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souls; never allowed any imposition on those poor, feeble forms who were not able to defend themselves. We lived as two brothers, commingled our sorrows together for eighteen dreary months, never were separated but one night during our imprisonment. * * * Lived through all the trying and heart-rending scenes of the many kinds of disease and death, where so many more died than lived, astonished that even one could live." John W. North was married March S, 1866, to Maria MeDaniel. They had three children, LOU IDA, ANN ELIZABETH and GERTIE LEE, and live two and a half miles south of Me- chaniesburg, Illinois.
ANDREW Y., born March 18, 1841, died April 26, 1857.
Mrs. Anna North died Feb. 24, 1844, and John North was married Sept. 19, 1844, to Susannah Eckel. They had six children; all died under five years. Mrs. Snsannah North died July 1, 1855, and John North was married Feb. 19, 1856, to Mrs. Amelia Woodruff, who had pre- viously been Mrs. West, and whose maiden name was Taylor. They had four children, PETER F. died in his second year. ROBERT F., born Mar. 31, 1859, EDWARD E., born Jan. 14, 1861, and PERMELIA A., born Jan. 24, 1864. John North resides on the farm where he settled in 1829, three miles south of Mechanicsburg, Sangamon county, Illinois.
NORTH, ROBERT, was born in Oct., 1814, in Buckingham county, Va., and taken by his parents to Jefferson county, Tenn., when he was a boy. He came to Sangamon county with his brother, John North, who had been back to Tennessee. They arrived in Sept., 1832, in what is now Cooper township. Robert North was married in Sangamon county March 29, 1838, to America Schmick. She was born Feb. 10, 1816, in Lincoln county, Ky., and came to San- gamon county in company with her mother, brother-in-law-John Clemons, one brother, two sisters and two nephews, arriving in the fall of 1829, and settled three miles south of Springfield. Robert North and wife had six living children in Sangamon county. Of their children-
They have two children, WILLIAM R. and SUSAN E., and reside two miles southwest of Clarksville, or Berry station, Sangamon county, Illinois.
MARY A., born Dec. 31, 1842, mar- ried Sept. 10, 1863, to William F. Herrin. See his name. They had five children, BELLE N., JAMES E., CHARLES F., BURT A., and CARRIE F. BURT A. died May 7, 1876.
SARAH f., born Nov. 17, [8], married May 22, 1862, to David C. Her- rin. Sce his name. They had five children, ROBERT E., JAMES W., GEORGE E., DAVID A. and JESSIE LEE; the youngest died Jan. 23, 1875.
CHRISTIANA, born July 17, 1849, lives with her parents.
ALBERT, born April 7, 1854, mar- ried Dec. 31, 1873, to Mary A. Lord, who was born Jan. 10, 1852, in Sangamon county. They live three-fourths of a mile east of Clarksville, Sangamon county, Illinois.
LAURA F., born Nov. 7, 1859, lives with her parents.
Robert North and wife reside two miles northeast of Berry station or Clarks- ville, Sangamon county, Illinois. He is one of the most extensive farmers in Sangamon county.
NOTTINGHAM, JONA- THAN, was born Sept. 25, ISOS, in Cape May county, New Jersey. Clark Nottingham emigrated from England, and settled in Delaware, about 1760. He moved to New Jersey soon after the Revo- lution, and raised a family. His son Jona- than was Colonel of a New Jersey regi- ment in the war of ISI2. He was there married, and was the father of the subject of this sketch. Jonathan Nottingham num- ber two was married, Jan. 30, 1831, to Han- nah Smith, who was born July 10, 1So7, in the same county. They had four children in New Jersey, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in Oct., 1837, and stopped south of Richland creek, where they lived two years, and in the spring of 1840 moved to a farm he had purchased, two and one-half miles northwest of Pleasant Plains. Seven children were born in Sangamon county. Of their children-
REUBEN L., born Dec. 14, 1832, in New Jersey, married Lutheria Hubbard.
JOHN W., born May 4, 1840, mar- ried Feb. 23, 1865, to Mary E. Troxell. . He enlisted, Aug. S, 1863, for three
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years, in Co. - , IOIst Ill. Inf., and died of disease, at Cairo, Ill., Dec., 1863.
JOHN, born in New Jersey, married Mary A. Corson, have three children, and live in Menard county.
