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NANCY E., born March 14, 1833, in Sangamon county, married Feb. 10, 1853, to Oscar L. St. Clair. See his name.
WILLIAM H., born April 12, 1835, in Sangamon county, lives at the family homestead, one mile west of Rochester, Illinois.
GAMES H., born Sept. 5, 1838, in Sangamon county, married in Taylor- ville, Nov. 13, 1866, to Lizzie H. Moore. They had two children, NELLIE and MARY R. The latter died May S, 1875, aged two years. James W. Neal resides at Lamar, Barton county, Mo. He was elected Treasurer of that county in the fall of 1872, for two years, and is a banker in Lamar.
James W. Neal died June 20, 1870, and his widow resides on the farm where the family settled in 1825, one mile west of Rochester, Sangamon county, Illi- nois-1876.
NEAL, NATHANIEL B., was born in Bourbon county, Ky., and came to Sangamon county in 1835 or '6. He was married in 1839 to Sarah A. King. Theyhad one child-
HENRY H., born Sept. 25, 1840, five miles northeast of Springfield. He en- listed April 16, 1861, on the first call for 75,000 men, for three months, in Co. F, 9th Ill. Inf .; re-enlisted July 28, 1861, same company and regiment, for three years; served full term, and was honora- bly discharged, Aug. 25, 1864, at Camp Butler. He was married Oct. 4, 1864, in Springfield, to Lorena Hill, a grand- daughter of Philip Smith. They have four children, IDA B., ALVA, EVA, and a boy babe, and live four miles north- west of Chatham, on the old Starr farm. -1874.
Nathaniel B. Neal died, and his widow married Hudson Lanham. See King family name.
NEALE, TOM M., was born in 1796 in Fauquier county, Va. His parents moved when he was a boy to Bowling
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Green, Ky. He enlisted there and served the latter part of the war with Great Britain which began in 1812. He studied law in Bowling Green, and early de- clared himself opposed to slavery. He was married there in 1821 to Harriet Blakemore. They had two children in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving at Springfield Nov. 26, 1824, where eight children were born. Of their children-
SINAI A., born Nov. 26, 1822, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Thomas Beerup. See his name.
MARY E., born March, 1824, in Kentucky, is unmarried, and resides in Carlinville, Illinois.
RICHARD D., born Feb. 22, 1826, in Springfield, married Mrs. Lucy Wil- liams, whose maiden name was Patten. He dicd, leaving a widow and one child, JULIA C., who reside near Shelbyville, Illinois.
THOMAS O., born June 4, 1828, in Springfield, died in California, aged twenty-four years.
HARRIET B., born Nov. 29, 1830, in Springfield, married Hickison Grubbs. They have five children, FLORA K., NEVILLE C., FRANK P., ED. WARD and HARRY, and reside in Springfield, Missouri.
SARAH M. and MARTHA K., twins, born Sept. 15, 1834, in Springfield, Illinois.
SARAH M. married John Dugger. They have four children, JEFFERSON L., RICHARD N., PATTIE M. and WILLIAM, and reside in Carlinville, Illinois.
MARTILA K. married Milton Mc- Clure. They have two children, JAMES A. and HATTIE B., and reside in Car- linville, Illinois.
CATHARINE, born Jan. 15, 1836, in Springfield, Ill., married George Gil- bert. They are without family, and re- side at Springfield, Missouri.
MIRIAM C., born May 28, 1838, in Springfield, Ill., married Joseph Edwards. They are without family, and reside in Columbus, Kentucky.
MARGARET, born April 15, 1840, in Springfield, married John Krugg. They have one child, BERTIE, and re- ride in Wichita, Kansas.
Gen. Tom M. Neale died Aug. 7, 1840, and his widow died Aug. 27, 1859 both in Springfield, Ill. Gen. Neale was a lawyer by profession. He was the highest mili- tary officer from Sangamon county in the campaign against the Winnebago Indians in 1827, being the Colonel com- manding the four infantry companies. He acted as Justice of the Peace for several years, and united many couples in marriage about the time of the "deep snow." Sometimes the only fee tendered him was a saddle of venison. Col. Neale surveyed and laid out into lots the land that was donated to secure the county seat at Springfield. See page 36. Hc was three times elected County Surveyor, and held that office at the time of his death. Gen. Neale appointed Abra- ham Lincoln his deputy when he was first elected County Surveyor.
