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FESSE B., born Dec. 17, 1820, in Bath county, Ky., raised in Sangamon county, married in Iowa to Julia Russell. They had four children. Mr. Mitts was a member of 37th Iowa Inf., (Grey Beards), and died Dec., 1864, in the army. His widow and children live in Keokuk county, Iowa.
JANE, born Oct. 20, 1822, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to George W. Council. See his name.
ROLAND, born in Ohio, died Dec. 6, 1 862, aged thirty-eight years.
ELIZABETH A., born March 19, 1828, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to John McClelland. See his name.
CARLISLE, born March 12, 1830, in Sangamon county, married June 4, 1863, to Margaret Hall, who was born Nov. 23, 1838, in Menard county, Ill. They reside in Fancy Creek township, four miles northwest of Williamsville, Illinois.
CYRUS, fun., born Jan. 28, 1832, in Sangamon county, married Sarah Layton. They have nine children, and live in Keokuk county, Iowa.
ROBERT, born July 24, 1835, in Sangamon county, is unmarried, and lives in Clarke county, Iowa.
MARTHA, born March 31, 1837, in Sangamon county, married Robert Mc- Clelland. See his name.
MARY A., born June 25, 1839, in Sangamon county, married Jefferson
Perce. They had two children, and Mr. Perce died in Sangamon county. His widow and children live in Clarke county. Iowa.
JOHN, born Sept. 10, 1841, in Sanga- mon county, was a soldier three years in Co. C, 14th Ill. Inf., married Susie D. Hay, has three children, and lives in Clarke county, Iowa.
Cyrus Mitts died Aug., 1852, and his widow died Dec. 19, 1862, both in San- gamon county, Illinois.
The Union General, Burbridge, of Kentucky, was a nephew of Mrs. Mitts. Her father was a Revolutionary soldier from Virginia, and four of her brothers were soldiers in the war of 1812 from Kentucky.
MOFFITT, GEORGE, was born about 17So, in Augusta county, Va., was married to Rebecca Gilkison, had two children there, and then moved to Fayette county, Ky., where six children were born. The family moved to Chris- tian county, Ky., and from there to San- gamon county, Ill., arriving in what is now Ball township in 1829. Of their children-
JOHN, born in Viaginia, died in San- gamon county, unmarried, aged about forty-five years.
MYRA, born in Virginia, married in Sangamon county to Moses Archer. Sec his name.
SALLY, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to David Black. They had six children, and Mr. Black died in 1857. His widow lives with her son GEORGE, who married in St. Clair county to Lavina Broom. They have six children, and live near
Blue Mound, Macon county, Illinois.
EVELINE, born in Kentucky, mar- ried in Sangamon county to Thomas Drennan. See his name.
MARGARET, born May IS, ISOS, in Fayette county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon county to Thompson Pyle. Scc his name.
GEORGE, born in Kentucky, mar- ried in Sangamon county to Mahala Peters, moved to Jefferson county, Iowa, and died, leaving a widow and three chil- dren there.
MARTHA, born in Kentucky, mar- ried in Sangamon county, to Calvin Stev- enson, had one son, and Mr. S. died. His
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widow married James Mitts. They had seven children, and she died near Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
REBECCA, born in 1814, in Ken- tucky, married in 1826, in Sangamon county to Smith Ball. See his name.
Mrs. Rebecca Moffitt died in 1829, in Sangamon county, and Mr. Moffit mar- ried Mrs. Betsy Dawdy. They had two children-
GAMES and EMILY, and George Moffitt died in 1860, in Jefferson county, Iowa. His widow lives with her son James, in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa .- 1874.
MOFFITT, THOMAS, was born April 13, 1797, in that part of Mont- gomery, which is now Bath county, Ky., and came to Springfield, Ill., Nov. 14, 1826. He was married Jan. 22, IS29, in Morgan county, Ill., to Eliza A. Gatton, who was born July 26, 1810, in Ken- tucky, also. They had eight children in Springfield, four of whom died young. Of the other four-
GAMES W., born June 4, 1830, was admitted to the bar, and practiced law with his father for a short time, and died Sept. 18. 1864.
GANE ELIZA, born Dec. 4, 1834, and died March 14, 1858.
SARAH R., born Jan, 7, 1837, died Feb. 16, 1864.
THOMAS G., born Nov. 3, 1839, in Springfield, and was clerk in the office of the Auditor of State four and a half years. He enlisted in 1861, in Co. A, 7th Ill. Inf., was commissioned Lieutenant, promoted to Adjutant of the regiment, and died March 29, 1862, in Springfield.
