History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois : "centennial record", Part 85

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

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died in her eighteen year. GREEN B. died in his seventeenth year. URIAH, LYMAN T. and RUFUS M. live with their mother. John Morgan died Dec. 25, 1856, and his widow resides-1874- one and one-half miles south of Farming- dale, Sangamon county, Illinois.

RUTH, born near Cincinnati, Ohio, married in Sangamon county to DeLos Brown. They had three children, and he died, near Sidney, Fremont county, fowa. His widow and child live there.

THOMAS, Fun., married Martha Massey, and both died in Hancock county.

MARGARET, married Richard Quinton, and moved to California,

Thomas Morgan, Sen., moved to Schuyler county, and he and his wife died there in 1858.

MORRIS, ACHILLES, a cousin to Bishop Morris, of the M. E. church, was born in Kanawha county, West Virginia, married there, and came with his family to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1826, in what is now Loami township. He was a soldier in the Black Hawk war, and was afterwards elected as one of the rep- resentatives of Sangamon county in the State legislature. He raised a company in the vicinity of Loami, of which he be- came Captian, in the 4th Ill. Inf., under Col. E. D. Baker, and died of disease at Camargo, Mexico, in 1847. He left a widow and eleven children in Sangamon county. His eldest son-

JONATHAN, was born July 21, 1825, in Kanawha county, Va., married in Sangamon county, Jan. 23, 1846, to Mar- tha E. Meacham. He enlisted in the company of which his father was Captain, int he 4th Ill. Inf. He was promoted to Major of the regiment in Mexico, and was one of the party that captured Santa Anna's cork leg. Served to the elose of the Mexican war. Mr. and Mrs. Morris had nine children; four died under three years. Of the other five: NANCY married John Goldsmith, who is editor of the Waverly Times, and resides there .- 1874. EDOM D., DOUGLAS, RICH- ARD N. and WILLIS GRANT live with their mother in Waverly. Jonathan Morris raised a company in Waverly, in 1861, and was commissioned Captain of Co. - , 14th Ill. Inf. He was promoted

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to Major of the regiment. After eighteen months service a horse feli with him and crushed an anele, in consequence of which he resigned Sept., 1862, and died sudden- ly at Waverly, Nov. 12, 1871.

I have no history of the other mem- bers of the family of Achilles Morris.

MORRIS, WILLIAM D., bro- ther to Bishop Thomas A. Morris, was born in Cabell county, West Va. He was married there, and brought his fami- ly to Sangamon county in the fall of 1825, and settled on Lick creek, in what is now Loami township. His daughter Melissa married William Heredith. See his name.

MORRIS, JOHN, was born and married in Cabell county, West Va., and moved, in company with his brother, William D., to Sangamon county in the fall of 1825, settled on Lick creek, and raised a family there. He was a preacher in the anti-mission or predesti- narian Baptist church. His brother, Win. D., was a member of the same church. They were brothers to Bishop Morris, of the M. E. church. John Morris is dead, and has no representative in the county.

MORSE, JAMES M., was born Feb. 4, 1807, in Newburyport, Mass. He was married April 7, 1831, in West Newbury, to Sarah C. Sawyer, who was born there, Nov. 25, 1807. He moved, in 1831, to Vandalia, Ill., where they had three children. Mr. Morse was employed in the office of the Secretary of State, and when the State government was re- moved to Springfield, in July, 1839, he came with it. They had three children in Springfield; one died in infancy. Of their five children-

LYMAN C. B., born Feb. 15, 1834, in Vandalia, died Feb. 27, 1855, in Spring- field.

SARAH E., born Feb. 13, 1836, in Vandalia, Ill., married June 4, 1857, in Springfield, to Joseph E. Woods. They had two children-ANNIE died in in- fancy. SARAH C. lives with her father. Mrs. Woods died July 9, 1860. Mr. Woods married again, and is living in Springfield, Illinois,

HARRIET JI., born March 9, 1839, in Vandalia, married, Sept. 24, 1857, to William T. Church. They had three children, ALLIE and ANNIE died young. JULIA G. lives with her grand-

father Morse. Mrs. Church died, Dec. 9, 1873, at Elkhart, Ill., and was buried at Oak Ridge.

