, Ill. He enlisted in Co. A, 4th Ill. Inf., in 1846, and was appointed by Col. E. D. Baker Sergeant-Major of the regiment, and served as such during the war with Mexico. He was appointed under Presi- dent Taylor to a clerkship in the United States General Land Office, and was later appointed Lieutenant in the United States Revenue Service, in which he served about twenty-four years, the last twelve as Captain. He is now Inspector of the Life Saving Service, having charge of all the stations on the Atlantic coast, with headquarters in New York eity-1876.
WILLIAM f. N., born Feb. 10, 1830, in St. Louis, Mo., and raised in Springfield. In 1852, he went to Cali- fornia, and in 1855 went from there with Gen. Walker on his expedition to Central America, after which he returned to the United States. He now resides in Spring- field, III.
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ELLEN M., born May 1 1832, in Springfield, married in 1854 to Thomas H. Murphy, a native of Quebec, Canada. They moved in 1859 to New Orleans, and returned to Springfield in 1873. She resides with her mother, in Spring- field.
Dr. E. H. Merriman was engaged in one of the campaigns of the Black Hawk war, and was hearer of dispatches from General Henry to General Atkinson. See page 85. He was in success- ful practice in Springfield for twen- ty years. In IS51 he went to San
Francisco; spent four years there, and in 1855 went to Costa Rica, in search of coal. He had commenced mining, but the yellow fever breaking out among the men, he treated them successfully, but afterwards fell a victim to the disease himself, and died there on the Island of Cano, May S, 1855. His widow resides in Springfield, Illinois.
MERRIMAN, REUBEN, was born Sept. 6, 1790, in Connecticut. When a young man, he went to Ken . tucky, and after a stay of one year, re- turned to Connecticut, and was married, May 4, 1812, about twenty miles from Bridgeport, to Betsy Bennett. They went at once to Scott county, Ky , settled on Big Eagle creek, and engaged in mil- ling and coopering with his younger bro- ther, Lyman, and their father, who all moved at the same time. They had five living children. The father died there, and the two brothers, with their families and their sister, and widowed mother, moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1829, in what is now Wil- liams township, where twins were born. Of all their children-
LUCINDA, born Feb. 21, 1813, in Scott county, Ky., marricd in Sangamon county to Isaac Constant. See his name. They had four children, and moved to Jackson county, Oregon, Rogue River Valley, in 1852.
LAV INA f., born April 2, 1817, in Kentucky, married to William T. Jones. See his name.
GEORGE B., born Sept. S, ISIS, in Scott county, Ky., came to Sangamon county, in 1829, married, Jan. 1, 1844, to Maria L. Dawson. They had six living children in Sangamon county-JOHN W. married Maria J. Brittin, have two
children, DORA B. and HARRY W., and re- side in Marion county, Iowa. REUBEN A. resides in Williams township. BEL- BERT, LUCY T., BERTHA E. and GEORGE A. reside with their parents, four miles southeast of Williamsvile, San- gamon county, Illinois.
JOHN S., born Nov. 29, 1821, in Scott county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, Nov. 7, IS48, to Mary J. Dawson. They had ten children; one died in in- fancy, and NOAH W., the youngest child, died March 4, 1873, aged six years. MARY FLORENCE died, Aug. 12, 1874, and ANN ELIZA died, June 13, 1876, at their father's house, near Wil- liamsville, Illinois. Of the other six- MARTHA V., CHARLES B., LELIA L., CLAY S., CORA E. and ABRA- HAM L. live with their parents, three miles west of Williamsville, Sangamon county, Illinois.
WILLIAM H., born March 4, 1825, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county to Mary A. Lewis. They had two children. and in IS52 started overland for Oregon. Mrs. Merriman and one of the children died on the way. Mr. Mer- riman and the other children went on to their destination. Wm. Merriman was there married to Mrs. Artamesia Chap- man, whose maiden name was Riddle. They have several children, and reside near Jacksonville, Jackson county, Ore- gon.
ROBERT F., and FRANCIS A., twins, born Sept. 5, 1830, in Sangamon county, Illinois.
ROBERT F., married Sept. 17, 1862,, in Sangamon county, to Elizabeth Thompson, who was born Jan. 28, 1840, in Wayne county, Ohio. They have one child, WILLIE, and reside five miles southeast of Williamsville.