Mrs. Eliza A. Moffitt died, Nov. 11, 1867, and Mr. Moffitt resides in Spring- field. He is in his eightieth year, and bereft of all his children, and finally of his wife.
Thomas Moffitt taught school when he came to Springfield, devoting all the time at his command to the study of law, and was licensed to practice in 1828 or '9. He was Orderly Sergeant in a company from. Sangamon county in the Winnebago war of 1827, and in 1832 was captain of a company in the Black Hawk war. He served two years as county commissioner, and from 1843 served as Judge of the Pro- bate Court. Under the constitution of 1848, he was elected County Judge for four years. He has for many years been
a Ruling Elder in the Second Presbyte- rian church of Springfield, Illinois.
MOORE, CHARLES, came from one of the Southern States, built a cotton gin at the east side of Buffalo Hart Grove, in 1823 or '4, ran it for several years, and then moved farther north. He had been a Revolutionary soldier, and while going to draw a pension, the stage upset, and caused his death.
MOORE, ENOCH, was born March 26, 1802, near Waterloo, in what is now Monroe county, but then St. Clair county, Ill. His parents settled there about 1781. His father, John Moore, was a brother of General James B. Moore-they were natives of Virginia -and his mother a sister of General J. B. Whitesides ;- she was a native of South Carolina; each of whom were influential men in the early history of Illinois, Enoch Moore was married near Waterloo. Illinois, Sept. 10, 1833, to Charlotte Sher- man, who was born August 10, 1804, in one of the eastern States, and came to Illinois when quite young. They ha : three children, two of whom died in in- fancy. Of the third-
HESTER A., born Nov. 1, 1834, was married in Springfield, Nov. 20, 1854, to J. N. Underwood, a native of Illinois. Mrs. Underwood died Nov. 4, 1855, at Bloomington, Ill. Mr. Underwood was editorially connected with one of the Bloomington papers. He has since mar- ried, but his residence is not known.
Mrs. Charlotte Moore died April 2 1839, at Vandalia, Ill. Enoch Moore was married near Richmond, Ky., March 31, 1845, to Matilda Wakefield, who was a native of Massachusetts.
Enoch Moore lived in Alton a short time after his first marriage, then moved to Vandalia, where he was employed as clerk in the office of the State Treasurer. When the records were removed to Springfield, in 1839, he came with them and was engaged principally in the Fund Commissioner's office, through all the changes of administration. His strict in- tegrity, unfeigned conscientiousness, hu- mility and consistent christian deportment, was so apparent that no political partisan ever felt justified in displacing him, and he continued to the end of his life in con- nection with some one of the State offices. His careful and methodical busi-
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ness habits led to the detection of the spurious indebtedness issued in the name of the Fund Commissioners, to the amount of hundreds and thousands of dollars, many years after it took place. He also discovered the fraudulent re-issue of canal bonds by Governor Matteson.
Mrs. Matilda Moore died March 23, 1863, in Springfield. Enoch Moore died March 28, 1876, in Chicago, while under- going an operation for cataract of the eye. His remains were brought to Springfield, and buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery. The only surviving member of the family is their daughter-
CHARLOTTE M., who was born in Springfield, and now-1876-resides in her native city. She has been an ener- getic and efficient laborer in city mis- sionary work, temperance and prison reform.
Enoch Moore will be remembered by all who visited the State House during the thirty-six years he spent there, by his stature. He was but four feet two inches high, yet his body was so fully developed that in a sitting posture he looked quite as large as the average of mankind. His weight was about one hundred and seven- ty pounds when in ordinary health. The deficiency was in the length of his lower limbs. He leaves a sister, Mrs. Hester A. Allyn, residing at the corner of Third and Monroe streets, Springfield. Her husband, Rev. Norman Allyn, was a traveling preacher in the Southern Illi- nois Conference M. E. church, at the time of his death, at Bunker Hill, Ill., in March, 1 864.
MOORE, JOHN, was born Apr. 20, 1796, in Shoreham, Vermont. He came to Springfield, Ill., and was mar- ried Aug. 9, 1823, to Mrs. Elizabeth Hawley, whose maiden name was Mc- Murdy. They had four children in Springfield, and moved to Schuyler county about IS35, where one child was born. Of their children-
JOHN L., born July 5, 1824, is un- derstood to have been the first male child born in Springfield. He was married in Schuyler county Jan. 3, 1855, to Jemima J. Doyle. He died in the latter county March 14, 1864, leaving a widow and five children, who now live in Rushville, Illi- nois.
