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Mr. Parkinson served as Justice of the Peace twelve years, by successive re- election from 1848. When the township organization was adopted, he was elected the first representative of Curran town- ship in the county Board of Supervisors, and was twice re-elected. Edward Robi- son was the 'Squire who solemnized the marriage. Sec his name.
PAINE, ENOCH, was born March 14, 1821, in Kaskaskia, Ill. The family moved from there to Macoupin Point, and to Springfield in 1835. His mother was a daughter of John Grosve- nor, a prominent early settler of Kaskas- kia. Enoch Paine learned the bookbind- ing business with Birchall & Johnson. He there helped to bind the work of the last session of the legislature at Vandalia. He continued in the employ of that house until 1859, which in that time changed to Johnson & Bradford. In IS60 Mr. Paine established a bindery for himself, and did the State binding for about ten years, working, at some times, forty hands. Enoch Paine was married in Springfield, March 14, 1843, to Emily Sholtz, who was born March 14, 1820, in Edwards-
ville, Ill. They had seven living child- ren, namely-
MARF A., born Oct. 19, 1845, resides with her parents.
LUCI A., born Jan. 4, 1847, married Oct. 17, 1871, in Springfield, to A. Judson Gunnell. They have one child, PEARL J., and reside at Moberly, Mo. He is locomotive engineer on the Northern Missouri Railroad.
ALICE F., born July 28, 1849, mar- ried Oct. 5, 1872, in Springfield, to Wil- liam Mosely. They have two children, GUY DeFOREST and VIDA P., and reside at Stonington, Ill. He is a mer- chant there.
RUFUS E., born Jan. 11, 1852, mar- ried in Springfield, May, 1873, to Emma Pride. They have one child, GRACE, and reside five miles northeast of Spring- field, on the farm.
LILLIE E., born Nov. 25, 1854, mar- ried June 16, 1873. in Springfield, to John L. Phillips, who was born Aug. 1, 1851, in Belleville, Ill. Mr. Phillips is foreman in the fournal job printing department, and resides in Springfield, Illinois.
JULIA E., born Jan. 23, 1857, grad- uated at the Springfield High School in 1874, and resides with her parents.
CLARA resides with her parents.
Enoch Paine and wife reside in Spring- field, Illinois.
During the rebellion Mr. Paine had charge of the manufacture of cartridges, working from two hundred and fifty to three hundred operatives. Cartridges made there cost only one-seventh of what they did at other places.
PARRISH, SAMUEL, was born June 22, 1809, in Franklin county, Ohio. He married Sarah Manning. They had three living children in Ohio. The family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1839, in what is now Gardner township, where six chil- dren were born. Of their children-
SYNDISA, born Dec. 23, 1831, in Franklin county, Ohio, was married Feb. 26, 1852, in Sangamon county, to William Wilson. They had three children, MARGARET A., MOLLIE, died in her tenth year, and CHARLES. Mr. Wilson died Dec. IS, 1864. His widow married May 31, 1866, to James L. Car- man. They have one child, CORA, and reside at Kenny, DeWitt county, III .-
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Dec., 1875. James L. Carman went from Salisbury, and enlisted in 1861, in Co. E, 14th Ill. Inf., for three years; re-enlisted as a veteran, Jan. 4, 1864, served to the end of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged, May 21, 1865.
CORNELIUS, born Jan,, 1836, in Ohio, died in Sangamon county, aged twenty-two years.
REBECCA, born. Feb., 1838, in Ohio, was married in Texas to John Byford, and resides at Springfield, Arkan- sas.
JAMES, born Dec., IS41, in Sanga- mon county, enlisted in Co. -. 114th Ill. Inf., in 1862, for three years. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Guntown, Miss., June, 1864, taken to Andersonville prison-pen, where he remained nine or ten months, was released, and died May 15, 1865, at Jacksonville, Florida.
SAMUEL, born May, 1843, in San- gamon county, enlisted in an Ill. Art. Co. for three years, re-enlisted as a vet- eran, and served to the end of the war. He was married in Tennessee to Jane Richardson. They have three children, JOSEPH, CHARLES and FLOR- ENCE. Samuel Parrish is Superinten- dent at the National Cemetery, at Fort Donnelson, Tenn .- 1874.
