Sangamon County, Illinois - The whole text, 1876 (part 10 of 31)

John Darneille died March 10, 1854, and his widow, Mrs. Margaret Darneille, died April 30, 1875, both on the farm where they settled in 1820.

John Darneille learned to write by firelight, and in the absence of paper, peeled buckeye bark from the trees, and when it become dry, did his writing on that, until he learned to keep accounts of all his business transactions. He acquired euch fame as an accurate and legible penman, that he became the neghborhood letter writer. He was on the first grand jury that was ever empanneled in Sangamon county, May 7, 1821. They held their deliberations, some sitting on a pile of rails, and some on gopher hills out on the prairie, within the present limits of Springfield. He was elected as one of the Representatives of Sangamon county in the State Legislature of 1840, the first that ever assembled in Springfield.

near Lexington, Ky., and was married there, August, 1813, to Samuel Darnall. Seven children were born in Kentucky, and they moved to Indiana, where they had one child, and moved in 1829 to Funk's Grove, McLean county, 111., where they had one child. Mr. Darnall died August, 1830. Mrs. D., with her nine children, moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1830 in what is now Williams township. Of her children -

M., John F., Stephen H., Jesse

HARVEY, born August 10,1821, in Bourbon county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Agnes Simpson. They have eight children. MARY married Stephen Hussey, and live in Logan county. WINFIELD SCOTTJAMES M., JOHN F., STEPHEN H., JESSE HARVEY B. and LILLIE E.,live with their parents near Barclay.

DARNALL, ISAAC T., born Oct. 17, 1809, in Montgomery county, Mel., and came to Sangamon county in December, -1840, in Cooper township, south of the Sangamon river. He was married Dec. 14, 1852,10 Miranda Crowl. They had five living children -

Hillery W., Joseph E. Maryland

Isaac T. Darnall died Sept. 10, 1871. His children reside with their mother, who was married Feb. 11, 1873,10 George W. Taylor. He was born Dec. 14, 1836,

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DAWSON, JOHN, was born Nov. 24, 1791, in Fairfax county, Va. His parents moved to Bracken county, Ky., in 1805. He enlisted in Bracken county in the war against England in 1812, and was wounded and captured at the battle of River Raisin. After being held as a prisoner in Canada by the Indians who had captured him, his friends paid a ransom for him, and he returned home. Cary Jones was born May 22, 1801, in Nicholas county, Ky. John Dawson and Cary Jones were married in Nicholas county, Oct. 9, 1817. They had one child in Nicholas county, and moved to Bracken county, where they had three children, and the family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Oct. 24, 1827, north of the Sangamon river, in Clear Lake township, where they had six children. Of their ten children -

BERTRAND, born April 10, 1827, in Bracken county, Ky., is unmarried, and resides adjoining Dawson on the south. He is an extensive farmer and stock i-aiser. .

MARTHA W., born Oct. 21, 1829,111 Sangamon county, married Sept. 24, 1850, to James Vanvoris, of Pennsylvania. She died April 2, 1853, in Washington county, Pa.

JOHN, Jun., born March 22, 1840. He went to Cairo 111., in 1862, and enlisted in the United States navy, served one year, and died at home Oct. 26, 1869.

John Dawson died Nov. 12, 18=50, in Sangamon county. His widow resides on the farm where they settled in 1827. It is three miles southwest of Dawson.

Mr. Dawson was Captain of a company from Sangamon county in the Black Hawk war of 1831. He was elected to represent Sangamon county in the State Legislature of 1831 and '2. He was again elected in 1835, and continued, by re-election, to represent the county until 1840, and was consequently one of the " Long Nine" who secured the removal of the State capital to Springfield at the session of i836-'7. [See article: "Long Nine."] Mr. C. was also a member of the convention that framed the State constitution of" 1848. The ball received in his lungs at the battle of River Raisin was never extracted, and was the cause of his death.