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SARAH E., born March 17, 1826, in Springfield, was married in Schuyler county, Ill., to Rev. George F. Davis, of the Presbyterian church. They reside at Casey, Clarke county, Illinois.
MARY E., born Oct. 22, 1830, in Springfield, has been a teacher for many years, and resides with her relatives, partly, in Springfield, Illinois.
HENRI P., born Jan. 7, IS33, in Springfield, was brought up in Schuyler county, and married in Logan county, Ill., to Jennie Bock. They have two children, and live near Elkhart, Illi- nois.
CARRIE P., born Nov. 25, 1835, in Schuyler county. She and her sister, Mary E., were educated at Normal for the profession of teaching. She resides in Springfield.
Mrs. Elizabeth Moore died Jan. 24, 1858, and John Moore died June 14, 1873, both in Schuyler county, Illinois.
MOORE, BUSHNELL B., was born Jan. 6, 1So1, in Shoreham, Vt. Melissa Northrope was born Jan. 30, IS03, in the same town. They were there mar- ried Jan. 7, 1824. Mr. Moore had pre- viously established himself in business at Hopkinton, St. Lawrence county, N. Y. They had two living children there, and the family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving July, 1836, in what is now Gardner township. Of their children-
MARCIA A., born Oct. 7, IS26, is unmarried, and resides with her mother, at Farmingdale, Illinois.
MARIA L., born June 29, IS2S, at Hopkinton, New York, married in San- gamon county May 15, 1849, to Eben Dutch. He was born Oct. IS, IS19, in Augusta, Maine. They had four child- ren in Sangamon county. FLORENCE MAY is a teacher in the public schools, and resides at Farmingdale. FRED- ERICK and WINTHROP live with their uncle, Henry S. Dutch, in Oxford, Johnson county, Iowa. RALPH E. lives at Farmingdale, III. Eben Dutch died Aug. 29, 1864, in Sangamon county, and his widow died in 1876, near Farm- ingdale, Sangamon county, Illinois.
Bushnell B. Moore died tune IS, IS38, in Sangamon county, and his widow married Rev, Billious Pond. See his name,
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MOORE, JOHN B., was born July 11, 1803, in Warren county, N. J. Rachel L. McCarty was born Feb. 7, IS12, in Morris county, N. J. They were married in the latter county, Dec. S, 1831, and had four children there. They moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving July 28, 1838, in what is now Gardner town- ship, where one child was born. Of the five children-
ELIJAH V., born Sept. 19, 1832, in New Jersey, married in Sangamon county to Margaret Jones. They had two child- ren, JOHN B. and ANN E. Elijah V. Moore enlisted August 5, 1861, in Co. C, 2d 111. Art., was appointed Sergeant Major, and promoted to Ist Lieutenant, April 20, 1862. He was killed at the sec- ond battle of Fort Donelson, Feb. 5, 1863., His widow and children live one mile east of Bradfordton, Sangamon coun- ty, Illinois.
MOSES H., born Feb. 28, IS34, in New Jersey, married in Sangamon coun- ty, Feb. 24, 1870, to Lenora Crowder, who was born March 14, 1852, in Mis. souri. They have one child, ANN E. and live one mile east of Bradfordton Sangamon county, Illinois.
DELIA V., born Feb. 5, 1836, in New Jersey, married Dec. 1, 1870, to Isaac Gregory. Sce his name. They have one child, FANNIE, and live near Blue Mound, Macon county, Illinois.
JOHN B., Fun., born Dec. 14, 1837, in New Jersey, and raised in Sangamon county. He engaged in freighting over the plains from Nebraska City to Denver, and died March 21, 1864, on Platte river, one hundred and eighty miles east of Denver, and twenty miles from Jules- burg.
TULIA A., born Dec. 23, 1839, in Sangamon county, married Nov. 11, 1858, to William H. Miller, General Superin- tendent of C. and A. telegraph line. She had one child, MARY R., and Mrs. Miller died Nov. 16, 1871, at Bellefoun- taine, Ohio.
John B. Moore, Sen., died Aug. 18, I839, in Sangamon county, and his widow married Oct. 25, 1842, to Josiah Broad- well, Sen. See his name.