NELSON, WILLIAM, came from St. Clair county with Henry Fun- derburk, and settled on Horse creek in the spring of ISI7, raised a family of seven children, and moved to Texas. His daughter, Nancy, married James Funder- burk. See his name. They live near Taylorville, Illinois.
NESBITT, SAMUEL G., was born August 18, 1SOS, in what is now Juniata county, Penn. Mary B. Turner was born Sept. 28, 1814, in the same county, and her parents moved into the adjoining county of Mifflin. Samuel G. Nesbitt and Mary B. Turner were there married, June 6, 1833. They had two children in Juniata county, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving June 26, 1837, at Springfield, and in a few weeks moved to Mechanicsburg, where one child was born. The family then moved to Decatur, where they had four children, and then moved back to Sangamon coun- ty, Clear Lake township, where four chil- dren were born. Of all their children-
MARY G., born April 11, 1834, in Pennsylvania, was married in Sangamon county, April, 1854, to Reuben Mallory. See his name.
MARTHA T., born Dec. 9, 1835, in Pennsylvania, was married March 20, 1861, in Sangamon county, to Isaac O. Eyman, who was born May 20, 1837, in St. Clair county, Ill. They have five living children, namely: LAURA E., CLARA E., LEWIS E., IDA A. and
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CHARLEY M., and live at Harristown, Macon county, Illinois.
WILLIAM CAMERON, born May 8, 1838, at Mechanicsburg, Sangamon county, enlisted in Co. E, 145th Ill. Inf., and was mustered in, June 9, 1864, as Ist Lieutenant, for one hundred days; served full term, and was honorably discharged, Sept. 23, 1864. He was married Feb. 23, 1865. to Sarah C. Bailey, who was born Oct. 14, 1845, in Hawkins county, Tenn. They have three children, CHARLES E., SAMUEL G. and MARY J., and live four miles north of Rochester, San- gamon county, Illinois.
MARGARET R., born Feb. 28, 1840, in Decatur, was married in Sanga- mon county, Jan. 3, 1867, to James W. Richardson, who was born April 22, 1841, in New Haven, Conn. They have four children, JENNIE B., MARY B., THOMAS and SAMUEL, and live in Clear Lake township, west of Sangamon river and north of Sugar creek. Mr. Richardson enlisted July IS, 1862, in Co. I, 114th Ill. Inf., for three years, and served one year in the ranks. He was transferred, March 28, 1864, to the signal corps, and served as such to the end of the rebellion. He was honorably dis- charged at New Orleans, July 4, 1865.
SARAH G., born May 1, 1842, in Decatur, was married Dec. 24, 186S, to Jacob F. Cromley. She died March 5, 1870, in Sangamon county.
HELEN M., born May 8, 1844, in Decatur, raised in Sangamon county, was married in Decatur, Oct. 31, 1865, to John S. Windsor. They have three children, LILLIE B., MARY L. and HELEN M., and live at Mulberry, Clermont coun- ty, Ohio. J. S. Windsor was born Sept. 10, 1836, near Cincinnati, Ohio. He en- listed in Co. K, 116th Ill. Inf., and was mustered in, Dec. 30, 1862, as Ist Lieut- enant, promoted to Captain of Co. E, Jan. 31, 1863; promoted to Major, Sept. 26, 1864, and Lieutenant-Colonel, May 27, 1865. He was mustered out with the regiment, June 7, 1865.
ALICE E., born in Decatur, and lives with her parents.
EMMA K., born Feb. 25, 1849, in Sangamon county, died Sept. 29, 1856.
EVELINE H., born July 30, 1851, in Sangamon county, was married Feb.
20, 1872, to Frank K. Springer. Sce his name.
SAMUEL T., born July 12, 1854, and
LAURA B., born Jan. 31, 1859, live with their parents.
Samuel G. Nesbitt learned the art of printing under Simon Cameron, in Pennsylvania. He was for many years connected with the Illinois State Four- nal office, but is now giving his atten- tion entirely to farming. While living at Decatur he was elected to repre- sent Macon county in the legislature of 1842. He acted with the Democratic party until 1861, when the rebellion broke out. From that time he acted with the Republican party. He served five years, from 1865 to 1870, as the representative of Clear Lake township in the Sangamon county Board of Supervisors, and now resides two and a half miles southeast of Riverton, Illinois.