DALLY, CRAWFORD, was born about 1795, in Pennsylvania, married in Virginia to Susan Sanders, and made their home in Washington county, Pa., until four children were born, and the family moved to Sangamon county, 111., in the spring of 1835. Of their four children -

MIL TON, born in 1831, in Pennsylvania, married in Sangamon county, to Nancy J. Sappington, had five children, moved to Missouri, and she died. He was a Union soldier in a Missouri regiment.

was born about 1781, in North Carolina, married, had one child, and his wife died there. When the child was three weeks old he carried it on horseback to Casey county, Ky. He was there married to Winney Clifton, a native of that county. They had two children, and moved to

Sangamon county, 111., in the fall of 1819, and first camped where Springfield now stands, and three weeks later moved six miles west, at the north side of Spring creek, where seven children were born. Of his children -

ALFRED S., born June 24, 1820, married Lucinda Tolley. They have seven children, JAMES, GEORGE, JOHN, ADOLPHUS, MARY, SOPHIA and NOAH, and reside two and a half miles northeast of Berlin.

MARY married Thomas Andrews, who died, leaving three children, and she married John Runnels, and he died, leaving a widow and two children, near Dallas, Texas.

URIAH L. was a soldier in the 4th 111. Inf. under Col. E. D. Baker, and was wounded at the battle of Cerro Gordo, Mexico, and died eight or nine days later.

JOB C., born January 4, 1823, in Sangamon county, was married Dec. 4, 1845, to Alice J. Mosteller, who was born Nov. 29, 1830. They have five children, JOHN H.?/LAURA (the latter was married May 9, 1875,10 William Say re, and resides near Pleasant Plains), CHARLES M., NEWMAN and WILLIAM EDWARD. All the unmarried children live: with their parents in Menard county, near Salisbury, Sangamon county.

Mrs. Winner C. Davenport died Jan. 15, 1845, and George Davenpoit died Feb. 14, 1845, both in Sangamon county, eight miles west of Springfield.

DAVIDSON, SAMUEL, was born Oct. 19, 1821, in Morgan county, East Tenn. His parents moved, in 1826, to Macon county, 111., and in 1828 to Macoupin county. Samuel spent most of his time in Sangamon county until 1840, and fforn that time he made his home in Ball township, where he was "married May 9, 1850, to Amanda Nuckolls. They had nine children, one of whom, John D., died Nov. 26, 1869, in his seventh year. The other eight -

Annie E., George W., Emma A., Samuel M., Thomas J.

ANNIE E., GEORGE W., EMMA A., SAMUEL M., THOMAS J., AMANDA V., MIRIAM M. and CHARLES CARROLL reside with their parents, three and a half miles west of Pawnee.

DAVIES, JOHN,, was born in Wales, and came to America when a young man. He was married in Adair county, Ky., to Catharine Antle. They had ten children in Kentucky, and Mr. Davies died there about 1810. His widow moved to Sangamon county about 1826, and settled near Salisbury. Of her children -

GEORGE married in Kentucky to Catharine Tolley, came to Sangamon county before his mother, and died in 1856. His widow and two children live in Kansas.

HENRY, born Oct. 30, 1805, in Cumberland county, Ky., came to Salisbury, Sangamon county, in 1828. He was married there May 5, 1835, to Lucy Mc- Glasson, who was born July i, 1817, in Adair county, Ky. They had ten children in Sangamon county, namely : JULIA A. was killed by a falling chimney, at four years of age. ELIZABETH, born Jan. 30, 1839, married Ebenezer Colburn. See his name. MARY M., born July 2,1841, married John HufFmaster. See his name. SALLIE A. died young. MARION, born Sept. 6, 1848, and ALONZO, born Jan. 2, 1852, live with their parents. EMILY J., born Sept. 5, 1854, lives with her sister, Mrs. Colburn. IRA JASPER, born May 25, 1857, and MATILDA,

JOHN, born July 23, 1815, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, November, 1834, to Polly Duncan. They have five children ; two of them married, and all live in Salisbury.