ABIGAH S., born in New Jersey, married Mary Eaton, and lives near Pleasant Plains.
FRANCIS A., born June 22, 1837, in New Jersey, raised in Sangamon coun- ty, went to Pike's Peak, in IS58, and now lives in Mendocino county, Cali- fornia.
RACHEL, born in Sangamon county, married Reuben Corson, have four child- ren, and live in Menard county, Illinois.
ALMARIN, born March 31, IS40, in Sangamon county. Served three years in the Ist Oregon Cavalry, and was honor- ably discharged. He is a stock dealer at Oskaloosa, Kansas.
CLARKE, born Feb. 26, 1842, in Sangamon county, married in Dayton, Ohio, in May, 1873, to Annie Christian, and lives two and one-half miles north- west of Pleasant Plains, Illinois.
JANE, born Oct. 29, 1843, in Sanga- mon county, married Henry K. Hoff, has three children, and lives in Golden City, Colorado.
JAMES S., horn Jan. 17, 1845. Served three months in Co. I, 7Ist IIl. Inf., and is now-1873-an attorney at Silver City, New Mexico.
ELIZABETH, born Jan. 22, 1847, married Alexander Higgins. See his name.
CHARLES W., born June 29, 1848, in Sangamon county, married March 26, 1873, to Georgia Pellet, and lives near Pleasant Plains, Illinois.
Mrs. Hannah Nottingham died July 9, 1850, and Jonathan Nottingham was mar- ried, Aug., 1852, in Cape May county, N. J., to Mrs. Mary A. Townsend, whose maiden name was Sutton. Jonathan Not- tingham resides on the farm where he settled in 1840, two miles northwest of Pleasant Plains, Sangamon county, Illi- nois.
NUCKOLLS, JAMES, was born Jan. 5, 1777, in Botetourt county, Va., and the family moving to Grayson county, same State, he was there married Jan. 5, 1804, to Janey Swift, who was born March 2, 1781, in that county. They had six children in Virginia, and in
ISIS moved to Madison county, Illinois, where they had one child, and moved to what became Sangamon county, arriving in 1820, in what is now Auburn town- ship, where they had one child. Of their children-
CHARLES D., born March 2, 1805, in Grayson county, Va., was married March 10, IS32, in Sangamon county, to Mary Wilson, who was born Jan. 3, 1812, in Buncombe county, N. C. They had eight children in Sangamon county. MARGARET J., born March 19, 1833, married Richard Ricks, and both died, leaving one child, MANFORD J. THOM- AS J., born Dec. 6, 1834, was married Jan. 19, 1871, to Martha A. Brunk. They have three children, LILLY JANE, LUCY M. and GEORGE T; the latter died Feb. IO, 1876. T. J. Nuckolls lives in Auburn township, near where his grandfather settled in IS20. JAMES M., born Dec. 28, 1836, married Nancy Drennan, and died August 24, 1866, leaving one child, LAURA MAY, who lives with her mother. Mrs. Nancy Nuckolls married James M. Bennington. See his name .. JOHN W., born March 30, 1838, married Louisa Pyle. They have three children, MARY M., CHARLES F. and MILLY ANN, and live four miles west of Pawnee, Ill. GEORGE W., born April 23, 1843, lives with his mother. MARY E., born Sept. 28, 1845, married William R. Lockridge. See his name. CHARLES Wm., born May 27, 1848, married Margaret J. Moore. They have one child, MINNIE, and live six miles east of Auburn, Illinois. Charles D. Nuckolls was a farmer and builder in early life. In the early settlement of Springfield he was engaged in the leather business. He purchased a lot at the southeast corner of Sixth and Washington streets for twelve dollars, and several years later sold it to Sangamon county for twelve hundred dollars. A court house was built on it, which was occupied as such from 1845 to 1876. Late in life Mr. C. D. Nuckolls studied medicine, and graduated in 1856, at McDowell College, St. Louis, Mo. He practiced several years, and died Nov. 19, 1865. His widow lives four miles east of Auburn.
THOMAS f., born Oct. 12, 1806, in Virginia, died in Madison county, LIl., aged fourteen years.
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MARY, born Jan. 6, ISog, in Grayson county, Va., was married in Sangamon county, Ill., to Alfred Curry, who died, and she married Jesse Elgin. They live in Pana, Illinois.