MOORE, JOSEPH, was born Aug. 12, 1780, in Shenandoah county, Virginia. He was there married, Sept. 15, 1803, to Julia Ann Duck. They had
six children in Virginia, and then moved, in 1815, to Bath county, Ky., where two children were born. After a residence of twenty-one years in Kentucky, Mr. Moore moved his family to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in what is now Auburn township, in the fall of 1836, and four years later moved to Ball township. Of
their children-
REUBEN, born in Virginia, married Charlotte Coaley, moved to Texas, about 1847, and died there, in 1862, leaving a wife and five children.
MARY, born in Virginia, married to Daniel Hannah, who died, leaving a widow and one child in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky.
SARAH, born April 27, 1807, in Shenandoah county, Virginia, married in Kentucky to Wm. A. Lockridge. See his name.
FOHN H., born in Virginia, married in Kentucky to Louisa Boyd, and remain- ed there.
ABRAHAM, born in Virginia, died in Mississippi, aged twenty-six years.
ELIZABETH, born in Shenandoah county, Va., married Wm. M. Patton. See his namc.
MORRISON M., born in Bath county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Elizabeth Crow. They have eight children-JOSEPH M. lives in Minne- sota. JOHN H. and CHARLES live with their parents. MARGARET A. married William D. Nuckolls. Sce his name. GEORGE L., WILLIAM D., ASA B. and SARAH E., live with their parents, on the farm where his father set- tled in 1840. It is two miles south of Chatham, Sangamon county, Illinois.
JAMES W., born in Virginia, mar- ried Mary A. Walker, who died, and he married Virginia Lane, and is a practicing attorney in Washington City, D. C.
RILEY, died, at ten years of age.
Mrs. Julia A. Moore died, July 23, 1853, and Joseph Moore died Sept. 7, 1856, both in Sangamon county.
MORGAN, CHARLES, was born Sept. 5, 17SI, in Hampshire county, Va. His parents moved to Fleming county, Ky., in 1793. Charles Morgan and Elizabeth Constant were there mar- ried in 1807, and had four children in Kentucky. The family moved in March, 1814, to Clermont county, Ohio, where
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they had four living children, and then moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in Oct., 1826, in what is now Mechanics- burg township, where two children were born. Of their ten children-
JACOB, born May 20, 1808, in Flem- ing county, Ky., married in Sangamon county May 17, 1832, to Susan Correll. They had three living children. JOSE- PHUS, born March 30, 1833, is unmar- ried, and resides five and a half miles northwest of Illiopolis, Ill. MINERVA, born Nov. S, 1834, died April 3, 1854. CAROLINE, born July 21, 1837, mar- ried George W. Hesser. See his name. Mrs. Susan Morgan died Oct. 15, 1848, and Jacob Morgan was married Nov. 22, 1855, to Mrs. Mary A. Wilson, whose maiden name was Stickel. She was born April 16, 1825, in York county, Penn. They have four children, LUELLA, SELINA B., ANNA M. and CHAR- LES W. Mrs. Morgan has one son by her first ma riage, ANDREW S. WILSON, born Mar. 23, 1847, in Macon county, Ill., married in Bloomington, Ill., to Mary Hamilton; had one child, and resides in Washington, Kansas. He has represented Washington county in the Kansas Legislature two terms, and is now -1874-Judge of the Twelfth judicial district in that State. Jacob Morgan re- sides two and a half miles west of Mc- chaniesburg, Illinois.
WILLIAM, born in 1810 in Fleming county, Ky., died in Sangamon county in 1828.
JOHN C., born May 19, 1812, in Fleming county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon county Jan. 28, 1836, to Elizabeth Bridges. They had eight children in Sangamon county. MARTHA E., born June 23, 1837, died Oct. 6, 1857. LA- VINA J., born Feb. 19, 1839, married Oct., 1857, to Zenas Crawford. They have five children, MARTHA E., CHARLES H., ANNIE F., WM. GRANT and JOHN T., and live near Princeton, Franklin county, Kansas. CHARLES W., born Nov. 11, 1841. enlisted July, 1861, for three years, in Co. I, 41st Ill. Inf. He was killed at Fort Donelson Feb. 15, 1862. His re- mains were brought home and interred near Mechanicsburg. SARAH A., born Feb. 21, 1844, married July 22, 1865, to Victor Bechtel. He served three years, from July, 1861, in Co. I, 4ist Ill. Inf.
