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their parents, five miles east of Rochester. EDMOND, born Feb. 1, 1843, married Oct. 13, 1870, to Louisana Whitesides. She died Nov. 23, 1871, and he resides three miles east of Rochester, where his parents settled in 1837, and where he was born. SARAH ANN, born Sept. 20, I845, married August, 1866, to George Lucas, have two children, JOHN II. and MARY E., and live five miles west of Mechanicsburg. ELIZA E., born Feb. 23, 1848, married Dec. 27, 1870, to John Archer, have one child, LOUETTA, and live three miles north of Edinburg, Ill. MARY ALICE, born March 2, 1851, lives with her mother. John C. Miller died Jan. 13, 1853, and his widow resides three miles east of Rochester, Ill., where she and her husband settled in 1837.
SAMUEL, born Aug. 27, 1815, in Loudon county, Va., married in Sanga- mon county, June 30, 1841, to Eliza Jones. They had four children. ANDREW died August 20, 1845, in his fourth year. EVELINE, born May 28, 1846, married Sept. 26, 1866, to George H. Waters. Mrs. Waters died, Dec. 18, 1870, leaving a son, ORVAL E., who lives with his father, near Sangamon Station. SARAH ELEANOR, born Nov. 6, 1850, married Jan. 10, 1871, to William H. Crowl. See his name. They have two children, LAURETTA and SAMUEL, and reside near Taylorville, Ill. MARY, born Sept. 19, 1855, lives with her parents, one and a quarter miles west of Rochester, Illinois.
NATHAN, born Mach 24, 1822, in Virginia, died in Sangamon county, June 9, IS48.
JACOB C., born April 9, 1824, in Loudon county, Va., married in Sanga- mon county, June 10, 1869, to Charlotte Prather. She was born Jan. 4, 1843, in Washington county, Md. They have two children, SAMUEL J. and DON WILLIAM, and live in Sand Prairie, five miles east of Rochester, Illinois.
JOSEPH, born August IS, 1826, in Loudon county, Va., married in Sanga- mon county, Oct. 4, 1849, to Louisiana Branch. They have ten children, SAM- UEL J., DAVID F., WILLIAM E., GEORGE W., ALBERT J., IDA E., DELLA ANN, REBECCA, JOSEPH, Jun., and MIRTIE, and weside in Cooper township, four miles east of Rochester, Sangamon county, Illinois.
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ELIZABETH, born Nov. 3, 1829, in Virginia, married in Sangamon county to Samuel Neer. She died April 2, 1854, leaving one son, NATHAN JESSE NEER, horn March 7, 1854, in Sanga- mon county, raised and educated by his aunt, Ann Miller. He is telegraph op- erator and station agent at Rochester, Illinois.
Christian Miller died Sept. 14, 1842, and Mrs. Sarah Miller died August 20, 1864, both in Sangamon county.
MILLER, ADAM, Sen., young- er brother to Christian, Sen., was born, raised a family, and died in Loudon coun- ty, Virginia, Aug. 6, 1828. His three sons and five daughters all came to San- gamon county, as follows-
ELIZABETH married John Jacobs in Virginia. She is a widow in Cooper township, where she came in 1839.
CATHARINE married in Virginia to Israel Dulaney. She died in 1844 in Rochester tow: ship, Sangamon county.
CHRISTIAN, Fun., born Dec. 25, ISO5, in Loudon county, Va., came to Sangamon county in 1835. He never married, and died at the house of his brother, John A., Sept. 23, 1874.
BARBARA, born Feb. 20, ISOS, in London county, Va., came to Sangamon county in 1835, and married Samuel A. Jones, and both died near Rochester, Illi- nøis.
JOHN A., born Nov. 11, ISIo, in Loudon county, Va., came to Sangamon county in 1835 with his uncle, Christian Miller, Sen. He was married July 14, IS42, in Sangamon county, to Mary Ann Norwood. She was born June 7, ISII, in Loudon county, Va., and came in 1838 to Sangamon county with her brother, William, who writes his name Norred. John A. Miller and wife had four child- ren in Sangamon county, MARY V., born April 9, 1846, married Aug. 10, 1864 to Andrew B. Surber who was born June S, 1836, in Pulaski county, Ky. They have three children, WILLIAM F., MARY E. and JOHN, and live three miles east of Rochester, Illinois. JOHN F., born Oct. 5, 1848, married Dec. 22, 1873, in Galesburg, Ill., to Laura J. Highmore, daughter of John S. Highmore. They live in Edinburg, Ill. CHRISTIAN E., born March 12, 1850, and SUSAN E., born April IS, 1852, reside with their
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parents, two and a half miles east of Rochester, Sangamon county, Illinois- IS74.