NEWCOMER, CHRISTO- PHER, was born in Huntington county, Penn., Oct. 9, 1791. Susan Sells was born March 17, 1794, in the same county. They were married July 1, IS13, in Franklin county, Ohio, and had five children there. The family moved to Sangamon county. Ill., arriving Dec. 9. 1824, in what is now Woodside township, where they had five living children. Of their children-
MARY, born June 7, 1814, in Ohio, married Davis Meredith. Sce his name.
CHARLES S., born in 1816, in Ohio, raised in Sangamon county, and died June 14, 1839, at the Galena lead mines, where he was engaged in smelting lead.
SAMUEL, ELIZA and SUSAN- NAH all died young in Ohio.
ARMENIA, born in 1825 in Sanga- mon county, died Sept. 4, 1845.
JANE M., born in 1826, in Sanga- mon county, died September 10, 1845.
The two latter were engaged to be married, which was to have taken place just about the time of their deaths, if they had lived.
AMANDA E. died April 23, 1839, in her tenth year.
DOW, born May 26, 1832, in Sanga- mon county, married Nancy M. Fry, who died Feb. 23, 1852, and he married July 4, 1854, to Catharine M. Brunk. They
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have two living children, CHARLES W. and MARY JOSEPHINE, and live on the farm settled by Mr. Newcomer's father in 1824, in the southeast corner of Woodside township, seven miles southeast of Springfield, Illinois.
Christopher Newcomer died Feb. 12, 1852, and his widow died Jan. 12, 1872, both on the farm where they settled in 1824.
NEWMAN, HENRY, was born Aug. 18, 1787, in Baltimore, Md. In 1795 he was taken by his parents to Knox county, Tenn. During the war of IS12-13-14 with England, he served in three different companies; once for him- self and twice in the place of relatives, who had been drafted. He was under Gen. Jackson at the battle of New Or- leans. Henry Newman was married in Knox county, Tenn., Dec. 15, 1815, to Priseilla Plumlee, who was born May 13, 1791, in Burke county, North Carolina. They had seven children in Tennessee, and moved to Springfield, Ill., arriving in Dec., 1828, where they had two living children. Of their nine children-
ELIZABETH E., born Jan. 9, 1817, in Knox county, Tenn., married July 13, 1858, in Springfield, to John Haines. They have one child, CHARLES HENRY, and reside in Cotton Hill township, near New City, Sangamon county, Illinois.
MINERVA W., born April 29, 1820, in Knox county, Tenn., married April 26, 1839, in Springfield, Illinois, to Henry Teed, who was born in iSIS in Spring- field, Mass. They had four children, one of whom was drowned at about fifteen years of age. The other three, ALBERT, MINERVA A. and CHARLES, live with their mother in San Francisco, Cal., whither the family went in 1852.
MARY ALMIRA, born Feb. 3, 1822, in Knoville, Tenn., married Dec., 1842, in Springfield, Ill., to Josiah Moore, a native of Hagarstown, Md. Mr. Moore died in 1857, and she died July, 1858. Their only living child, AN- DREW J. Moore, lives in San Antonio, Texas.
JACOB S., born Jan. 6, 1825, in Knoxville, Tenn., raised in Sangamon county, and was assassinated by an un- known hand April 23, 1873, at Spring- field, Missouri.
JOHN W., born Jan. 11, 1S26, in Knoxville, Tenn., raised in Springfield, married in St. Louis, Mo., May 13, 1852, to Caroline M. Field, who was born April 13, 1834, in Auburn, New York. They have three living children, HER- BERT S., JOHN B. and ANNA G., and reside in Springfield. Mr. Newman is a member of the firm of Thompson & Newman, planing mill and door, sash and blind factory, Springfield, Illinois.
JOSEPH, PLUMLEE, born Nov. 18, 1827, in Springfield, enlisted in the 4th Ill. Inf., under Col. E. D. Baker, and was killed at the battle of Cerro Gordo, Mexico, in 1847.
GAMES Y., born July 29, 1829, in Springfield, and died Sept. 20, 1861, in his native city.
MARY A., born April 15, 1831, in Springfield, married Nov., 1852, to Wil- liam Fooshe. They had one living child, JOSEPH P., a machinist, and reside with his mother in Springfield.
WILLIAM H., born Jan. 1, 1835, in Springfield, and died March S, 1873.
Henry Newman died March 20, 1861, and his widow died Aug. 10, 1873, both in Springfield, Illinois.