MARGARET, born April 2, IS11, in Virginia, was married in Sangamon county, to James Wilson, and died. See his name.
MARTHA, born Feb. 20, 1813, in Grayson county, Va., was married in Sangamon county to Noah Mason. See his name.
JAMES M., born March 11, 1815, died in his sixth year.
JOHN, born March 24, 1817, in Gray- son county, Va., was married in Sanga- mon county, Ill., to Elizabeth Ricks. They had one child, MYRA J., who died, aged seventeen years. Mrs. Eliza- beth Nuckolls died, and John Nuckolls married Adaline Rice, and lives at the family homestead settled by his father in 1820, four miles east of Auburn.
JANE, born Oct. 11, 1819, in Madi- son county, Ill., was married in Sanga- mon county to John Milton Lockridge. See his name.
ANN, born August 23, 1822, in San- gamon county, was married there, in 1843, to William Graham. He was drowned in July, 1844, while attempting to cross a stream of water in Christian county. His widow was married July 30, 1849, to Thomas P. Bond, who was born July 11, 1812, in Burton county, N. C., raised in Kentucky, came to Montgomery county, Illinois, in 1835. In 1839, he, in company with G. R. Jernigan and Wm. S. Ricks, circulated a petition, obtained the requisite number of signatures, and Mr. Bond took it to Vandalia, presented it to the legislature, and secured the pas- sage of the law creating Dane county, which was afterwards changed to Chris- tian county. In 1848 he was elected to fill an unexpired term as county clerk, and then to a full term; was elected in IS68 to an unexpired term as county treasurer, and then to a full term. Thomas P. Bond acquired the title of Col mel by being elected to that position in the State Militia in IS40. Mr. Bond has two daughters by a former marriage, both married. One resides in Nebraska, the other at Fairplay, Park county, Col.
Thomas P. Bond and wife reside in Tay- lorville, Christian county, Illinois.
Mrs. Janey Nuckolls died June 15, IS36, and James Nuckolls dicd Sept. 15, 1859, both on the farm where they settled in 1820. It is five miles east of Auburn.
NUCKOLLS, JOHN, born March, 1781, in Hanover county, Va., was married March 10, 1So9, in Grayson county, Va., to Ann Collins, who was born Dec. 11, 1786, in North Carolina. They had ten children, three of whom died young. They moved with five chil- dren to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in 1826, in what is now Auburn township, where his brother James had settled six years before. They had two children in Sangamon county. Of their seven child- ren-
CLARK, born Feb. 22, 1811, in Gray- son county, Va., was married in Sanga- mon county April 30, 1835, to Orlena Shellhouse. Clark Nuckolls died Oct. 5, IS54, in Christian county.
MATILDA, born Nov. 16, 1813, in Grayson county, Va., was married Dec. 18, 1834, in Sangamon county, to Irvin S. Pulliam. See his name.
MARTHA, born July 3, 1819, in Grayson county, Va., was married March, 1844, in Sangamon county, to Willis Shellhouse. See his name.
CHARLES, born Dec. 11, 1822, in Grayson county, Va., was married in Sangamon county Aug. 29, 1849, to Cas- sandra Clayton, who was born Feb. S, 1832. They had three children, AMAN- DA E., "M." and EMILY J. Mrs. Cassaranda Nuckolls was killed by light- ning May 25, 1858. Charles Nuckolls was married Oct. 19, 185S, to Susan Baker, who was born Jan., 1832, in Bertie county, North Carolina, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., in 1850. They have seven children, CHARLES S., JOHN H., SARAH N., JAMES A., LYDIA M., ROBERT J. and WIL- LIAM W. Charles Nuckolls and family reside near Auburn, Illinois.
JAMES D., born Dec. 22, 1824, in Grayson county, Va., was married in Sangamon county March 22, 1849, to Lydia Easley. They had six children, JOHN W., JAMES M., THOMAS J., EMMA A., WARHAM E. and CHARLES D. Mrs. Lydia Nuckolls died in Missouri, and J. D. Nuckolls was
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married June 16, 1870, to Louisa J. Vo- shell. They have one child, LYDIA A., and reside near Auburn, Illinois.