MARY, born in 1812 in Loudon county, Va., married George M. Greene. See his name.
SARAH, born in London county, Va., married there to Abraham E. Nickolls. They came to Sangamon county in 1842, and she died in IS44, leaving two children. Her son, GEORGE Nicholls, lives near Rochester, Illinois.
ADAM, born July 13, IS19, in Lou- don county, Va., came to Sangamon county in the fall of 1835. He was mar- ried in Rochester Dec. 31, 1856, to Cyn- thia Elgin. She was born Nov. 19, 1839, in Greene county, Ind. They had six children, five of whom, GILES E., FRANCISCO, DON L., WILLIE, EDNA and a babe, all died under ten years. JESSE E., born March 15, 1864, lives with his parents, in Pana, Christian county, Illinois.
MILLER, GEORGE, a brother to Christian and Adam, Sen., was cap- tain of a company in the war of IS12. He had a son-
HOHN G., born Aug. 27, 1810, in Loudon county, Va., and married there, Nov. 1833, to Amanda A. Russell. They had five children, and came to Sangamon county in 1854. Their daughter, MIN- ERVA, married Benj. H. North. See his name. John G. Miller moved, in 1873, to the vicinity of New Scandinavia, Kansas. His brother-
JACOB, lives south of Springfield.
MILLER, VALENTINE, brother to Christian, Sen., never came to Sangamon county, but has a son-
NATHAN, who resides near Dawson. Ife was not in time to be included as an carly settler.
MILLER, JACOB, was born in 1789, in Kentucky. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, mustered in at Win- chester, Ky .. and was in the battle of Tippecanoe. Lucina Poats was born Dec. IS, 1793, in Stafford county, Va., and was taken to Clark county, Ky., when she was quite young. Jacob Mil- ler and Lucina Poats were there married in 1812. They had five children in Ken- tucky, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Dec., 1824, in what is now the northwest corner of Chatham town-
ship, where they had five children. Of
their children-
ELIZA, born June 1, 1815, in Ken- tucky, married in Sangamon county, Oct. 20, 1832, to John Greenwood. See his name.
EUNICE, born May 29, IS19, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, Feb. 22, IS39, to John D. Foster. Sec nis name.
JOHN H., born Dec. 6, IS21, in Clark county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, Feb. 14, 1849, to Elizabeth Green- ing. They have three children-CARO- LINE married William H. Shumate, have one child, ROBERT R., and live in Marshall county, Kansas. ELIZA mar- ried George W. Stubbs. See his name. JOHN T. J. lives with his parents, in Chatham, Illinois.
EMILY T., born Jan. 13, 1824, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, March 7, IS43, to John Greenwood. See his name. She died, April 21, 1866.
SALLY, born March 20, IS26, in Sangamon county, lives with her mother.
MATILDA, born Sept. 25, 1828, in Sangamon county, married Aug. 1, 1850, to David Erving McGinnis. See his name.
GAMES F., born Aug. 7, 1831, in ' Sangamon county, married July 6, 1854, to Melinda E. Shutt. They have four children living, THOMAS J., WIL- LIAM A., CHARLES H. and OLLIE MAY, and live in Loami township, San- gamon county, Illinois.
EDMUND T., born Feb. 15, 1834, in Sangamon county, married Oct. 20, IS59, to Elizabeth Trimble. She had one child, and mother and child died. Mr. Miller was married Jan. 27, 1870, to Elizabeth A. Stubbs. They have one child, MINNIE F., and live on the farm where his parents settled in IS24. It is five miles west of Chatham, Illinois.
FRANCIS M., born Feb. 11, IS36, in Sangamon county, married Oct. I, 1858, to Eliza J. Trimble. They have seven daughters, FLORA A., SARAH E., MARY F., LILLIE, LUELLA, LYDIA B., and a babe, and live in Chat- ham township, Sangamon county, Illi- nois.