ELLEN F., born Ang. 2, 1841, in Springfield, married Feb. 20, 1862, to Daniel Winters, who was born in Cham- bersburg, Penn., Jan. 30, 1832, and came to Springfield in I851. They had four children-CHARLES E. and JAMES B. live with their parents. MARY C. and LILIAN M. died young. NEL- LIE is the babe. Mr. Winters is in busi- ness, and lives in Springfield.

CHARLES E., born Nov. 1, 1844, in Springfield, married, March 10, 1868, in Logan county, to Ellen E. Long. They have five children, JAMES H., ANNA B., CHARLES E., JOHN B. and a boy babe. Mr. Morse is engaged in farming, near Elkhart, Logan county, Illinois.

GULIETT E., born July 17, 1848, in Springfield, died in infancy.

Mrs. Sarah C. Morse died July 28, 1848, in Springfield, and James M. Morse was married in Springfield, Oct. 30, 1850, to Emma M. Holton, who was born in 1814, at Danbury, Conn. They had four child- ren-

GAMES Wm. died, aged two years.

GAMES Wm., born Sept. 3, 1853, in Springfield, married Sept. 17, 1872, to Alice B. Schmutz, a native of Bloomington, Ill. They have two children, FLOR- ENCE B. and ETHEL G., and reside in Springfield, Illinois.

EMMA G., born Jan. 16, 1856, in Springfield, resides with her parents;

ANNA C., born Sept. 9, 1859, in Springfield, died March 23, 1866.

James M. Morse was in the office of the Secretary of State when the office was held by A. P. Fields, Stephen A. Douglas, Lyman Trumbull and Thomp- son Campbell. From 1846 to 1852 Mr. Morse was Assessor and Treasurer of Sangamon county, and for fifteen years was Public Administrator of the county. He is now retired from business, and resides in Springfield, Illinois.

When the seat of government was moved from Vandalia to Springfield, James M. Morse came with A. P. Fields, Secretary of State, in whose department he was employed. They were accompa- nied by Levi Davis, Auditor of Public Accounts, with his clerk, Wm. S. Pren-

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tiss, now Presiding Elder in the M. E. church; John D. Whitesides, State Treasurer, and Enoch Moore, his clerk; William Walters, Public Printer, and Charles H. Lanphier, his assistant. From IS42 to 1844 Mr. Morse was en- gaged in rewriting the Territorial records; and during that time roomed with Enoch Moore at the State house. A friendship was thus cemented that could only end with their lives.

MOSTELLER, CHRISTO- PHER, was born in Buncombe coun- ty, North Carolina, went to Butler county, Ohio, when a young man; and was there married to Phobe Sackett. They had two children in that county, and moved to Union county, Ind., where they had two children; returned to Butler county, Ohio, and from there came to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the spring of IS30, in what is now Salisbury township. Of their children-

THOMAS, born Oct. S, 1807, in But- ler county, Ohio, was married in Frank- lin county, Ind., July 21, IS27, to Char- lotte Morris. They moved with his par- ents to Ohio, where they had two child- ren, and came in the spring of 1830 to Sangamon county, where six children were born. Of their eight children- PHŒBE A. died, aged fifteen years. ALICE J., born Nov. 29, 1829, in Butler county, Ohio, was married Dec. 4, IS45, to Job Davenport. See his name. DOR- CAS, born Feb. 14, 1832, in Sangamon county, married Dr. Francis T. Antle. They had four children: HARRIET died in IS74; THOMAS P., IONA O. and MARY ELLA live with their parents, in Peters- burg, Ill. JAMES, born Dec. 5, 1833, in Sangamon county, enlisted in IS62, in Co. F, 114th Ill. Inf., for three years, and died of disease, near vicksburg, Miss., Sept. 1S, IS63. His remains were buried at the Baptist cemetery in Cartwright town- ship. EDWARD C., born June 22, 1841, in Sangamon county, enlisted in 1861 in Co. A, 10th Ill. Cav., for three years, and was discharged on account of physi- cal disability. He was married in Kan- sas to Love B. Holladay. She died, and E. C. Mosteller was married again in Iowa, and has one child. He studied medicine, and attended one course of lectures at Rush Medical College, Chi- cago, Ill., graduated at the Eclectic