NEWSOM, DAVID, was born Dec. 28, 1805, in Greenbrier county, Va. He was the youngest of twelve children, of William and Margaret Newsom, whose maiden name was Spicer. The father was of English and the mother of German parentage, but both born in Vir- ginia. William Newsom died when his son David was seven years old. In his fourteenth year David was thrown upon his own resources, with four dollars in money, some clothes and a limited amount of education. He learned the tanner's trade in Gallipolis, Ohio, but never liked the business. He taught school two years in Meigs county, Ohio, and applied the pro- ceeds in improving his own mind. He returned to Virginia, and was married July 12, 1827, in Monroe county, to Polly Houston. They had one child in Vir- ginia, and in company with his father-in- law moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving Nov. 14, 1828. Mr. Newsom at one time owned and lived on what is now part of Oak Ridge Cemetery, but sold it at a large profit. He then entered land and made a farm near Springfield. Mr. and Mrs. Newsom had nine children in
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Sangamon county, Ill., and in April, 1851, started overland for Oregon. One son was born on the road, and after a journey of six months arrived, Oct., IS51, at the Old Methodist Mission, founded in 1834, about ten miles northwest of the present city of Salem, Oregon. There he receiv- ed a donation of 325 acres of land, upon which they made a farm, and where one child was born. Three of their children died young. Of the others-
JOHN W., born April 30, 1828, in Monroe county, Va., brought up in San- gamon county, Ill., was married Dec. 21, 1865, in Oregon, to Olive Greenwood. They have two living children, MIN- NIE M. and ROY, and live near Salem, Oregon.
ROBERT L., born Jan. 22, 1832, in Sangamon county, Illinois, was married in 1856, in Hardinsburg, Ky., to Annie Lightfoot. They have five living child- ren, WILLIAM WAVERLY, AL- FRED LANDER, PERCY LEE, LUELLA and IRENE. R. L. New- som is a druggist, and lives in Cloverport, Kentucky.
SAMUEL G., born March 13, IS34, in Sangamon county, is a stock raiser. He is unmarried, an I lives near Prineville, Wasco county, Oregon.
VIRGIL U., born Aug. 29, 1836, in Sangamon county, Illinois, is a stock raiser. He is unmarried, and lives near Salem, Oregon.
MARGARET Y., born in Sanga- mon county, Ill., was married in Oregon, May 7, 1854, to Elisha Veazey, and died March 24, 1861, leaving four children, all died young but JAMES M., who lives with his father, near Gervais, Marion county, Oregon.
MARY E., born April 2, IS41, in Sangamon county, Ill., was married Dec. 23, 1857, in Oregon, to John W. Green- wood. They have four children, ALICE A., FANNIE, JOHN L. and WINNIE, and live near Salem, Marion county, Oregon.
ANN M., born Sept. 25, 1844, in San- gamon county, was married, Dec. 31, 1863, to J. P. Munkers, near Salem, Ore- gon. They have three living children, FRANK, LENA and IVY, and live near Heppner, Umatilla county, Oregon.
GEORGE H., born July 9, 1851, at Independence Rock, on the Sweetwater
river, on the wagon road to Oregon. IIe was married Sept. 5, 1875, in Oregon, to Lauretta Williams. They are without family, and live at the homestead, ten miles northeast of Salem, Oregon.
HARVEY M., born April IS, 1854, in Marion county, Oregon, died there May 24, 1875.
David Newsom and wife are living in Marion county, Oregon, on the farm where they settled, Oct. 29, 1851. Mr. Newsom was always fond of literature, and is extensively known in western Ore- gon as an able writer on general topics. He was appointed by President Lincoln, Statistician for the Williamette valley, and served with honor until iS70, when he resigned in consequence of advancing years. He is engaged in farming and fruit growing. His address is Salem, Marion county, Ohio.
NIPPER, WILLIAMSON, was born Sept. 19, 1796, in Virginia. His father moved to Alabama when he was twelve or fifteen years of age, and from there to the vicinity of Nashville, Tenn. He was there married to Nancy Moore She had twins, and the mother and child- ren died. He was then married to Hep- sey Gibson, who was born Feb. 14, 1803, in Franklin county, Tenn. They had three children, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1829, about one mile east of the present town of Loami, where six children were born. Of all the children-
ELIZA C., born Oct. 26, 1823, in Tennessee, married in Sangamon county, March 19, 1844, to George W. Legrand. He was born March 12, 1823, in Brecken- ridge county, Ky., and came to Sanga- mon county in IS43. They had eleven children, six of whom died young. Of the other five: SARAH married Oct. 19, 1867, to R. Wickliffe Price, who was born Feb. 11, IS25, at Georgetown, Ky., have three children, ROBERT W., PHILE- MON BIRD and CHARLES W., and live near Loami. Mr. Price is a lawyer. WIL- LIAMSON A., ROBERT M., ELSIE M. and LUCY A. live with their parents, five miles west of Loami, Sangamon county, Illinois.