WILLIAM G., born in Sangamon county, married Jan. 14, 1858, to Nancy Baker. She died, leaving two children,
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HENRY E. and MARY A. William G. Miller married Sarah Hall. They had two children, WILLIAM M. and MIN- NIE M., both of whom died young. W. G. Miller enlisted, Aug. 9, 1862, in Co. I, 73d Ill. Inf., for three years. He was wounded at Mission Ridge, Nov. 24, 1863, served to the end of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged, June 24, 1865, and resides three miles south of Loami, Sangamon county, Illinois.
Jacob Miller died, July 27, 1862, and his widow, Mrs. Lucina Miller, resides at the homestead where they settled in IS24, in Sangamon county, Illinois.
MILLER, SOLOMON, was born about 1796, in Adair county, Ky. He was married there to Nancy A. Antle. They had four children in Kentucky, and moved to St. Clair county, Ill., and from there to Sangamon county, arriving in the spring of 1820, at what is now Salisbury, where five children were born. Of their children-
BARBARA, horn March 15, 1812, in Cumberland county, Ky., married Reuben Buchanan. See his name.
EVE, born Dec. 11, 1813, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Wm. T. H. Duncan. See his name.
MELINDA, born in Kentucky, mar- ried in Sangamon county to William C. Hoag. See his name.
SARAH, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Morris Lindsay. See his name.
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JASON, born Nov. 6, 1819, in Ken- tucky, married in Sangamon oounty, Feb. 10, 1853, to Sarah E. Willis. They have five children, FRANCIS M., MARY E., HARRIET A., THOMAS W. and SARAH IDA, and reside at Salisbury, Illinois.
JOHN A., born April 8, 1822, in Sangamon county, married in 1847 to Hannah J. Jackson, a native of Massachu- setts. They had three children in San- gamon county. ALLEN A., born May 8, 1850, married Nov. 9, 1871, to Marga- ret A. Crawford, who was born May 3, 1850, in Laurel county, Ky. They have one child, EDWARD, and reside two miles northwest of Bradford station. MOR- RIS R. and HARVEY reside with their parents, two miles north of Salisbury, Ill- inois.
DOCLA, born in Sangamon county, married Rev. Tilford Clarke, haye nine children, and live in Gardner township, Sangamon county, Illinois.
ALLEN, born in Sangamon county, married Clarissa Keys. They have seven children. and live in Springfield.
NANCY A., born in Sangamon coun- ty, married George McMurphy. See his name.
GEORGE W., born May 18, 1833, in Sangamon county, married June 8, 1854, to Abigail Baker. They had three child- ren, JOHN B., JENNETTE and MAY. Mrs. Abigail Miller died May 11, 1867, and George W. Miller lives in Salisbury, Illinois.
Mrs. Nancy A. Miller died April, 1854, and Solomon Miller married Lucinda Gard. He died in 1858, near where he settled in 1820, at Salisbury, Illinois.
MILLER, MICHAEL, was born March 16, 1800, in Rowan county, North Carolinia. Eleanor Turner was born about ISor in the same county. They were married, and had two children there. In 1823 the family moved to Monroe county, Ky., where two children were born; and in 1827 moved to Morgan, and in 1837 to Sangamon county, in what is now Curran township, where they had six living children. Of their children-
RICHMOND married Charity Hart, and lives in Iowa.
ELIZABETH married Pleasant Prather, moved to Adams county, Iowa. He was a Union soldier, re-enlisted as a veteran, and while at home on a furlough, was killed on his own farm by a rebel bushwhacker, in 1864. The murderer was his nearest neighbor, and was caught by other neighbors and hung near where the murder was committed. He had two sons, Union soldiers, one of whom was killed in battle after his father's death. The widow and children reside on the same farm, in Adams county, Iowa.
BURRELL died, at sixteen years.
JOHN A., born April 4, 1821, in Rowan county, North Carolina, came with his father to Morgan county, Ill., in 1827, and to Sangamon county in 1837. He was married Nov. 24, 1842, to Louis- iana Clements. They had nine children, three of whom died young. FRANCIS M., born Oct. 11, 1844, was teaching school near Mechanicsburg, abandoned
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it, and enlisted in June, 1862, in Co. H, 69th Ill. Inf., for one hundred days, and died at home on sick furlough July 17, 1862. JOHN A., Jun., born Aug. 26, 1852, in Sangamon county, mar- ried June 25, 1874, in Adams county, lowa, to Margaret E. Prather, who was born in that county Feb. 26, 1852. They live near Chatham, Ill. THOMAS P., born Jan. 26, 1855, married Aug. 30, 1874, to Martha V. Graham, at Franklin, Mor- gan county, Ill., where she was born Sept. 8, 1859. They live near Chatham, Ill. CHARLES O., OSCAR C. and ANN E. live with their father. Mrs. Louisiana Miller died Aug. 5, 1874, and John A. Miller resides near Chatham, Ill. -IS74.