DAVIS, AQUILLA, was born in 1756, in St. Mary's county, Maryland, and taken to Fauquier county, Va., when a youth. He was a soldier in the Revolution, and married in the latter county to Isabella Briggs. They had six children in Virginia, namely: Edward, William B., Alexander B., Thompson and Hezekiah, and a daughter Marion. They emigrated to Kentucky, where they had two children. In 1820 they moved to Illinois, settling first where Elkhart now is, which was then Sangamon county. Aquilla Davis laid out the town of Elkhart. In 1822 or '3 they moved to Fancy Creek, ten miles from Springfield. After several years Aquilla Davis and family returned to Elkhart. Thers are but three of their children living now, viz -

Margaret Davis, whose maiden name was Gore. She was born Oct. 6, 1806, in the same county, and vras married first in September, 1824, to Capt. Robert Davis, a soldier in the war of 1812. They had two children, and Capt. Davis died May, 1827.

John Davis and wife had two children in Maryland, and moved in 1832 to Preble county, O., where they had one child, and from there to Darke county, where one child was born. The family then moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Feb., 1837, in what is now Gardner township, where they had three children. Of the two children of Mrs. Davis by her first marriage -

ELLEN, born Dec. 12, 1830, in Maryland, married in Sangamon county Jan., 1855, to Joseph McCoy. They have one child, JOHN, born in Sangamon county, and reside in Missouri.

JAMES, born Jan. 23, 1832,111 Maryland, brought up in Sangamon county, and went to California in October, 1853. The family have not received any reliable information from him since June 8, 1856,' and have no hope that he is living.

SARAH, born September, 1840, in Sangamon county, married in the same county to James Bruce, has one child, ANNIE, and live near White Oak postoffice, Montgomery county, 111.

JOHN, Jun., born Dec. 12, 1842, in Sangamon county, enlisted September, 1 86 1, in Co. B, loth 111. Cav., for three years, and re-enlisted as a veteran December, 1863. He served until Jan. 5, 1866, when he was honorably discharged in Springfield, being the last man of the regiment. He was killed by lightning July 5, 1875, while attending to some

DALLAS, born Oct. 4, 1846, in Sangamon county, married Dec. 31, 1868, to Louisa Smith. They have two children, MARY A. and THOMAS O., and live two miles east of Curran.

DAVIS, ISRAEL, was born Jan. 21, jgiy, in Rutherford county, near Murfreesboro, Tenn. His parents died when he was about five years old. At the age of fourteen years he joined a family who was moving, and came -with them to Green county, 111., and from there to Sangamon county in 1834, and made his home in what is now Auburn township. He was married June 30, 1844, to Jane Kessler. They have five children -

DAVIS, RICHARD, was born April, 1800, in Kentucky. Elizabeth Neal, (sister to Mrs. Edward Williams. See his name.), was born about 1803, in Nelson county, Ky. They were married and had one child in Kentucky, and the family moved to Sangamon county, arriving before the deep snow of 1830-31, in Springfield. They had three children in Sangamon county. Of their four children -

DIANA, born July 16, 1832, in Springfield, married Nov. 8, 1855, to Philip Loeb, who was born Oct. 15, 1831, in Baden, Germany. They had three living children, PHILIP E., MARY C. and ARTHUR R. Philip Loeb died Sept. 17, 1866, in Springfield, and his widow and children live four and a half miles northwest of Springfield.

DAWLEY, HARRISON, was born July 17, 1817, in Chatauqua county, N. Y., came to Springfield in March, 1839, and four or five years later went to Island Grove, where he was married, Oct. 26, 1847 to Jane Campbell, a daughter of Hugh Campbell. She was born March n, 1826, in Tennesse, and raised on Richland creek. They had nine children; three died voung, namely -

CYNTHIA A., born Sept. 4, 1848, married Oct. 28, 1869, to M. F. Kibbey. They have three children, and live at El Paso, Sedgwick county, Kan.