JANE, born Jan. 2, 1828, in Sanga- mon county, was married there March 26, 1846, to James Blount, who was born Aug. 8, IS22, in Tennessee. They had three children: JOHN, born Dec. 25, 1849, in Sangamon county, and JAMES H., born Jan. 22, 1851, in Sangamon county, both live in Edinburg; IDA M., born March 28, 1857, was married April 7, 1874, to Thomas Bell, who was born April 5, 1841, in Champaign county, Ohio. They live in Edinburg, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. Blount reside in Edinburg, Christian county, Illinois.
AMANDA, born Oct. 16, 1831, in Sangamon county, married Samuel Davidson. See his name.
John Nuckolls died Aug. 2, 1844, in Sangamon county, and his widow, Mrs. Ann Nuckolls, resides with her children in Ball and Pawnee township. She is in her ninetieth year, and enjoys excellent health-March, 1876.
OGDEN .- Two brothers, John and Joseph Ogden, were born and married in Maryland. John moved to Logan coun- ty, Ky., and raised a family there. Sev- eral years later, Joseph died in Maryland. John moved the family of his brother Joseph to Grayson county, Ky. John's daughter-
SARAH, married Nathaniel Rames. See his name.
Joseph's son-
OGDEN, ZACHARIAH, was born Nov. 11, 1794, near Frederick City, St. Mary's county, Maryland. His father died there when he was quite young, and his mother moved to Washington county, Kentucky. Zachariah was married, in 1815, in Grayson county, to Elizabeth Peerce. They had six children in Ken- tucky, and the family moved to Sanga- mon county, Ill., arriving Oct 13, 1827, in what is now Ball township, where they had five children. Of their children-
MELINDA, born in Kentucky, mar- ried in Sangamon county to Stephen Gatton. They had two children, and the whole family died.
WINNIE, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to James Clark. They have eleven children, and live in Decatur county, Iowa.
GAMES, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Jane Ogden. They had six children in Sangamon county, four of whom died, namely: ELIZABETH, at seventeen; MARY A., at two; SARAH M., in infancy, and ZACHARIAH P., in his thirteenth year. JAMES WM. and JOSEPH RAMES live with their father. Mrs. Jane Ogden died May 28, 1869, and James Ogden lives one and one-quarter miles southwest of Pawnee, Illinois.
WILLIAM L., born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Eliza J. Davis, who died, Jan., IS42, leaving one child. He married Lucy Durbin. They had six children. Mr. Ogden died, May 1, 1858, and Mrs. Ogden died, June 9, 1869, and all the children are dead except three. MIRANDA I. lives with her uncle, J. B. Ogden. ELIZABETH A. lives with J. T. Burtle, Sen., and MAR - GARET M. with her uncle, James Og- den.
JOSEPH B., born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Mary E. Brawner. They had five living children. MARY M. married James Shively, has one child, DORA, and lives in Pawnee township. BETTANEY E., JAMES W., ANN E. and SARAH M. live with their parents, one mile southwest of Paw- nee, Illinois.
JOHN C., born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Minerva J. Clay- ton. He died, July, 1850, leaving a widow and one child, JAMES HARDIN. The widow married, and lives in Missouri.
SARAH, born in Sangamon county, in IS2S, died Aug., 1835.
FRANCIS M., born in 1830, in San- gamon county, married Elizabeth Durbin. They had two children, ZACHARIAH and JAMES M. Mrs. Ogden died, and he married Maria Riney, has four child- ren, SUSAN E., EDNA F., GER- TRUDE I. and FANNIE B., and live four miles southeast of Pawnee, Illinois.
ELIZABETH E., horn in Sanga- mon county, married James Durbin, who died, leaving a widow and one child, MARGARET J., who married James
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Rincy, and lives four miles south of Paw- nee, Illinois.
MARY f. died, aged sixteen, and SARAH M. died, aged five years.
Mrs. Elizabeth Ogden died, October 4, 1858, and Zachariah Ogden died Aug. 4, 1869, and were both buried at St. Bernard Catholic church, Sangamon county, Illi- nois.
O'NEAL, SAMUEL, was born Oct. HI, ISII, in Kentucky, and came to Sangamon county, Ill., when he was a young man. He married three times, and his wives all died. His son-
JAMES HENRY, disappeared very mysteriously. He left a wife, but no children. After the death of his father, advertisements were kept in the papers for two years, in order to ascertain where he was, that he might obtain his propor- tion of his father's estate. At the end of that time, his debts were paid from it, and the remainder divided among the other heirs. Samuel O'Neal's daughter-
SARAH, married Jan. 6, 1862, to Charles H. Willison. She died May S, 1864, leaving one child, MARY E., who lives with her father. He married Sarah J. Henkle. See Jacob Henkle.