CHARLOTTE married Joseph Lit- tle. She lives with some of her children, in Mechanicsburg.
HENRY A. married Jane Mason. She died, and he married Elizabeth Mar- tin, and lives in Mechanicsburg, Illi- nois.
SARAH married William Robbins. See his name.
MELVINA married Joseph White, and she died.
CORNELIA f. married Lewis Hauser, and lives in Adams county, Iowa.
GEORGE W. lives in Iowa.
Michael Miller died Jan. 5, 1863, and his widow lives in Adams county, Iowa.
MILLS, JAMES, was born Oct. 20, 1794, in Augusta county, Va. When he was nineteen years old he, with two brothers, went to Pickaway county, Ohio. Elizabeth Mitts was born Oct. 17, 1793, in Virginia, went to Kentucky with her parents, and from there to Pickaway county, Ohio. James Mills and Elizabeth Mitts were there married and had seven children, and moved to Tippecanoe coun- ty, Ind., in 1834, where one child was born, and from there to Sangamon coun- ty, Ill., arriving in the fall of IS.to, in what is now Fancy creek township. Of their children-
JOHN, born April 24, 1823, in Ohio, married there to Jane Wiley, had five or six children, and the parents died in Pick- away county.
ELIZABETH, born Oct. 12, 1824, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to John W. Morrison, who was born March
17, 1823, in Edinburg, Scotland. They had four children, ORVILLA W., ES- TELLA died young; JOHN W. and JAMES W. The three living reside with their mother. Mr. Morrison started July 9, 1862, for Idaho, and his fate is not certainly known, but it is believed he died there. His family reside in Williamsville, Illinois.
ADAM, born June 30, 1826, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county, March 23, 1853, to Louisa A. Kerns, who was born August 8, 1830, in Ross county, Ohio. They have five living children, JOHN, HATTIE, EDWARD, ADAM and ELLEN, and live two and a half miles north of Cantrall .- IS74.
WILLIAM, born August 1, 1828, in Ohio, died in 1850.
MARCUS AURELIUS, born Sept. 19, 1830, in Ohio, enlisted at Springfield, in 1861, in Co. G, 10th Ill. Cav., for three years, re-enlisted as a veteran, served until July 5, 1865, when he was honorably dis- charged. He is unmarried, and resides with his sister, Mrs. Morrison, at Wil- liamsville, Illinois.
SARAH, born Nov. 23, 1832, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to William Newell. They had three children, and he and two of the children died. She married Clay Gaines. They have one child, and live near Odell, Ill.
DEBORAH, born Sept. 30, 1834, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to David C. Duncan. See his name.
DORCAS A., born Sept. 3, 1837, in Indiana, married John J. Alexander. See his name.
James Mills died Jan. 17, 1867, and his widow died June 27, 1870, both in Wil- liamsville, Sangamon county, Ill.