AMANDA, born Feb., 1845, in San- gamon county, married S. Neff. They had seven children, FRANKLIN E., JOHN S., FRANCES M., LUELLA, ROSCOE C., ANNA M. and another. They reside near Chinkapin Hill, Sanga- mon county, Illinois.
JOSEPH, born June, 1848, in . Sangamon county, married Eliza Rich- ardson. They have one child, and reside at Dover, Tenn.
CHARLES, born July, 1853, in San- gamon county, is unmarried, and lives in Arkansas,
Mrs. Sarah Parish died Dec., 1861, and Samuel Parish married Mrs. Mahala Legget. He died May, 28, 1873, in Springfield. Mr. P. is believed to have chopped more timber than any other man in Sangamon county.
PASFIELD, GEORGE, was born October, 1792, in London, England. His parents came to America when he was a child and settled in Philadelphia, where they both soon died of yellow fever, leaving their son George without a
relative in America. By his own exer- tions, he obtained a good practical educa- tion, and learned a trade which he did not long pursue, and afterwards went to Ma- tanzas, Cuba, as agent for a shipping house. He remained there some time, but the climate not agreeing with him, returned to Philadelphia, where he invest- ed in real estate, and bought an interest in a nail mill. The results were unfortunate. He came to Cincinnati, about 1817, and engaged in shipping pork and flour from that point and Louisville, on flat boats, for New Orleans. Later he established him- self in the grocery business, at Paris, Bourbon county, Ky., and continued packing pork and shipping. He was married in Paris, Jan. 5, IS21, to Mary Forden, sister of John Forden. See his name. She was born Oct. 22, 1805, in Hagerstown, Md. Mr. and Mrs. Pas- field moved to Springfield, Ill., in the spring of 1821, where one child-
GEORGE, was born Nov. 30, 1831. He studied medecine, and graduated at St. Louis Medical College, in the class of IS55-'6. Dr. George Pasfield was mar- ried Sept. 19, 1866, at Mechanicsburg, Ill., to Hathaway Pickrell. They have two children, EMMA and GEORGE L., and live in Springfield, Ill. Dr. Pas- field is not practicing his profession.
George Pasfield was an enterprising and successful merchant, and was a mem- ber of the town board of Springfield be- fore the city organization. He was one of the signers of the fifty thousand dollar note to secure the location of the capital at Springfield, and was one of the first to commence business on the State House square, doing much in the way of building to improve the city. He died, Nov. 9, 1869, and his widow lives with her son, Dr. George Pasfield, in Springfield, Illinois.
PATTON, JAMES, born Mch. 17, 1791, in the city of Baltimore, Md. When a child, his parents moved to Stan- ton, Va., and from there to Clark county, Ky., in 1798. There James was appren- ticed to the tanning business, and in 1SoS the family moved to Christian county, where he joined them in 1810, having fin- ished his apprenticeship. James Patton and Polly Husband were there married, April, 1815. They had three children in Kentucky, and moved to what became
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Sangamon county, Ill., arriving October, 1820, in what is now Auburn township, where two children were born. Of their five children-
WILLIAM M., born March 10, 1816, in Christian county, Ky., married in San- gamon county to Elizabeth A. Moore. They had three children. JAMES W., born Feb. 15, 1840, in Sangamon county, was married there, Dec. S, 1869, to Fran- cine E. Lanphier. They had three chil- dren-LANPHIER M. died Sept. 9. 1874. WILLIAM L. and JAMES M. live with their parents. James W. Patton studied law with Hay & Cullom, and was admitted to practice in 1861. He was elected in 1864 to represent Sangamon and Logan coun- ties in the Illinois State Legislature. He has associated with him his brother-in-law, John C. Lanphier, in the practice of law, in Springfield, Ill., and resides there. MATHEW, Jun., born Aug. 22, IS41, in Sangamon county, was married Tune 7, 1876, near Virden, to Barbara A. Rauch. See Rauch family. Mr. and Mrs. Mathew Patton live in Chicago, Illinois. JULIA A., born April 25, 1843, in San- gamon county, was married there, Jan- uary 5, 1870, to Basil Hill, who was born October 21, 1838, in Vanburens- burg, Fayette county, Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Hill moved to Missouri, Feb., 1870, and have one child, MATHEW M., born Dec. 28, 1870, and resides in Newtonia, Newton county, Mo. William M. Pat- ton died, Jan. 7, 1848. His widow resides in Auburn township, Sangamon county, Illinois.