. Samuel O'Neal was married June 5, 1847, to Lucy Scott. They had six child- ren, four of whom died under eleven years. Of the other two-
MINERIA E., born Aug. 25, 1854, and
WILLIAM F., born June 15, 1862, live with their mother.
Samuel O'Neal died in 1863, and his widow and children reside in Ball town- ship, four miles southeast of Chatham, Illinois.
ORGAN, MICAJAH, was born Sept. 14, 1793, near Nicholasville, Jes- samine county, Kentucky. He was mar- ried Dec. 18, 1817, to Susannah Don- ner, a sister of George and Jacob Donner. They had five children in Kentucky, one of whom, WILLIAM R., died at cight years of age. The family moved to San- gamon connty, Ill., arriving in the autumn of 1828, on German Prairie, five miles northeast of Springfield, and in 1829 moved to what is now Auburn township, where they had six living children. Ôf their children-
GEORGE L., born Dec. 29, 1820, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county
to Mary Foster. They had five children, MINERVA J., SARAH F., WIL- LIAM, IDA and LESLIE. Mrs. Mary Organ died, and he married Mrs. Wyatt, whose maiden name was Jacobs. They have one child, EFFIE M., and live in Virden, Illinois.
ATHA, born April. 7, 1823, in Ken- tucky, married in Sangamon county to Elijah A. West. See his name.
HEZEKIAH B., born April 1, 1825, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon coun- ty to Catharine A. Gates. They have three children, DAVID, ANDREW and GEORGE A., and live five miles south- west of Auburn, Illinois.
SUSAN, born Jan. 25, 1827, in Ken- tucky, married to David H. Patton. See his name.
DANIEL F., born April 16, 1829, in Sangamon county, Illinois, married Eliza- beth Kossner, have five children, CHARLES, WILLIAM, MICAJAH, ATHA M. and FRANK, and live near Longton, Elk county, Kansas.
FORDAN S., born August 16, 1832, in Sangamon county, married Margaret ret C. Wineman, daughter of Philip Wineman. They have two children, IVY JANE and LELIA GRACE. Jordan S. Organ has for several years represented Auburn township in the Board of Supervisors of Sangamon coun- ty. He resides two miles south of Auburn, Sangamon county, Illinois.
THOMAS H., born Dec. 11, 1834, in Sangamon county, married Hannah J. Brown. They have six children, WAL- TER, CHARLES S., SUE A., JEN- NIE M., MILLIE and DAISEY, and reside in Pontiac, Livingston county, Illi- nois.
ELIZABETH T., born Oct. 15, 1837, in Sangamon county, died unmar- ried.
SARILDA and SARENA, twins, born Dec. 29, 1839, in Sangamon county.
SARILDA married Edgar Cincebox, have two children, EDGAR S. and HETTIE D., and reside in Virden, Illi- nois.
SARENA married George C. Houch- ens, have one child, SARENA L., and reside in Springfield, Illinois.
Mrs. Susannah Organ died March 3, 1866, and Micajah Organ died March 27, 1867, both in Sangamon county, Illinois.
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OPDYCKE, STACY B., born Jan. 1, 1795, at New Castle, New Jersey, learned the trade of a carpenter there, and went to K:skaskia, Ill., in 1816, walking nearly the whole distance. He was mar- ried in Kaskaskia, April 25, 1833, to Hannah G. Griffith, who was born Feb. II, 1804, in Pennsylvania. She was a daughter of Dr. Thomas Griffith, of Tazewell county, Ill., and sister of Mrs. Charlotte Pricket, of Springfield, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. Opdycke moved from Kaskaskia, Randolph county, to Chester, in the same county, where they had one child, and from there to Springfield, III., in 1835, where three children were born, two of whom died young. Of their two children-
CHARLOTTE, born March 19 1835, was married in Springfield, Ill., to John D. Keedy. See his name.
THOMAS G., born April 9, 1847, died in Nov., 1864, in Springfield.
Stacy B. Opdycke was engaged in porkpacking with James L. Lamb for several years, and was afterwards mer- chandizing with Tinsley & Fonday.