MILLINGTON, PETER, born July 6, 1737, in Vermont, was married in Boston, Mass., in 1759, to Henrietta Boulden, of that place. She died within two years, aud Mr. Millington was mar- ried in 1769 to Mehetible Glass, a native of Massachusetts. Mr. Millington was Captain in the Revolutionary army, and accompanied Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold on their expedition into Canada. He was taken prisoner at Quebec, and remained in captivity until the close of the war. Two years later he moved to Millington Spring, New York, where a SON-
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MARCUS, was born, March 14, 1801, he being the youngest of five children and the only one who came West. He accompanied his father to Ohio, and was married June 3, IS27, at Worthington, to Jane Justice, a native of that State. They had two children there, and came with his father to Sangamon county, Ill., ar- rivlng Oct., 1839, and stopping for a short time at Mazeppa, in Cotton Hill town- ship, where one child was born. He soon after moved into Springfield. Of the three children, AUGUSTUS O., born June 7, IS28, in Worthington, Ohio, en- listed in 1846 as a private in Co. A, 4th Ill. Inf., and was promoted by General Scott, at the battle of Cerro Gordo, to Second Sergeant, for meritorious conduct on the battle field. He served in that ca- pacity until the close of the war. He was married in Springfield, Ill., to Almira Marshall, who was born in 1830, in Ohio. They had five children, four of whom died young. Mrs. Almira Millington died Nov. 5, 1856. Augustus O. Millington was married May 10, 1857, to Mrs. Harriet E. Doud, whose maiden name was Hal- liday, a native of Ohio. He raised a company Aug. 10, 1861, for the Union army, in one day, which was mustered in as Co. I, 29th Ill. Inf., of which he was commissioned Captain. After the battle of Shiloh, he was promoted by Governor Yates, for meritorious conduct, to the rank of Major. He received his commis- sion as Colonel, Aug. 19, 1863, and was in command of a provisional brigade about eighteen months. When Gen. Sherman started on his "march to the sea," he left thirty-five detachments of invalid troops with Colonel Millington at Bridgeport, Ala. He remained there eight months, when he was ordered to Chattanooga, where he was mustered out May 22, 1866. According to the statement of Gen. McClernand, Col. Millington was distinguished for good conduct in battle, and especially as a drill officer, his regi- ment being the best drilled in the brigade. Since the war Col. Millington has been engaged as a contractor and builder, part of the time in Chicago. He resides in Springfield. His only living child, OZRO I., born March 14, 1852, is a conductor on passenger train to and from Little Rock Arkansas. CAROLINE, born May :S, 1830, in Ohio, married John Beard, a na-
tive of Ohio. They have two children, and reside in St. Louis, Missouri. ELI- ZA is married, and resides in Manchester, Mo. Marcus Millington died Aug., 1863. His widow died in 1865, both in Spring- field, Illinois.
Peter Millington died in IS39; his widow died the same year, both in Sanga- mon county.
MILSLAGLE, ANDREW .. was born March 25, ISO1, in Hampshire county, Va. He was there married, July 4, 1832, to Mary Martin, a native of the same county. They had one child, and came to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriv- ing early in 1834, near Springfield, where they had one living child. Of their two children-
ELIZABETH 4., born May S, 1833, in Virginia, married in Sangamon county to Thomas Moppin. She died, July 7, 1867, leaving two children, who reside with their father in Kansas.
JACOB M., born Oct. 22, 1838, in Sangamon county. He enlisted, Aug. 11, 1862, in Co. E, 114th Ill. Inf., served until June 5, 1865, when he was honorably discharged. He was married October 5, 1865, in Christian county, to Elizabeth A. Peek. They have two children, MINNIE MAY and GRACIE, and live in Cotton Hill township, near old Rienzi, Sangamon county, Illinois.
Mrs. Mary Milslagle died Oct. 29, 1838. Andrew Milslagle married Mrs. Jane Beatty, whose maiden name was Waddell. They had two living children.
WILLIAM, born Sept. 18, 1839, in Sangamon county, enlisted, Aug. 11, 1862, in Co. E, 114th Ill. Inf., for three years. He was discharged on account of physical disability, in April, and died at home, July 9, 1863.
MARI, born Dec. 7, 1842, in Sanga- mon county, married Nelson Price. They have three children, NELLIE, AMY W. and ALICE, and live in Cotton Hill township, near old Rienzi, Sangamon county.
Mrs. Jane Milslagle died, Oct. 23, 1846, and Andrew Milslagle resides in Cotton Hill township, where he settled in 1836. It is near old Rienzi, Sangamon county, Illinois.
MISCHLER, PHILIP, was born Feh. 16, 1820, in Heppenheim, Hesse Darmstadt, Germany. His father's fam-
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ily came to America, landing in New York city, Sept. 17, 1839, and moved at once to Randolph, Portage county, Ohio. Philip started with Adam Kessler, in the spring of 1840, to Wellsville, thence by the Ohio river, to Cincinnati, and from there to Louisville, Ky., where his money was stolen. They managed to reach St. Louis, where they spent the summer at work. They went up the Mississippi and Illinois rivers to Beardstown, and walked from there to Springfield, without any- thing to eat on the road, arriving Sept. 7, IS40. His father, Martin Mischler, with his wife and three daughters, came the next spring. The daughters-Mary mar- ried George Spath. See his name. Margaret married Andrew Lump. Catha- rine married Henry Ramstetter.