NANCY F., born March 16, 1825, in Tennessee, married Miles Meacham, in Sangamon county, had four children, and died in Warren county, Illinois.
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HARRIET M., born Jan. 17, 1829, in Tennessee, married in Sangamon coun- ty, to William E. Hudson. See his name.
ELMIRA ., born May 31, 1831, in Sangamon county, married John Evans, and both are dead.
AMERICA A., born August 2, 1833, in Sangamon county, married Abner Clark, have seven children, and live in Worth county, Mo.
WILLIAMSON M., born Sept. 22, 1835. in Sangamon county, married Mary Staley. They had one child, NANCY M. F., and Mrs. Mary Nipper died. W. M. Nipper married Louisa Cline, who was born Oct. 22, 1840, in Scott county, Ill. They have three children, EL- MIRA S., PHILIP and JOSEPH W., and live four miles west of Loami, Sanga- mon county, Illinois.
HEPSEY A., born Dec. 13, 1837, married Abner W. Knight. See his name.
THOMAS H., born Oct. 1, 1840, died aged twenty-three years.
MARY M., born March 26, 1843, in Sangamon county, married Oct. 19, 1863, to Wilson Cline, who was born March 3, 1836, in Scott county. They have three children, BENJAMIN F., JOHN H. and HARRIET M., and live near Loami, Illinois.
Williamson Nipper died Angust 24, 1843, and his widow married Daniel Staley, (see his name) and she died Mar. S, 1873, both near Loami, Sangamon county, Illinois.
NORRED, RICHARD C., was born about 1795 in Loudon county, Va., married in Frederick county, Md., to Elizabeth Jenkins; moved to Ohio, and from there to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in 1836. They had children in Maryland, Ohio and Sangamon county. The parents and most of the children died in Sangamon county. One son, only, lives in the county.
FARIS is married and lives three miles south of Illiopolis, Illinois.
AALES T., last heard from at Marys- ville, Yuba county, Cal., in 1869.
NORRED, MARY A., sister to William and Richard C. Norred, was born in Loudon county, Va., came to Sangamon county, Ill., and married John A. Miller. See his name.
NORRED, WILLIAM, was born March 9, ISog, in Loudon county, Va. He was married in 1834 in that county to Elizabeth E. Dowdall, who was born there March 9, 1814. They lived in Frederick county, . Md., until they had two children, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Nov. 6, 1838, and settled three miles northeast of Rochester, at the mills of Darling & Baker, where a child was born. Of their three children-
CHARLES W., horn April 11, 1836, in Maryland, died in Sangamon county in his third year.
SAMUEL T. born July 6, 183S, in Maryland, died in Sangamon county in his fourteenth year.
CHARLES H., born Jan. 19, 1842, in Sangamon county. He was a medical student, but laid aside his books in Aug., IS62, and enlisted in Co. -. 114th Ill. Inf. He was placed in charge of a medi- cal dispensary for the regiment, and later, of a hospital, served until the close of the war, when he was honor- ably discharged, attended MeDowell College at St. Louis, and graduated there. He was married in Logan county to Eliza- beth Dalbey. They have two children, CHARLES ELMER and WILLIAM ASBURY. Dr. Norred commenced practice at Dawson, but removed to Mid- dletown, Logan county, where he now resides.
Mrs. Elizabeth E. Norred died Sept. 1, 1843, in Sangamon county, and William Norred was married in 1845, in Loudon county, Va., to Mary Ann Daneil, who was born in that county, April 22, 1820. She died Oct. 21, IS51, leaving one child-
JOHN W., born June 17, 1847, in Sangamon county. He married Mary Richardson, and lives in Middletown, Logan county, Illinois.
William Norred was married Dec. IS, 1853, in Sangamon county, to Mrs. Mar- tha Dowdall, whose maiden name was Enlow, a native of Washington county," Pa. She has one child by her first mar- riage, Silas R. Dowdall. Mr. and Mrs. Norred have four children-
FENTON M., LAURETTA, MARY E. and ELIZABETH C., and reside half a mile northwest of Daw- son, Sangamon county, Illinois.