DAY, GEORGE, was born Mar. 5, 1810, in Sheffield, Mass. His parents died when he was three years old, and he, with another brother and a sister, were taken by an aunt to Granby, Conn. He next lived with a half-sister, at Elbridge, N. Y. At fifteen years of age he went to Hartford, Conn., and engaged to travel in Ohio for a clock company. He sold clocks four years, returned to Hartford, and prosecuted the same business two years in Pennsylvania. Henrietta Shank was born March 19, 1816, at Hagerstown, Md. The family moved to Mercersburg, Pa., where her father died, and her mother married Jacob Divelbiss. See his name. The family moved to Ligonier, Pa. George Day and Henrietta Shank were married Feb. 20, 1834, had one child there, and moved to Illinois, arriving at Havana Oct. 29, 1837. They visited some friends who had left comfortable Pennsylvania houses, and were living in rail pens, covered with sod. Their bread was made from wheat ground without bolting. Mr. Day became a walking earthquake - having the chills and fever - but he was not happy, and determined to return to the Pennsylvania hills. His wife persuaded him to come to Springfield, where they arrived in Nov., 1837. When the grass and flowers appeared the next spring, he became reconciled, and has been well satisfied from that to the present time. They had seven living children in Sangamon county, namely -

SOPHIA H., born March 15, 1836, at Ligonier, Pa., married in Sangamon county, March 20, 1854, to David Ayers, who was born July 27, 1833, in Auglaize county, Ohio. Mr. Ayers died May 30, 1866, at Jacksonville, 111. Mrs. Ayers resides with her parents.

HENRIETTA, born Feb. 16, 1840, in Springfield, married Dec. 7, 1865, to Joseph F. Boyd, who was born Jan. 4, 1837, in Hagerstown, Md. They have one child, GRACIE D., and live in Springfield.

WILLIAM, born Sept. 14, 1842, in Springfield, was married May 18, 1865, to Margaret E. Keyes. They have five children, EFFIE S., CATHARINE H., and CHARLES R., DAISY D. and MAGGIE M., and reside three miles north of Springfield.

/?O#.E/?7; born Jan. 30, 1845, enlisted April 27, 1864, for one hundred days, in Co. A, 1 33d 111. Inf., served one hundred and forty-seven days, and was honorably discharged Sept. 24, 1864. He lives with his parents.

Deardorff, Anthony

DEARDORFF, ANTHONY, was born in 1786 in Pennsylvania. Elizabeth Powell was born in 1800, in Bedford county, Pa. They were married in 1818, in Franklin county, O., and had four children there. The family then moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1823, in what is now Ball township, where they had six children. Of their ten children -

PETER, born in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to Nancy Williams. They had four children, and Mrs. D. died. Mr. D. and his children live in Iowa.

Deardorff, Peter

DEARDORFF, PETER, brother to Anthony, was born in Pennsylvania, married in Ohio to Hannah Brunk, came to Sangamon county in 1824 with George Brunk. They had four children. She died in 1874.

DELAY, -JOHN, was born in Virginia, taken by his parents to Bath county, Ky., and was there married to Elizabeth Branch, a sister to Edward Branch. See his name. She was born Nov. 25, 1785, near Lynchburg, Va. They had eleven children in Bath county, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., in 1829, and settled near Rochester. Of their children -

Dickerson, Samuel

DICKERSON, SAMUEL, was born about 1793, in Virginia. His parents moved to Pendleton county, Ky., when he was a boy, and his father engaged in salt-making at Grant's Lick. Susan Kane was born in 1800. They were married, and had six children in Kentucky. They moved to Logan county, 111., in 1830, and in February, 1831, arrived in what is now Illiopolis township, five miles east of Mechanicsburg. Of their children -