Medical Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, and is practicing his profession at Adelphia, Polk county, Iowa. MARTIN S., born April 21, 1843, in Sangamon county, was married Oct. 4, 1864, to Sarah M. Antle, in Petersburg. They had four children: FRANKIE H. died April 7, 1869, in Macon county, Ill .; FREDDIE F., ALBERT A. and MAUD M. live with their parents. M. S. Mosteller is a graduate of the Eclectic Medical Institute at Cincinnati, Ohio, and is a practicing physician at Pleasant Plains, Ill. JOHN H. A., born April 21, 1847, in Sangamon county, enlisted in IS62, for three years, in Co. F, nath Ill. Inf., and was discharged on account of physical disability in Aug., 1863. IIe re-enlisted in 1864 in Co. D, 33d III. Inf .; served to the close of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged in 1865. He lives at Tallula, Menard county, Ill. ELIZA W., born June 19, 1852, was married in Petersburg to Thomas Davis. He is a telegraph operator, and lives at Vandalia, Andrain county, Mo. Mrs. Charlotte Mosteller died March 2, 1865, and Thomas Mosteller lives now-1876- at Pleasant Plains. He remembers being present on Richland creek when Abra- ham Lincoln was waiting to make a speech. Josiah Grady said: "Lincoln, they have the story in circulation that you are a Deist." Mr. Lincoln immediately answered: "That is not so: my father was an old Baptist, and taught me to be- lieve in the Christian religion, and I do believe in it as much as anybody; but I confess I have no religion."

DORCAS, born June 15, ISto, in Butler county, Ohio, was married Sept. IS, 1835, in Illinois, to Benjamin Mc- Elwain. They are without family, and live in Petersburg, Menard county, Illi- nois.

SAMUEL died in 1844.

AARON P., born May, 1820, in Union county, Indiana, was married in IS45 in Sangamon county, Ill., to Emily Camp- bell. They had six children. JANE, born in 1846, was married to Thomas Gorrell. They are without family, and live in Crawford county, Kansas. GEORGE W., born in ISIS, married Mary Lindsay. They have two living children, and live in Crawford county, Kansas. LOUIS, born in IS50, is un- married, and lives in Kansas. ANN,

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born in' IS53, died, aged ten years. JOHN C., born in 1856, is unmarried, and lives in Kansas. LAURA, born in 1861, died, aged two years. A. P. Mos- teller moved to Kansas in 1861, where Mrs. Emily Mosteller died Dec. S, 1872. A. P. Mosteller was married Feb. S, 1874, to Mrs. Mary Hooper, and lives at Osage mission, Neosho county, Kansas.

GEORGE S., born Nov. 9, 1822, in Franklin county, Ind., was married in Mason county, Ill., Nov., 1856, to Martha Simmons, who died without family in March, 185S. G. S. Mosteller was mar- ried Nov., 1860, to Roxana Reese. They have three living children, FRANK, MARY and IDA, and live at Forest City, Mason county, Illinois.

REBECCA, born Oct. 16, 1827, in Butler county, Ohio, was married Aug. 2, 1849, in Illinois, to Thomas A. Gibson. They had two children. GEORGE L, born Oct., 1850, lives with his parents. JOHN died in. his ninth year. T. A. Gibson and family live in Forest City, Illinois.

Christopher Mosteller died in 1844, and his widow married Rev. John Antle. She died August, 1863; both in Salisbury, Sangamon county, Illinois.

MOTT, JAMES, was born Nov. 27, 1803, in Kent county, England, and came to America in 1821, landing in New York. He went to Sacketts Harbor, learned cabinet making, and was married there, Jan. 9, 1830, to Amanda M. Brown, who was born March 18, 1813, at Wood- stock, Vermont. They had three child- ren; two died there, and they moved, in 1834, to Cleveland, Ohio. They went from there to St. Louis by water, thence to Jacksonville, Ill., in a wagon, and after visiting some relatives in Cass county, came to Springfield, arriving Jan. 1, 1836, where one child was born, and in 1838 moved to Menard county, near Peters- burg, thence to Athens, Feb. 20, 1843, where twelve children were born, nine of whom died under five years of age. Of the other five-

GAMES W., born July 19, 1833, at Sacketts Harbor, N. Y., partly brought up in Springfield, was married near Athens, April 18, 1856, to Millie J. Hurt, who died June 24, 1857. J. W. Mott was married May 15, 1859, to Mrs. Mary A. Holland, whose maiden name was

England. They had eight children, ALLEN, EDGAR, AGNES, MAR- GARET, JAMES, CHARLES, MIL- AM and EUGENE. Mrs. Mott died Nov. 19, 1872, and J. W. Mott resides in Athens, Sangamon county, Ill .- 1874.