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NORRIS, AQUILLA, was born Jan. 1, 1776, near Baltimore, Md. He was there married to Eleanor Norris. They had eight children in Maryland, three of whom died young, and Edward, the eldest, died there Aug. 30, IS30, aged nineteen years. The parents, with four children, came to Sangamon county, ar- riving in Round Prairie, six miles east of Springfield, in April, 1835. Of their four children-
GAMES L., born July IS, IS13, in Maryland, married in Sangamon county, Oct. 17, IS41, to Sarah E. Cole. They had one living child, PRISCILLA, who married Jesse Estes, has five children, and lives in Winchester, Scott county, Illi- nois. James L. Norris and wife live near Cotton Hill Postoffice, Sangamon county, Illinois.
JOHN, born Oct. 17, 1814, in Mary- land, married in Sangamon county, Oct. 17, IS41, to Mary W. Cole. The two brothers and sisters were married by the same ceremony. John Norris was a sol- dier in the Springfield Cadets, was on duty at Nauvoo, in the Mormon war, and was shot dead accidentally, Sept. 28, IS44. His widow married John Fagan. See his name.
PRISCILLA, born Aug. 19, 1820, in Baltimore, Md., was married in Sanga- mon county to Gershom Keyes. See his name.
MARY A., born Feb. 3, 1822, in Mary- land , married to Bedford W. Higgins. See this name.
Mrs. Eleanor Norris died Oct. 28, IS52, and Aquilla Norris died March 4, 1856, both in Sangamon county, Illinois.
NORRIS, ELIZABETH, was born March 22, 1776, near Baltimore, Maryland. She was sister to Mrs. El- eanor Norris. She died Dec. 20, 1872, in Springfield, at the house of A. R. Robin- son. She was nearly ninety-six years of age, and never married.
NORTH, JOHN, born Nov. 22, 1806, near the village of Bent creek, on James river, Buckingham county, Va. His grandfather, Richard North, was born in England, and trained to the busi- ness of a cutler. He came to America, and worked at his business at Bent creek. His wife's maiden name was Thornton, but whether they were married in Eng- land or America is unknown to their de-
scendants. Their third son, Peter, born in Virginia, was married there to Eliza- beth Franklin, a daughter of Robert Franklin, of Campbell county, Va. Peter North was a soldier from Virginia in the war with England in 1Sr2. In IS19 or '20 he moved to Jefferson county, near Dandridge, Tenn., taking with him six children. The second son, John, whose name heads this sketch, was there married, Sept. 22, 1S28, to Anna Giger, who was born Nov. 4, 1So7, in that coun- ty. They came to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving April 12, 1829, in what is now Cooper township, north of Sangamon river, where they had four living child- ren. Of their children-
BENG. HOUSTON, born Nov. 19, IS32, in Sangamon county, married Nov. 15, 1855, to Minerva A. F. Miller, who was born May 18, IS36, in Loudon coun- ty, Va. They have three children, JOHN H., MARY A. and ALMEDA S., and live in Cooper township, San- gamon county, Ilinois. .
HARVEY N., born Jan. 26, IS35, married Nov. 13, 1856, to Sarah E. Pra- ther. They have four children, TONY, EMERY, CLYDE and PETER, and live in Christian county, four miles north- east of Breckenridge, Sangamon county, Illinois.
JOHN W., born Nov. 9, IS37, in Sangamon county. He enlisted August 7, 1862, in Co. A, 73d Ill. Inf., for three years, was captured Sept. 20, 1863, at the battle of Chickamauga, taken to Rich- mond, Va., was one month in Libby prison, thence to Danville, Va., thence to Andersonville, Ga., arriving at that prison pen March 20, 1864, where he remained to Dec., 1864. He was then taken to Charleston, S. C., where he spent six weeks in prison, thence to Florence, S. C., where he was released on parole, and started from Wilmington, N. C., March 4, IS65, for home, via Annapolis, Md., and reached home March 17, IS65, and was honorably discharged. John L. Hesser, relating his prison experience, speaks of John W. North as "a' man of peculiar form or stature, six feet four inches in height, two hundred and ten pounds in weight, and a heart in proportion. In Andersonville he generally went by the name of The Infant. He was very kind and obliging to all the sick and weakly
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