REBECCA ANN, born Oct. 5, 1817, in Kentucky, married Elihu Stout. See his name. She died Sept. 21, 1852.
MATHE W, born March 14, 1819, in Kentucky, married Feb. 1, 1844, in San- gamon county, to Margaret J. McElvain. They had six children, namely: WIL- LIAM D., born Jan. 23, 1845, in Sanga- mon county, married Adaline M. Black. They had one child, MINNIE F. Mrs. Pat- ton died Jan. 26, 1875, and W. D. Patton was married Feb. 16, 1876, to Caddie A. Jones. He is a druggist, and resides in Auburn, Illinois. MARY E. died, aged three years. ELIZABETH, born in Sangamon county, married James Fletch- er. They are without children, and re- side three miles southwest of Auburn, Ill. JAMES SAMUEL, CHARLES
M., ROBERT H. and MARGARET S. reside with their father. Mrs. Marga- J. Patton died May 2, 1865, and Matthew Patton was married Jan. 23, 1867, to Sarah J. Mackey. They reside in Au- burn, Sangamon county, Illinois.
ELIZABTH, born April 15, 1821, in Sangamon county, married March 5, 1845, to William Orr, and died July 29, 1847.
DAVID H., born April 19, 1824, in Sangamon county, was married March 4, 1846, to Susan Organ. They have six children -SUSAN A. married William Moomaw. They have one child, ADA, and live in Auburn township. WIL- LIAM, born April 21, 1850, in Sanga- mon county, was married Feb. 4, 1873, to Sarah Jane Savage. They have one child, WILLIE, and live in Auburn, Ill. MATTHEW DANIEL, BENJAMIN F., BETTIE O. and MARGARET F. live with their parents. David H. Patton resides on the farm where his father set- tled in 1820, three miles southeast of Au- burn, Illinois.
Mrs. Polly Patton died Feb. 15, 1844, and James Patton was married in 1846 to Mrs. Lettie Nifong, who died Feb. 6, 1856, and he was married Aug. 1, 1865, to Mrs. Elizabeth Gregory. She died June 23, 1875, and James Patton resides where he settled in 1820, four miles southeast of Auburn. He has always been known as Col. Patton, a title he acquired in connection with carly military training in the county. He established a tannery soon after he settled in the coun- ty, and supplied the early settlers with leather for many miles around. The
nearest mill to him at the time he settled there was at Edwardsville, sixty miles south. He was in better circumstances than most of the early settlers, and when he saw a family laboring under disadvan- tages, he interested himself in their wel- fare, and assisted them in many ways. Noah Mason, of Springfield, speaking of their early experience in the new country, says, "My father found a true friend in the now venerable Col. James Patton, which lasted to the end of his life, and is gratefully remembered by his de- scendants."
PATRICK, JOHN H., was born Nov. 1, 1789, in Clarke county, Ky., mar- ried Jane Foster. They had three child. ren, and Mr. Patrick died while on busi
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ness in the State of Mississippi. His widow married John Armstrong, and they moved, with her three children, in company with her brother, George Fos- ter, to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1827, in what is now Loami township. Of the three Patrick child- ren-
SOPHIA, born in Kentucky, in 1813, married in 1828, in Sangamon county, to William Easley.
MARGARET F., born Jan. 5, 1815, in Kentucky, married Albartes Barger. See his name.
LAVICA, born in 1817, in Kentucky, married there to Joseph Burch, and lives in Lafayette county, Mo.
Mrs. Jane Armstrong died Ang. 27, 1870, in Macon county, Mo. Both her husbands were soldiers in 1812. She drew a pension to the end of her life as the widow of John Armstrong.