HUGH W., born Oct. 25, 1811, in Pendleton county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, Aug. 7, 1833, to Catharine Greene. They had five children in Sangamon county. WILLIAM H., born July ii, '834, enlisted in 1862 in Co. E, ii6th 111. Inf., for three years, married Sarah Enlow, has two children, and lives in Franklin county, Kan. ELIZA J. married John Taylor. Sec his name. ALEXANDER, born Oct. 12, 1844, enlisted August, 1862, in Co. B, 1 30th 111. Inf., for three years. He was on duty at the capture of Vicksburg, though sick at the time, was sent to hospital at Memphis, where his father took charge of him in July, and started for home. He died on board a steamboat, Aug. 12, 1863. His remains were brought home and buried in Williams township. JOHN, born in Sangamon county, is publishing the Gazette, at Terrc Haute, Ind. SAMUEL resides with his father. Mrs. Catharine Dickerson died in 1850, and H. W. Dickerson was married April I, 1852, to Edna C. Rice. They had seven children. JOSIAH, AN-

Mary, Charles E., Oliver P.

N A M. and ROBB Y died under four years. MARY, CHARLES E., OLIVER P. and IDA BELL, the six living, reside with their parents near Barclay, in Williams township.

ARCHIBALD, born May 6, 1816, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon countv to Celia Hunter. They had nine children. HARRIET married Michael Derry, and live near Bowling Green, Mo. JAMES R. enlisted July 19, 1861, in Co. I, 4 ist 111. Inf., for three years, was wounded at the battle of Pittsburg Landing, April 6, 1862, was brought home and died on the fourteenth of the same month. SAMUEL, enlisted April, 1861, on the first call for 75,000 men, served three months, re-enlisted in 1862, in Co.

1, 41 st [111. Inf., and served three vears. He was married to Ellen Shinaman, have four children, and live near Mt. Auburn, Christian county, Illinois. LUCINDA, born November, 1845, married to Harry Blair, April, 1871, have one child, KATIE, and live near Illiopolis. AMANDA J., born Dec. 25, 1847, married John McGuffin, and reside in Illiopolis township. ZACHARY T., born Dec. 29, 1849, married Dec. 3, 1873, to Louisa S. Ream, and live in Illiopolis township. JOHN HENRY, born Sept.

2, 1852, ARCHIBALD, born Dec. 2, 1854, and ERASTUS, born Sept. 10, 1857, live with their mother. Archibald Dickerson was killed Sept. 2, 1865, at Harristown, Macon county, 111., bv an accident on the T., W & W. R. R. " His widow resides three and a half miles southwest of Illiopolis.

Henry Clay, John Hardin William F., Samuel O., Reuben J., Sarah J., Ulysses

C. ALEXANDER, born April 11, 1827, in Campbell county, Ky., married April 12, 1848, to Melinda Ridgeway. She was born Jan. 26, 1831, in Sangamon county. They have eight children, HENRY CLAY, JOHN HARDIN, WILLIAM F., SAMUEL O., REUBEN J., SARAH J., ULYSSES GRANT and CHARLES, and reside in Illiopolis township, five miles east of Mechanicsburg, where his father settled in 1832.

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DICKERSON, CHESLEY, a younger brother to Samuel, was born in Virginia, married in Gallatin county, Ky., to Betsy Lillard, and came to Sangamon county with his brother Samuel in 1831. They had four children. . Their son -

WILLIAM, born in Sangamon county, enlisted July 19, 1861, in Co. I, 41 st 111. Inf., for three years, came home on sick furlough, and died March 20, 1862.

FRANCES, born in Sangamon county, married Philip Fredericks. They live near Ottawa, Kansas. Mr. F. was a soldier for three years in Co. I, 41 st 111. Inf.