They have five children, IDA MAY, LIL- LIE A., HARVEY T., ALVA E. and ALTA I., and live near Ottawa, Kansas. NOR- MAN C., born Sept. 23, 1846, married Aug. 31, 1871, to Emily Peak, have one child, JOHN T., and live near Richmond, Kansas. AARON T., born July 22, 1849, died Jan. 12, 1865. FIDELIA ADALINE, born July 5, 1852, and RUTH EMELINE, born July 10, 1854, reside with their parents, three miles southwest of Illiopolis, Illinois-1874.
DANIEL, born Feb. 28, 18:3, in Fleming county, Ky, married in Sanga- mon county Jan. 9, 1834, to Melinda Mor- gan. They had seven children; one died in infancy. ELIZA, J., born Dec. 31, 1834, married Aug. 26, 1858, to Jeremiah Kel- ly, have two children, and live in Madi- son, Greenwood county, Kansas. MARY, born Nov. 22, 1836, married L'ec. 6, 1860, to James Lockhart, and died July 14, 1861. FRANKLIN B, born March 14, 1839, married Oct. 13, 1870, to Margaret A. Ficklin, had one child, FRANKLIN, and live two and a half miles west of Me- chanicsburg. WILLIAM W., born Nov. 24, 1841, married Jan. 12, 1868, to Emily A. Patterson, have one living child, EDGAR, and live three and a half miles west of Mechanicsburg. ER- SKINE, born June 3, 1849, and EMMA A., born May 12, 1854, reside with their parents, two and a half miles each from Mechanicsburg, Dawson and Buffalo- 1877.
AARON, born March 3, 1816, in Clermont county, Ohio, married in San- gamon county Jan. 12, 1837, to Matilda A. McDaniel, whose maiden name was Shinkle. They had eleven children, four of whom died under seven years. Of the other seven-MARIA L., born April 26, 1840, married George H. Grabendich, had one child, WILLIAM R., and Mr. G. enlisted in 1862, for three years, in Co. C, married Robert Alls, and died, leaving 124th Illinois Infantry. He was wound- ed at Vicksburg, June 26, and died June 27, 1863. Mrs. Grabendich one child, CHARLES . A. MINERVA E., born Nov. 30, 1844, married James Moore, have two children, and live two aud a half miles west of Mechanicsburg. CHARLES W., born June 30, 1849, married Matilda Moon, have one child, and lives three miles northwest of Me-
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chanicsburg. MARY F., JAMES A., JANETTA and MARTHA J. reside with their parents, two and one half miles southeast of Dawson.
WASHINCTON, born Feb., 1818, in Ohio, died in Sangamon county Sept. 26, 1838.
LAVINA, born in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to G. W. Carrico, and live in Missouri.
CHARLES W., born May 23, 1829, in Sangamon county, married Oct. 15, 1850, to Elizabeth E. Derry, who was born Oct. 26, 1830, in Loudon county, Va. They had eleven children, five of whom, GEORGE E., JOHN R., WILLIAM A., CORDELIA S. and EMMA F., died under six years of age. MINER- VA J., born Dec. 28, 1851, married March 9, 1871, to Benjamin Cox, have two children, EVELINE and ALVA, and live three miles north of Illiopolis. JAMES R., ELIJAH A., LAURA A., LUELLA L. and CHARLES A. reside with their parents, in Macon county, three and a half miles northeast of Illiop- olis, Illinois.
JAMES A., born March 13, 1834, in' Sangamon county, married Nov. 14, 1856, to Sarah A. Lee, who was born March 15, 1841, in Gallatin county, Ohio. They had seven children. The first, second and fifth, HENRIETTA, IDA E. and IIENRY L., died under four years. CHARLES F., VIOLA E., EDWIN O. and MELVIN A. reside with their parents, in Macon county, four miles northeast of Illiopolis, Illinois.
Charles Morgan died Jan. 25, 1866, and Mrs. Elizabeth Morgan died Oct. 9, 1868, both in Sangamon county, near where they settled in 1826.