FRANCIS A. married, Oct. 7, 1858, to Emma Bishop, who was born Dec. 12, 1838, in Clark county, Ohio. They had five children, EDDY F., MARY L., MYRTILLA, and BYRON and ROSE, twins; the two latter died in infancy. Mrs. Emma Merriman died May 9, 1866. F. A. Merriman was married, Nov. 25, 1868, to Chloe Sparklin, a na- tive of Elkhart county, Indiana. They reside five miles southeast of Williams- ville, and two and one-half miles north of Barclay, Illinois.
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Mrs. Betsy Merriman died Feb. 27, 1842, and Reuben Merriman died Feb. 28, 1842, both in Sangamon county.
MERRIMAN, LYMAN, was born in 1792, in Connecticut. He went with his brother Reuben to Scott county, Ky., in IS12, and was there married to Sarah R. Howard, who was born there in 1794. They had four living children:, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., ar- riving in the fall of 1829, in what is now Williams township, where one child was born. Of their five children-
AMADISON M., born March 11, 1817, in Scott county, Ky., married Elizabeth Fletcher. They have seven living child- ien. Their daughter, ELIZABETH A., married Irvin J. Houtz, and reside in Williams township, two and a quarter miles north of Sherman. The other six reside with their parents, in Logan county, Illinois.
SARAH f., born Aug. 22, 1819, in Scott county, Ky., married William Yo- com. See his name.
ELVIRA married Francis M. Young, had one child, and died in 1851.
CORDELIA L., born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county March 10, IS62, to B. F. Fletcher. See his name.
MARY A., born in Sangamon county, married Hiram J. Young. She died Aug., 1867, leaving four children, LAU- RA A. and MARY A. reside with their aunt, Mrs. Win. Yocom. The two sons live with their father, in Montgomery county, Illinois.
Lyman Merriman dicd in March, 1865, . and his widow died Sept. 20, 1869.
LAURA, the sister of Reuben and Lyman Merriman, Who came with them from Kentucky, married in Sangamon county in 1829 to Francis Arenz, went to Beardstown, and died within a year after she was married. The mother of the Merriman brothers and sister died . in Beardstown, also.
MESLER, CORNELIUS, was born Oct. 7, 1798, in Morris county, ew Jersey. Phobe Shepard was born July 15, 1804, at Green village, Morris county, New Jersey. They were mar- ried Dec. 25, 1822, in Newark, New Jer- sey. They came to Springfield, Ill., in June, 1830, and settled one and one-half miles east of the city. In 1834 they moved to what is now Cooper township,
south of Sangamon river. Cornelius Mesler died July 7, 1854, and his widow resides on the farm where they settled in IS34. It is in Cooper township, three miles northeast of Clarksville, Sangamon coun- ty, Illinois.
MERRIWEATHER, JOHN H., was born July 2, 18OS, in Baltimore county, Md. He :migrated to the vicin- ity of Springfield, Clark county, Ohio, and was there married in 1834 to Eliza- beth Hummell. They had two children there, and came to Springfield, Ill., arriv- ing in May, 1839, where six children were born, one of whom died. Of their seven children-
ELIZABETH H., born in 1836 near Springfield, Ohio, was married May 2, 1864, in Springfield, Ill., to Edward L. M. Johnson, a native of Virginia. He was a contractor, and superintended the carpenter work on the Springfield and Ilinois Southeastern-now O. and M .- railroad. He died November, 1874. His widow resides in Pana, Illinois.
WILLIAM H., born April 28, 1838, in Clark county, Ohio, was married Sept. 20, 1860, in Springfield, Ill., to Sarah J. Bateman, who was born there Sept. 13, IS42. Hc served seventeen months in Co. B, 114th Ill. Inf. Mr. and Mrs. Merriweather have five children, and live near Gerard, Crawford county, Kansas.
ELIZA W., born May 5, IS40, was married in Springfield, Il., April 19, 1860, to John T. Rhodes, who was born Jan. 14, 1831, in Frederick county, Md. They have two children, WILLIAM R. and ELLA M. J. T. Rhodes is a contractor and builder. He was a mem- ber of the Board of Supervisors of San- gamon county for three years, and was elected in the spring of 1874 a member of the City Council for three years, and re- sides in Springfield, Illinois.
JAMES, born Sept. 30, 1844, in Springfield, was married Oct. 20, 1870, in Sangamon county, to Minerva Enyart. They have one child, ANN E, and live near Pawnee, Illinois.
JOHN H., fun., born Sept. 7, 1846, in Springfield, and resides in Pawnec, Sangamon county, Illinois.