DICKSON, " GEORGE, was born March 18, loot, in Tennessee, came to Illinois with his parents, and was mar- Nov. 13, 1823, to Fanny Cooper, (sister to John Cooper, the father of James.) She was born July 16, 1804, in Tennessee. They had seven children -

MELISSA N., born Feb. 10, 1838, married June 3, 1858, to George Flower, had two living children, and she married for a second time to James Prunk, have one child, and reside in Mechanicsburg.

THOMAS M., born May 18, 1841, was a soldier in an Illinois regiment, married in 1863, to Susan Lvdic, in Christian county, have four children, and reside at Lamar, Barton countv, Mo.

Difendorf, Oliver

DIFENDORF, OLIVER, was born March 12, 1819, in Canajoharie, Montgomery county, New York, and came to Springfield, 111., in November, 1840. He was married Jan., 1842, to Martha Ann Cutter. She died six weeks after their marriage. Mr. Diefendorf, about the time of the death of his wife, entered upon the duties of deputy clerk, at Springfield, in the circuit court of Sangamon county. He continued to discharge the duties of that position until June, 1846, when he volunteered in Co. D, 4th 111. Inf., was commissioned ist Lieut., and went into the Mexican war under Col. E. D. Baker. He was subsequently commissioned as 2d Lieut, in the i6th U. S. Inf., and served until the close of the war. He was married Oct., 1848, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Caroline Cutter. They had three children, all of whom died in infancy. Aug. 23, 1850, they moved to Weston, Platt county, Mo. He was elected, Aug., 1851, for four years, clerk of the court of common pleas of that county. He was two years clerk in the office of the Surveyor-General of Kansas; was one of the thirty-two original proprietors of the city of Leavenworth, laid out in 1854. In 1856 he became a citizen of Kansas, and in the spring of 1857 a permanent resident of the city of Leavenworth. In Nov., 1867, he was elected clerk of Leavenworth county; re-elected in 1869, again in 1873 and in 1875. He is now - 1876 - in office, and resides in the city of Leavenworth.

DILLARD, WILLIAM, born April 1 6, 1786, in Virginia. Elizabeth Jacobs was born Oct. i^, 1791, in the same State. They had two children born there, and moved to Todd county, Ky., where four children were born, and the family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving late in 1830, and settled three and a half miles west of Springfield. Of their children -

BENJAMIN F., born Aug. 10, 1810, in Virginia, married in Sangamon county, Feb. n, 1836, to Mary Crowder. They had seven children, two of whom died young. EUSTACIA A., born Dec. 30, 1836, married June 6, 1861, to Edward Keyes. See his name. JOHN J., born Sept. 10, 1838, died Feb. 7, 1865. ^WILLIAM R., born Jan. 14, 1842, married Jan. 15, 1873, to Eliza J. Randall, who was born April 29, 1847, in Sangamon county. They live five miles northwest of Springfield. MARY E., born April 9, 1844, lives with her mother. RIAL MARTIN, born Jan. 22, 1847, married Feb. 9, 1871, to Lerue Kincaid, and live in Logan county, near Elkhart. B. F. Dillard died Sept. 5, 1868, near Elkhart, and his widow (in 1874) resides five miles southwest of Springfield, on the farm where they settled in 1837.

DILLON, JOSHUA, was born Oct. 4, 1806, in Fauquier county, Va. The grandfather of Mr. Dillon sprang from Quaker ancestors. He resided in London county, Va., and was a soldier in the army that achieved American Independence. His son, Samuel, married in 1800 to Nancy Fletcher, and served his country in the war of 1812-15. Samuel Dillon and wife raised two children, Joshua, whose name heads this sketch, and Harriet. Joshua Dillon was married March 29, 1829, in Culpepper county, Va., to Elizabeth S. Jeffries, who was born there, August 10, 1808. They united in Virginia with the Regular Primitive Baptists in 1832-3, and still belong to that church. They moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving June 18, 1834, in what is now Fancy Creek township. They brought four children with them, and seven were born in Sangamon county. Of their children -

Louis E., Frank, George J.