PAULEN, DEBOLD, was born March 25, 1800, in the village of Eingenheim, twelve miles nearly north of Strasburg, France, now Germany. He was there married to Margaret Walter, who was born Nov. 11, 1806, in the same province. They had one child in France, and emigrated to America, landing at New Orleans, Feb. 18, 1837. In the fall of that year the yellow fever raged as an epidemic in New Orleans. Of the one hundred and sixty-three passengers who came over in the ship with Mr. Paulen, all except thirty died. Mr. Paulen, his wife and child all had the disease, but es- caped death. Their money was gone, but they came up the Mississippi and Illi- nois rivers to Beardstown, Illinois, and from there by wagon to Sangamon coun- ty, arriving April 20, 1838, in what is now the southeast corner of Island Grove township. They had two children in Sangamon county. Of their three child- ren-
DEBOLD, fun., born Sept. 11, 1828, in Alsace, France, now Germany, came to Sangamon county in 1838 with his parents, married Jan. 26, 1854, to Alpha C. Rigg, who died without children, Jan. IS, 1856. Mr. Paulen was married Mar. 10, 1857, to Elizabeth McMurry. They have four children, namely: GEORGE R., MAR- GARET A., JACOB W. and JOHN LEW, and reside two and three-quarter
miles northwest of Curran, Sangamon county, Illinois.
JACOB W., born Sept. 8, 1839, in what is now Curran township, Sangamon county, enlisted in 1862, in Co. B, 130th Reg. Ill. Inf., was elected 2d Lieut. upon the organization of the company, served in the Vicksburg campaign in the 4th division of 15th Army Corps, was promoted to Ist Lieut. at DeCrow's Point, Texas, Feb. 21, 1864. He was taken prisoner in Gen. Bank's expedition, at the battle of Mansfield, La., April 8, 1864; was fourteen months a prisoner at Tyler, Texas, and released soon after the close of the rebellion. He was commissioned Capt. of Co. E, 130th Ill. Inf., after the war, for meritorious conduct, and was honor- ably discharged the latter part of June, 1865. He was married June 18, 1866, to Lucy B. Johnson, who was born near Frankfort, Ky., March 5, 1848. They had three children, namely: BENJ. R. S., born in De Witt county, Ill., July 14, 1869; LAURA E., born June 25, 1871; MINNIE M., born June 28, 1873. The two iatter near Fredonia, Wilson county, Kan., where Mr. Paulen and family re- side.
MARY F., born March 26, 1844, in . Sangamon county, married in the same county to Ebenezer F. Hatfield, who was born Dec. S, 1841, in Warren county, O., enlisted Sept. 10, 1861, in Co. A, 4th Ohio Cav., for three years. He was wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863, captured, and released ten days later; served his full time, and was honorably discharged. He now draws a pension. Mr. and Mrs. Hatfield have three children, EDWARD E., CHARLES C. and SILAS G., and re- side two miles west of Curran, Illinois.
Mrs. Margaret Paulen died April 7, 1863, in Sangamon county, and her hus- band resides with their son, Debold, Jun.
Debold Paulen was not out of Sanga- mon county from the time he came, in 1838, for thirty-two years. In 1870 he went to visit a brother and sister in Can- ada, whom he had not seen for forty years. He is now-1876-in his seventy-seventh year, teeth all sound, good health, and says he does not know of an ancestor dy- ing under eighty years.
PEACOCK, CALEB, was born Nov. 3, 1813, in Hardy county, Virginia.
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He came to Springfield, Ill., in the fall of IS36, and was married, Feb. 27, IS40, to Susannah Staey. She died July S, 1842. Mr. Peacock was married, Dec. 3, IS44, to Phobe Dill. They moved to Ply- mouth, Hancock county, in 1855, and re- turned in 1863. They have four living children, namely-
BENGAMIN F. married Rebecca J. Eades, and live in Auburn, Illinois.
MILLARD F., ALVA B. and SAMUEL E. live with their parents.
Caleb Peacock and family reside in Auburn, Sangamon county, Illinois.
PEASE, ABRAM, born July 22, 1791, in Martha's Vineyard, Dukes county, Mass. The ancestors of this fan- ily were from Wales, and came to America more than two hundred years ago, settling in Massachusetts. Abram Pease, whose name heads this sketch, went to the State of New York, when a young man, and was married there. Aug. IS, ISII, to Or- pha Southwiek. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, from Cayuga county, N. Y. Abram Pease and wife came to Sanga- mon county with the family of Jesse Southwick, arriving in ISIS in what is now Ball township. They had four chil- dren- .
DEXTER, born July 14, IS17, in New York, THEODORE, BRIGHAM and NANCY; the latter died August II, IS20.