ELLA L., born April IS, IS51, in Springfield, was married there Nov. , IS74, to Charles W. Post, who was horn Oct. 26, 1854, in Springfield, Ill. C. W.
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Post is with his father, C. R. Post, in the" Sangamon county, arriving in Spring- agricultural implement business, in Spring- field, Illinois.
GEORGE W., born April 29, 1855, in Springfield, lives with his sister, Mrs. Johnson, in Pana, Illinois.
John H. Merriweather, Sen., was a merchant in Springfield for many years, but the latter part of his life was spent on his farm, near Pawnee, Ill., where he died Oct. 15, 1863. His widow died Aug. IS, IS6S.
MESSICK, JOSEPH W., was born in Christian county, Ky., and came to, Sangamon county in 1829, with his sisters, Matilda and Melinda. He re- turned to Kentucky in IS40, married there, and brought his wife and youngest sister, Julia A., to Sangamon county. He makes his home in Macoupin county, near Nilwood. His sister-
ELIZABETH, came before, and married Silas Harlan. See his name. He died, and she married George Roberts, and resides in Chatham township.
MATILDA is unmarried, and re- sides with her niece, Mrs. J. F. Irwin.
MELINDA married M. F. Can- non, and both died in 1850 in Chathamn township.
JULIA A., married William D. Crow. Sec his namc.
MILLER, CHRISTIAN, was born Jan. 12, 1771, in Loudon county, Va. Sarah Neer was born June 28, 1786, in the same county, and they were there married in 1807. They had eight child- ren in that county. The whole family left Loudon county Sept. 4, 1833, travel- ing in wagons; they reached Champaign county, Ohio, and stopped with a brother. Mr. Miller and his eldest son, David, set out on horseback for Illinois, via Indian- apolis, Crawfordsville, Vermilion Salt Works, thence through Illinois to Pekin, Lewiston and Canton, and returning, crossed the Illinois river at Fort Ross- now Havana-thence to Springfield, Paris, Terre Haute, Ind., and back to Ohio. He purchased a farm in Miami county, Ohio, and commenced moving to it on the morning after the great meteoric shower, Nov. 13, 1833. One year later he sold out in Ohio, and started, Nov. 17, 1834, with his family; passing through Springfield they reached Alton in Decem- ber. From there they moved back to
field, Jan. 20, 1835. Mr. Miller entered two thousand one hundred acres of land in the vicinity of the mouth of Buckhart creek, in what is now Cooper and Roch- ester townships. On the 19th of March, IS35, the family moved to what is now Cooper township. All the Miller family except David and John C., moved, in Nov., 183S, to Coles county, six miles from Jefferson City, Mo., and all returned to Sangamon county in Dec., 1S41. Of the eight children of Christian Miller-
DAVID, born April IS, ISog, in Loudon county, Va., came to Sangamon county in 1835, married April 26, 1838, to Eliza D. Jackson, who was born July 10, 1SoS, in Shelby county, Ky. She died without children, in Sangamon county, Oct. 10, 1871. David Miller was married Feb. 1, IS72, in Sangamon county, to Fannie Jackson, who was born Oct. 2S, IS41, in Nelson county, Ky., and raised in Missouri. They had two children.
FANNIE E. died in infancy. David Miller died Jan. 23, IS75. His son, DAVID EDWIN, born August 31, 1875, seven months and eight days after the death of his father. The widow and in- fant son of David Miller reside at Sanga- mon Station, five miles east of Spring- field, Ill.
ANN, born Nov. 11, ISIo, in Virginia, resides with her brother, Jacob C. She never married, has been an invalid for fifteen years, and has been blind since Nov. 30, IS68.
YOHN C., born Oct. 19, 1S12, in Loudon county, Va., came to Sangamon county in 1835, married at Rochester, Feb. 5, 1837, to Melvina Sattley. They had six children in Sangamon county, namely : GEORGE H., born March 19, 1838, married March 13, 1863, to Louisana Archer. They had one child, JOHN E., and Mrs. Miller died Jan. 1, 1874. Mr. Miller and his son reside at the family homestead, three miles east of Rochester. HARRIET V., born Oct. 13, IS40, married Feb. 9, 1862, to Daniel Waters, who was born Sept. 14, 1830, in Loudon county, Va., and came to Sanga- mon county in 1852. They had five chil- dren, two of whom died, GEORGE E. in his third year, and LULA in infancy. The other three, ANNIE A., CHARLES M. and LILLA M., a twin to Lula, reside with
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