Mrs. Hannah G. Opdycke died Oct. 9, IS47, and Stacy B. Opdycke died June 18, IS58, both in Springfield, Illinois.
OVERSTREET, JOHN, was born in 1784 or '5, in Bedford county, Va. His father, John Overstreet, was born in 1758, in the same county, and was a sol- dier in the Revolutionary army during the whole seven years war for Indepen- dence. In 1783 he was married to Nancy Dabney. They had four children in Bed- ford county, and moved to Cabell county, West Virginia, and died there. His son, whose name heads this sketch, was mar- ried in Cabell county to Susan Roberts. He became a soldier in the war with Eng- land, in 1812. While in the army, he heard that his wife had been killed by Indians, and soon after was himself cap- tured by Indians. Not long after his cap- ture the Indians were preparing to burn him alive, and while doing so one of their number offered him such a gross insult that he knocked the savage down and he fell in the fire prepared to burn his victim. This act of brave daring in the face of death, inspired the other Indians with re- spect, and a feeling that he was too noble to be thus treated, and they saved his life. He was next sold and taken to Canada,
where he fell into the hands of white men, with whom he was retained for a few years in rather easy restraint, and by the time he had gained his liberty, he had formed at- tachments, and married there. One child was born, and the wife and child died. Finding himself once more alone in the world, a yearning desire for the scenes of his younger days sprang up, and he re- turned to Cabell county, Virginia. He paid his first visit to the old cabin where he had spent the years of his early mar- ried life. Seeing the smoke curling up from the chimney, he sauntered, half dreamily, to the door, and without having framed any excuse for his visit he knocked at the door, and after a short pause it turn- ed on its rude wooden hinges, and the wife of his youth stood before him! Having long before given him up for dead, his sudden appearance in bodily form was more than she could bear, and she sunk in a swoon. Mr. Overstreet soon discov- ered that she had another husband, and when she revived, the three held a coun- cil. The two husbands agreed to leave it for her to say which should be her hus- band, each giving his word that if he was rejected, he would go away and offer no annoyance to the favored one. She de- cided to retain her first love. The reject- ed husband, true to his word, bade them adien, disappeared, and they never heard of him again. Mr. and Mrs. Overstreet came to Sangamon county, in 1819, and settled not far from where Athens now stands. A few years later, being a mill- wright, he built a horse mill at Athens, manufactured flour, loaded a small flat boat, in the Sangamon river, and with two brothers, Jesse G. and David Hurt, floated down the Sangamon into the Illinois, thence to the Mississippi river, and down that stream to New Orleans. The trip was a successful one, but Mr. Overstreet died in New Orleans, in 1835. The two brothers started home, and David died at the mouth of the Ohio river. Jesse G. Hurt, the only survivor, is yet living, and resides in Menard county. He married a niece of Mr. Overstreet. See name of Dabnay Overstreet. Mr. Overstreet was for several years a local preacher in the M. E. church. His widow died in Athens in 1869, in her seventy-fourth year.
OVERSTREET, DABNEY, brother to John, was born about 1786 in
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Bedford county, Va., and married in Greenbrier county to Jennie Rogers. They had seven children in Virginia, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in 1830, where seven children were born. Of their children, I can give the sketches of two, only-
NELLIE, born in Virginia, married in Illinois to Jesse G. Hurt. They had eleven children, and she died. Mr. Hurt and the children live near Athens, Me- nard county, Illinois.
FOHN, born Oct. 10, 1819, in Cabell county, West Virginia, married May II, 1839, in Sangamon county, to Rachel Cantrall. They had four living children. LOUISA J., born May 11, 1841, in San- gamon county, married Henry F. Shep- herd. See his name. JAMES W., born Feb. 5, 1844, married Mrs. Martha E. Dunlap. She had one child by her first marriage, JANE DUNLAP. They had three children, JENNIE, MARY and NELLIE -and live near Cantrall. ELIZABETH A., born June 13, 1848, married Dec. 5, 1866, to Sebastian B. Shepherd. See his name. JOHN T., born Nov. 15, 1851, married Dec. 21, 1872, to Maggie Brenan, and live in Ford county, Illinois. John Overstreet and wife reside two miles north of Cantrall, Sangamon county, Illi- nois-1874.
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