GEORGE E., born July 25, 1836, in Springfield, was married there April 19, 1865, to Eliza P. Smith, a native of the same place. They have three children, WILLIAM R., HARRY W. and LAURA E., and live at 635, north 5th street, Springfield.

HARRIET EMMA, born July 12, 1843, in Athens, married David A. Eng- land. See his namc.

MARY A., born in Athens, married James M. England. See his name.

HENRY W., born August, 1847, in Athens, is now-July, 1876-clerk of the Matteson House, Chicago, Illinois.

James Mott died Sept. 24, 1873. His widow lives at Athens, Menard county, Illinois. Mr. Mott was associate Judge of Menard county one term of four years.

MOURER, WILLIAM, was born about 1807, in Berkley county, Va. His parents emigrated to Muskingum county, Ohio, where his father died. In In 1823 or '4 he went to Washington county, Maryland, where he was married Dec. 12, 1833, to Jane I. Ensminger, who was born May 8, 1815, in that county. They had one child in Maryland, and moved to Springfield, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1836, where they had four children. Of their five children-

GEORGE W., born Oct. 29, 1834, in Washington county, Maryland, and brought np in Sangamon county, Illinois. He enlisted in Springfield, Aug. 27, 1862, for three years, in Co. E, 114th Ill. Inf. At the organization of the regiment, he was promoted to Quarter-Master, and was with the regiment until after the battle of Nashville, in Dec., 1864, when he was honorably mustered out on account of physical disability. He is now a farmer, and resides with his mother, five and one- half miles southeast of Springfield, Ill.

ALICE G. and MARGARET E., twins.

ALICE Y. married, Nov. 18, 1857, to Samuel N. Shoup. Sce his name.

MARGARET E., MARYLAND and VIRGINIA reside with their mother.

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EUGENIE G. married John N. Gat- ton. See' his name.

Mr. William Mourer formed a partner- ship with Benjamin Ferguson, as carpen- ters and builders, soon after coming to Springfield. Their first work was the building of the American Hotel, at the southeast corner of Adams and Sixth streets; when finished, the finest hotel in the State of Illinois. They were con- tractors for part of the work on the State House, then in course of construction, now the Sangamon county Court House. After the death of Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Mourer continued in the business for about seventeen years. In 1850 he took the contract, and built the north and south porticos to the State House. He bought a farm, and moved in the spring of 1853 to Woodside township. While discharg- ing the duties of grand juror, he was taken violently ill, of pneumonia, and died in Springfield, June 10, 1867. His widow resides five and one-half miles south of Springfield, on the farm where they set- tled in 1853.

MOWRY, JOHN H., born Feb. 26, 1829, in Charleston, S. C. Accom- panied his father to Chicago in 1836, came to Springfield, Ill., in 1839, and learned the carpenter's trade. In 1856 he was elected Sheriff of Mason county, but re- signed, after serving fifteen months, to avoid hanging a man convicted of mur- der. He was married, Jan. 2, 1858, in Dixon, Lee county, Ill., to Martha Grimm, who was born March 6, 1832, at Harpers Ferry, Va. They have six chil- dren living, ANN E., IDA E., ELEA- NORA, MARY, HARRIET, and GRACE. During the rebellion J. H. Mowry was employed in the mechanical department of the government at Camps Yates and Butler, near Springfield, and being ordered to Camp Douglas, at Chic- ago, moved his family to that city. He was also engaged at Camp Fry, and at the arsenal at Rock Island, and on the public works at Wilmington, Delaware, in 1863 and '64. In 1866 he made a two- years tour through England and the con- tinents of Europe, Asia and Africa. He lost all his property in the great Chicago fire, Oct. 9, 1871. In July, 1874, he took charge as first foreman of the addition to the State prison of Michigan, then in course of construction. He remained

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there until 1875, when he returned to Springfield, where he is now engaged in the business of a contractor and builder.