Mrs. Orpha Pease died Feb. 22, 1820, in Sangamon county, and Abram Pease was married, June 21, IS27, in Sangamon county, to Dorotha Lathrop, who was born April 12, IS05, in New York. They had one living child-
SHAW, born April 23, IS28, in San- gamon county, was married July 6, IS51, in same county, to Amanda H. Pettus, who was born June 24, 1832, in Nicholas county, Ky., and came to Sangamon county with her father, Thomas P. Pet- tus, and her grandfather, George Bryan, of Bryan's station, Ky. Shaw Pease and wife have eight living children. LES- LIE T., born Aug. 5, 1852, in Sangamon county, studied medicine, and was mar- ried, May 9, 1875, to Mary L. Halsted, who was born Feb. 7, IS54, in Castile, Wyoming county, N. Y. Dr. Leslie T. Pease is practicing medicine at Blue Mound, Macon county Ill., and resides there. Of the other seven children-A.
JUDSON, FRANCIS W., IDA, LUEL- LA and LINCOLN, were born in Sanga- mon county, and GEOROE and CHAR- LES P. were born in Macon county, Ill. Hon. Shaw Pease was a farmer in Wood- side township, Sangamon county, until IS67, when he removed to the vicinity of Niantic, Macon county, where be now re- sides. He served one term as member of the Board of Supervisors of Macon county. In Nov., 1874, he was elected to the twenty-ninth district in the State Legislature for two years. Mr. Pease nor either of his sons chew tobacco, drink whisky or use profane language.
Mrs. Dorotha Pease died, Aug. 13, IS32, and Abram Pease died September I, 1843, both in Sangamon county, Illi- nois.
PENNY, HIRAM, was born Oet. 5, 1790, in North Carolina, and was taken, when quite young, by his parents to Pope county, Illinois. He was mar- ried in Kentucky, opposite where they lived in Illinois, to Catharine McHenry. They had five children in Pope county, and moved to Sangamon county, arriving in the fall of IS22, in what is now Cart- wright township, where they had four children. Of their children-
ALEXANDER, born March 1, IS15, in Pope county, Illinois, married in San- gamon county to Mary Archer. They had one child, WILLIAM H., who en- listed Sept. 18, 1862, for three years, in Co. F, 114th Ill. Inf., was captured at Guntown, Miss., June 10, 1864, and was starved to death in Andersonville prison. Alexander Penny married for a second wife, Elizabeth Hennings, and died, in Wilson county, Kansas, in 1870, leaving a widow and one child.
HENRY G., born May 22, 1817, married Louisa Hannahs, have two child- ren, and live in Carroll county, Mis- souri.
ELIZABETH 7., born March, IS19, died at eighteen years of age.
WILLIAM G., born Jan. 5, 1821, married Eleanor Duff, had six children, and he enlisted in an Illinois regiment, and died at Little Rock, Arkansas. His widow died, and his sons live in Webster county, Nebraska.
FEMIMA, born Sept. 11, 1822, mar- ried James Ross. They had two child- ren, and Mrs. Ross died. Mr. Ross was
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a soldier, and died in the Union army. Their son lives in Logan county, and their daughter in lowa.
SOLOMON A., born Sept. 15, IS24, in Sangamon county, married Polly Dun- can, had one child, and Mrs. Penny died. He moved to Kansas, married again, and died there.
CAROLINE, born Nov. 21, 182S, married Samuel Campbell. They have two children and live in Kansas.
HIRAM D., born Oct. 16, 1830, mar- ried Jane Irwin, who died, and he mar- ried Laura Graves, and lives in Wilson county, Kansas.
Hiram Penny died Dec. 10, 1852, in Sangamon county. His widow died April 30, 1873, in Wilson county, Kansas.
William Penny, the father of Hiram, was born in 1751, and was captain of a company from North Carolina in the Revolutionary army. He moved to Pope county, Ill., and from there to Sangamon county, and died, March 15, IS21, on Richland creek, in what is now Cart- wright township. He had two brothers, Solomon and Robert. Solomon married Jane Renshaw, raised a family, and died after leaving the county. Robert raised a family and died. His widow, more than ninety ycars old, lives with her daughter, Mrs. Abraham Freeman, in Springfield.