MORGAN, DANIEL, brother to Charles, was born March 10, 1785, near Warm Springs, Hampshire county, Va., and was taken by his parents, in 1793, to Fleming county, Ky. Mary S. Woods was born June 17, 1786, in Burke county, N. C., and was taken by her pa- rents to Wilkes county, in the same State. In the fall of 1794 they moved to Clark county, Ky., and in 1799 to Chilli- cothe, Ohio, and in 1801 to Fleming conn- ty, Ky. Her father, Andrew Woods, was born in Pennsylvania, taken by his parents to South Carolina, and was Cap- tain of a company from that State, and
served nine months in the war for Inde- pendence. He died March 26, 1803, in Fleming county, Ky. Daniel Morgan and Mary S. Woods were married Oct. 24, 1810, in Kentucky, and had three chil dren there. They moved to Monroe county, Indiana, in 1822, where one child was born, and then moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving Nov. 21, 1828, in what is now Mechanicsburg township. Of their five children-
MELINDA, born May 18, 181, in Fleming county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon county, Ill., to Daniel Morgan. See his name.
MARY, born Nov. 5, 1815, in Flem- ing county, Ky., died Ang. 24, 1835, in San- gamon county, Illinois.
ELIZA M., born August 24, 1822, in Fleming county, Ky., married Jan. 29, 1843, in Sangamon county, to Samuel N. Little. See his name.
MAHALA C., born July 19, 1824, in Fleming county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon county, June 29, 1854, to Rev. James B. Houts, who was born May 31, 1817, in Salem, Livingston county, Ky. They had two children, MARY F. and MI- NERVA L. Rev. J. B. Houts died Nov. 10, 1872, at Myersville, Vermilion county, Ill. At the time of his death he was filling his 33d appointment as circuit preacher in the M. E. church. His wid- ow and daughters reside in Springfield, Illinois.
WILLIAM H., born June 26, 1826, in Monroe county, Indiana, is unmarried, and resides one mile west of Mechanics- burg, adjoining the farm on which his pa- rents settled in 1828. He remembers go- ing with his father to a water mill on the Sangamon river, and that th .: mill was roofed by first covering it with logs and slabs, and earth was thrown on that. Weeds were growing on top of the mill, which he thought was very strange.
Daniel Morgan was a sold er from Fleming county, Ky., in the war with England, from Aug., 1812, to March, 1813. He died in Sangamon county, Sept. 6, IS66, and his widow resides with her son, William H. She draws a pension for the services of her husband in the war of 1812.
MORGAN, THOMAS, was born about 1783, in Kentucky. He was married near Cincinnati, Ohio, to Mrs.
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Elizabeth Butler, whose maiden name was Bell. She was born in 1773, in Ma- ryland. They had seven children in Hamilton county, Ohio, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., about 1822, and settled south of Spring creek, in what is now Gardner township. Of their child- ren --
EVAN, born in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to Elizabeth Ditson, had five children, and he died August 15, IS34. His widow married M. S. Skid- more, and lives near Hamburg, Fremont county, lowa.
ELIZABETH, married in Ohio to John Bartlow, came with her parents to Sangamon county, and moved to Schuy- ler county, Ill., about 1830, where they both died, leaving seven children.
MARTHA, married in Ohio to John Moffatt, came to Sangamon county, and died, leaving two children, who are mar- ried, and reside near Decatur, Illinois.
JOHN, born Jan. 19, 1806, near Cin . cinnati, Ohio, came to Sangamon county, in 1822, and married, Feb. 24, 1825, to Camely Duff. They had twelve children, in Sangamon county. WILLIAM H., born Jan. 9, 1826, married Emily Rob- inson, had one child, Edward W., born Sept. 17, 1851, resides in Gardner town- ship. Mrs. Emily Morgan died, March 28, 1852, and Mr. M. married Mrs. El- mira King, whose maiden name was Bradley. They started to Kansas, and he died Nov. 10, 1867, at Rockport, Missouri. His widow lives in Wilson county, Kan- sas. FINIS E., born Oct. 21, 1827, mar- ried Elizabeth Day. They have five liv- . ing children, and live at Clinton, Illinois. JOSIAH B., born Nov. 26, 1829, married Mary A. Reed, have four children, and live near Neodesha, Wilson county, Kan- sas. MARY A., born Oct. 17, 1831, married Edward C. Sackett, and died at her mother's. Mr. S. was a Union soldier, and lives near Carrollton, Ill. AMAN- DA J., born Sept. 30, 1833, married Alfred Moulton, and died, in 1864, leav - ing two children. ELIZA A., born May 31, 1835, married, Oct. 28, 1850, to John Hardin, and has five children, JULIET, CAMELY F., MARGARET E., IDA and ED- WARD L. Mr. Hardin has not been heard of for eight or nine years-supposed to be dead. JOHN F., born May 13, 1837, lives with his mother. CAMELY F.
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