Philip Mischler married in Springfield, Aug. 20, 1847, to Elizabeth Hærchster, who was born Feb. 14, 1822, at Hems- bach, Baden, Germany, and came, in I845, to Springfield. They had two children in Springfield.
PHILIP, fun., born Jan. 9, 1848, is a clerk in Bressmer's store.
HENRY, born June 11, 1860, lives with his parents.
Philip Mischler and his wife live at the corner of Eighth and Edwards streets, Springfield, Illinois.
He learned the business of coopering, in Springfield, and carried it on quite ex- tensively from 1844 to 1868.
MITCHELL, EDWARD, was born Dec. 13, 1794, in Botetourt county, Virginia, and came west when he was quite young. Early in 1824 he came to Springfield, Illinois, where he was mar- ried on the 6th of June, the same year, to Mary Bartlett, a native of Connecticut. They had three children, and Mrs. Mary Mitchell died in Springfield in 1830. Ed- ward Mitchell was married Nov. 10, 1831, in St. Louis, Mo., to Eleanor Essex, a native of England. They had one child. While living in Springfield Mr. Mitchell took part in the Winnebago Indian war of 1827. In 1825 or '6 he was appointed by President John Quincy Adams, Postmaster of Springfield, and was retained in office by President Jackson, although he was outspoken in his opposi- tion to Jackson politically, being a Whig. From April 5, 1827, to August 9, 1835, Mr. Mitchell was Recorder of Sangamon
county. He died in Springfield, Sept. 12, 1836. Soon after his death, Mrs. Mitchell, with all his children, moved to St. Louis. Mo. Of his children-
MARY ANN, born April 28, 1825, in St. Clair county, Ill., brought up in Springfield and St. Louis, was married in the latter city, Nov. 28, 1853, to William M. McPherson. They had six children, WILLIAM M., Jun., LAURA, ED- WARD, MARY, PAGE and SOPHIA. The two eldest are married. Mr. Mc- Pherson was a lawyer and a prominent business man for many years. He died in St. Louis since the close of the rebellion. His widow and children reside in that city.
LAURA R., born July 4, 1828, in Springfield, Ill., was married March 28, 1848, in St. Louis, to J. H. Page Black- wood. They had three children, MARY, SALLIE GLASGOW and LAURA. J. H. P. Blackwood died August 15, 1858, and his widow and children reside at St. Louis, Mo.
EDWARD Y., born August 3, 1830, in Springfield, Ill., married March 5, 1856, in St. Louis, 10 Theresa Cromwell. They had one child, MARY, and Edward J. Mitchell, died Jan. 29, 1871. His widow and daughter reside in St. Louis, Mo.
Mrs. Eleanor Mitchell, after the death of her husband in Springfield, lived in St. Louis ten or twelve years, and then moved to Louisiana, Mo., with ber daugh- ter-
VIRGINIA, born Oct. 23, 1835, in Springfield, Ill., married Dec. 4, 1851, in Louisana, Mo., to Dr. J. D. Harper, who was born Aug. 7, 1824, in Fayette coun- ty, Ohio. He had previously been mar- ried at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, to a Miss Saunders, who died in 1850. Soon after their marriage Dr. Harper and wife, with her mother, moved to Springfield. Dr. and Mrs. Harper have three living child- ren, JOHN E., ANNIE E. and HAR- VEY M., and reside in Springfield.
Mrs. Eleanor Mitchell died July 21, 1861, in Springfield, Illinois.
MITTS, CYRUS, born May 19, 1798, near Chillicothe, Ohio. Martha Burbridge was born 'Aug. 16, 1798, in Bath county, Kentucky. They were there married Sept. 22, ISIS, and had two children, when they moved to Pickaway county, Ohio, where three children were
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born; and then moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in June, IS28, in what is now Fancy Creek township, where they had six children. Of their eleven children-
GAMES M., horn July 23, 1819, in Bath county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Eveline B. England. They had six children in Sangamon county. THOMAS J. married Minerva Stratton. They have two children, and live in her native city, Chillicothe, Ohio. MAG- GIE E. married James Symms, have three children, and live in Clarke county, Iowa. DAVID H. married Mary Jose- phine Nelson, and lives with his mother. LEWIS P., JAMES E. and BELLE M. live with their mother. James M. Mitts died Feb. 10, 1858, and his widow resides four and a half miles northwest of Williamsville, Illinois.
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