MULKEY, JESSE H., was born in Dec., 1818, in Kentucky or Ten- nessee, married Nancy Simpson, a sis- ter to Wm. Simpson, and came to Rich- land creek, Sangamon county, in 1829, and one year later moved to De Witt county. He died Oct., 1858, and she died April 5, 1872-both in De Witt county, leaving a large family. Their son-

SAMUEL W., born March 1, 1828 in Tennessee, married July 2, 1865, to Al- marinda Harrold, and was married the second time, Dec. 1, 1869, to Mrs. Eliza- beth B. Combs, whose maiden name was Foster, a half-sister to Mrs. Hannah F. Stubbs. S. W. Mulkey enlisted July, 1861, in Co. F. 41st Ill. Inf., for three years, served full term, and was honor- ably discharged, August 1, 1864, at Springfield. He lives four miles east of Berlin, Sangamon county, Illinois.

MYERS, HENRY C., was born Dec. 6, 1817, in Chambersburg, Pa., and came to Springfield, Ill., in 1838. In 1841 he went to Boone county, Mo., and was there married in 1843 to Eleanor D. Robards, a native of Lexington, Ky. Mr. Myers moved back to Springfield, Ill., where they had three children, one of whom died young-

FRANKLIN, born August 5, 1847, in Howard county, Missouri, was trained to the mercantile business by his father, and became his successor. He is now en- gaged in miscellaneous merchandising in Springfield, Illinois.

ELLA D., born in Springfield, resides with her mother.

Henry C. Myers was first in the grocery trade, changed to confectionery, and from 1861 to 1865 was sutler at Camp Butler. After the close of the rebellion he engaged in general merchandising, and died Jan. 24, 1871. Mrs. Eleanor D. Myers and her two children reside in Springfield, Illinois.

NAVE, HENRY, was born Sept. 22, 1812, in Carter county, Tenn. Mar- garet C. Bowers was born Sept. 12, 1812, in the same county. They were there married, April 9, 1831, had one child,

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and then moved to Washington county, Ind., where one child was born. Both children died there, MARTHA in her fourth year, and ELIZABETH in in- fancy. Mr. Nave and his wife moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Sept. 22, 1839, in what is now Fancy Creek town- ship. They reside one and three-quarter miles north of Cantrall, Sangamon coun- ty, Illinois .- 1874.

NEAL, DANIEL, was born about 1770, in Bedford county, Va. He was married there to Polly Booth, a native of the same county. They had ten children in Virginia, and moved to Franklin county, Tenn., in the fall of ISOS, where one child was born. The family then moved to Bourbon county, Ky., where they had five children, and they moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving Nov. 10, 1828, in what is now Chatham township. Of their sixteen children-

ACHILLES, born about 1793, in Virginia, died in 1809 in Tennessee.

FANNY, born in Virginia, married in Kentucky to Barton Darneille, and moved to Sangamon county before her parents. He died in Macon county. His widow dicd, in 1852, in Chatham township, San- gamon county.

WINSTON, born in Virginia, mar- ried in Kentucky to Melinda Miller, came to Sangamon county in 1829, moved back about 1839, and died, leaving a large family.

MARY, born in Bedford county, Va., March 18, 1799, married to Andrew Starr. See his name.

NANCY, born in Virginia, married in Kentucky to Joseph Jackson, and came to Sangamon county with her father, Mr. Jackson died at Galena, and she married John Hodge, who died, and she married Andrew Steele, who was born Feb. 6, 1795, in Davidson county, Tenn. She never had children. They live in Loami township.

WILLIAM, born in Virginia, married Rachel Daisey, in Nicholas county, Ky., and lives with his third wife.

JUDITH, born in Virginia, about 1804, married in Sangamon county to Stephen Shelton. Scc his name.

PRUDENCE, born April 9, 1806, in Bedford county, Va., married in Sanga- mon county to Wm. Shelton. Sec his name.

CATHARINE lives with her sister, Mrs. Steele.