PELHAM, JOHN, was born July 14, 1So4, in Hamilton county, near Cincinnati, Ohio. Anna M. Judd was born Oct. 20, 1806, in Chenango county, near Oxford, N. Y. In ISIS her parents moved to Westport, Oldham county, Ky., and in IS21 moved to the vicinity of Shawneetown, Ill. In IS23 they moved up the Ohio river to Evansville, Ind. John Pelham and Anna M. Judd were there married, Jan. 23, 1827. They soon after went to St. Clair county, Ill., thence to Quincy, and from there to Sangamon county, arriving Sept. 11, IS27, at Sanga- mo town. They had seven living child- ren, namely-
GAMES M., born May 5, 1829, mar- ried Mrs. Demaris Stone, whose maiden name was Gard. They had three child- ren, ALAMANDA, FRANKLIN and JAMES M. In IS59 James M. Pelham went to Pikes Peak, and from there to California. In IS62 he united with a body of men, styling themselves the "One Hundred Californians." They went in a
body from San Francisco to Boston, Mass., and became a Co. of the 2d Mass. Cav. He served full three years, and was honorably discharged, June, IS65. He received a gun shot wound in the Shenandoah Valley. That and exposure so impaired his health that he died, Jan. 14, 1866, near Salisbury, within three miles of where he was born. His widow and children live in Gardner township, Sangamon county, Illinois.
WILLIAM B., born April IS, IS34. He enlisted April, 1861, on the first call for 75,000 men, in the 7th III. Inf .; served three months, and was honorably dis- charged August. 16, 1861. He enlisted in Co. D, 33d Ill. Inf., for three years, was wounded at the battle of Black river bridge, May 17, 1863. Dec. 31, 1863, he re-enlisted as a veteran, was trans- ferred to the Invalid Corps, and was dis- charged on account of physical disabilty, in Nov., 1864. He was married June 1, 1865, to Elizabeth White. They have four children, and live in Tazewell coun- ty, Illinois.
DANIEL C., born Jan. 11, IS37, en- listed Aug. 16, 1861, in Co. D, 33d III. Inf., for three years, re-enlisted as a vet- eran, Dec. 31, 1863, at Indianola, Texas, served until the end of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged. He was mar- ried Dec. 27, 1866, to Mildred P. Batterton. They have four children, ARTHUR, ADA L., ALBERT and HARRY; the latter died Aug. 10, 1873. D. C. Pelham resides at Salisbury, Sangamon county, Illinois.
MARY E., is unmarried, and lives with her mother.
ELIZA A., born Feb. 6, 1843, mar- Oct. 4, 1866. to Josiah Mitchell. He en- listed for three years, in 1861, in Co. E, 14th Ill. Inf., was wounded at the battle of Pittsburg Landing, April 6, IS62, and was honorably discharged. He re-en- listed as a veteran Dec., IS63, and was hon- orably discharged Nov., 1865. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell have two children, AR- THUR C. and CHARLES O., and live at Tallula, Illinois. .
JOHN H., born August 22, IS46, en- listed Feb., 1864, in Co. A., 10th Ill. Cav., served until Nov., 1865, when he was honorably discharged, at San Antonio, Texas, and resides with his mother at Salis- bury, Illinois.
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ROBERT E., born Oct. 22, 1848, en- listed August 19, 1871, in Co. G, 6th U. S. Inf. for five years, now-May, 1873-at Buford, Dacotah Territory.
John Pelham died in St. Clair county, July 21, 1850. His widow married Oct. 3, 1867, to Wm. B. Gaines. He died Oct. 21, 1871. She resides at Salisbury, San- gamon county, Ill., and is known as Mrs. Pelham .- 1874.
PETER, ZACHARIAH, was born in Amherst county, Virginia. His parents moved, when he was two years old, to Washington county, Ky. He was married near Danville, Ky., to Nancy Spaulding. They had five children in Kentucky, and moved to what afterwards became Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Sept., 1818; and finding an empty cabin in what is now Ball township, Mr. Peter moved his family into it. That was the cabin built by Robert Pulliam. in the fall of 1817, the first ever erected in Sanga- mon connty. Mr. Peter lived there until the spring of 1819, when Mr. Pulliam came with his own family. Mr. Peter then vacated it and built a cabin about three miles further north, on what is now -1876-known as the Megredy home- stead. They had one child in Sangamon county. Of their six children-
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