STEPHEN B., born Dec. 25, ISOS, in Virginia, married in Sangamon county to Julia A. Wyckoff. They had four children-FIELDING M., born Oct. 29, 1832, married Leah M. Greenwood. They had seven children, JULIA A. died at two years. WILLIAM A., JOHN S., ELIZA A., RUTH J., HENRY E. and CORA L. live with their parents, four and one-half miles west of Chatham, Illinois. SAMUEL M. enlisted in 1862, in Co. B, 11th Mo. Inf., for three years. Served to the end of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged. He was married, in 1869, in Sangamon county, to Clarissa Underwood, have three children, and live in Green county, Mo. MAHALA A. married John W. Grecning. See his name. WILLIAM A. enlisted in 1861, in Co. 1, 14th Ill. Inf., for three years, re-enlisted as a veteran, Jan., 1864; served to the end of the rebel- lion, was honorably discharged, and lives near Chatham, Illinois. Mrs. Julia A. Neal died, and S. B. Neal married Eliza- beth Proctor. They had six children, four of whom, STEPHEN B., Jun., SI- MON N., GEORGE W. and MARY JANE, died under fifteen years .. HEN- RY C. enlisted, Aug. 9, 1861, in Co. B, 30th Ill. Inf., for three years. He was

captured at the battle of Atlanta, Georgia, July 22, 1864, and died in Andersonville prison pen about one month later. Mrs. Elizabeth Neal died, and S. B. Neal was married, April 28, 1862, to Mrs. Lucinda Whited, whose maiden name was Bridges. They had one child, EMMA. Stephen B. Neal died, and his widow lives in Lo- ami township, Sangamon county, Illi- nois.

JOHN A., born July 31, ISog, in Franklin county, Tenn. married in San- gamon county, Aug., 1837, to Eliza A. Greening. They had two children. MARY E. married James Jacobs. Sec his name. CAROLINE married Pey- ton M. McGinnis. Scc his name. Mrs. Eliza A. Neal died in 1846, and John A. Neal was married, Jan. 13, 1859, to Mrs. America Darneille, who had previously been Mrs. Gibson, and whose maiden name was Forrest. Mr. Neal was a member of the Sangamon county Board of Supervisors, from 1862 to 1865, and is now a justice of the peace for Chatham

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township, and resides in Chatham-1874. John A. Neal is authority for the state- ment that about three and one-half miles north of the present town of Rochester, five hogs were confined in a snow drift, about the fifth of Jan., 1831, and escaped from it the latter part of February, when the snow was going off. They had been nearly two months where it was impossi- ble for them to obtain food. They were skeletons, but afterwards became good hogs.

GEORGE W., born in ISII, in Bourbon county, Ky., came to Sangamon county in 1828. He went to LaFayette county, Mo., was engaged to be married, bought a farm of a man named James Bowman, made one payment on it, and had some money left. He was murdered for the money by Bowman, May 6, 1846. The murderer escaped, was captured two years later, and when within six miles of the county seat, one of the guards care- lessly left a pistol in a pocket of his over- coat, which he hung up while partaking of his breakfast. The prisoner watched his opportunity, took the pistol and shot himself dead.

LUCY, born in Kentucky, married Daniel Richardson, had five children, and lives in Monroe county, Iowa.

BERTHENA, born in Kentucky, has been twice married, and lives in Ne- braska.

ELIJAH B., born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Mary Heredith. They had seven children, four of whom died. GEORGE W. married Carrie Greening, and lives in Chatham township. JOHN and ELIJAH also live in Chatham township. The parents both died in 1853.

BARBARA A., born Jan. 31, 1819, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Sidney S. Campbell. See his name.

Daniel Neal died, Aug. 26, 1838, and his widow, Mrs. Polly Neal, died in 1854, both in Sangamon county, Illinois.

NEAL, JAMES W., was born Sept. 26, 1806, in Bourbon county, Ky., and was married in Nicholas county, Jan. 4, 1827, to Mary Cassity. They had two children in Bourbon county, and moved, in company with her father, to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1830, in what is now Rochester township, where

three children were born. Of their five children-

ALMIRA f., born Nov. 3, 1827, in Keu- tucky, married Feb. 13, 1851, in Sanga- mon county, to Isaac Keys. See his name.

ELIZA E., born Sept. 10, 1829, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to H. Cicero St. Clair. See his name.

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History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois : "centennial record", Part 85

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

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