WILLIAM, born Jan. 31, 1830, in Fauquier county, Va., raised in Sangamon county, married in Macon county, April 14, 1853, to Mary E. Cantrill. They had ten children, FANNIE and ELLA MAY died young. WILLIAM S., LOUIS E., FRANK, GEORGE J., MARY E., ROBERT LEE and ANNIE SHEPHERD, twins, and PARTHENIA J., reside with their parents. Dr. William Dillon is a practicing physician, and resides at Pavson, Adams county, in.

ROBERT, born June 29, 1831, in Culpepper county, Va., raised in Sangamon county, married March 16, 1858, in Decatur, 111., to Maria F. Jennings, who was born Nov. 10, 1837, in New Jersey. Mr. Dillon enlisted in 1862, in Co. E,4ist 111. Inf., and after four months service, he was honorably discharged on account of physical disability. In the spring of 1866 they moved to Nebraska, and from there in April, 1871, to Colorado; thence to New Mexico in 1873. They have six children, FRANCES H., JOSHUA L., RICHARD O., SARAH E., PARTHENIA A. and WILLIAM J., and reside near Trinidad, Colorado.

SARAH F., born July 27, 1832, in Culpepper county, Va., married in Sangamon county, 111., Sept. 5, 1849, to John H. Crow. See his name. She died Jan. 19, 1855, leaving three children. HENRY L., the second child, died, age,d twentytwo years. ELIZABETH H. was married Oct. n, 1874, to Albert D. Harrison. They ha"ve one child, LOUIS ARTHUR, the first great-grand-child of Joshua Dillon. Mr. Harrison is a druggist In Tecumseh, Neb. ISAAC R. Crow resides with his father.

John L., Part Henia L., Mary

ANN ELIZABETH, born Oct. 7, 1833, in Culpepper county, Va., married in Sangamon county, Oct., 1853, to Reuben McDannold. They have seven children, JOHN L., PART HENIA L., MARY A., WILLIAM R., THOMAS I., EMMA J. and EDDIE, and reside three miles west of Springfield, 111.

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PARTHENIA R., was born Nov. i, 1841, in Sangamon county, married Mar. 23, 1862, in Macon county, to John H. Crow. They have two children, SARAH F. and LILLIE R., and reside in Tecumseh, Neb. See his name.

J OB A., born June 5, 1843, m Sangamon county. He enlisted for three years, in 1861, in Co. E, 4151 111. Inf., was captured at Jackson, Miss., spent seventythree days in a rebel prison at Belle Isle, and was honorably discharged at the expiration of his term of service. He was educated at Mt. Zion, 111., graduated in 1867, at the Law school in Albany, N. Y. He was married in June, 1867, in Sangamon county, 111., to Huldah J. Oder. They have one living child, JESSE P., and reside in Tecumseh, Neb. Job A. Dillon moved to Nebraska in 1868, was elected to the State Senate in 1872, and is a practicing lawyer in Tecumseh.

JOSEPH J., born Feb. 5, 1845, in Sangamon county, was married Jan. 26, 1869, to Sophia J. Irwin. They have one child, JOSHUA, and reside near Tecumseh, Neb.

AMANDA JANE, born July 6, 1847, in Sangamon county, 111., educated at Mt. Zion, 111., married May 30, 1865, in Springfield, 111., to Dr. S. B. McGlumpherv, who was born Aug. 27, 1831, in Washington county, Penn. He* attended . college at Waynesburg, Green county, Penn., and arrived in Decatur, 111., Oct. 25, 1859. He graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, 111., Jan. 27, 1864. He moved to Tecumseh, Neb., arriving April 20, 1872, and was appointed by the Governor assistant physician to the Nebraska Hospital for the Insane, Aug. 18, 1874. Dr. S. B. McGlumphery and wife have two living children, LENA B. and NELLIE S., and reside in Lincoln, Neb.

DIXON, JAMES M., was born Aug. 3, 1807, in Harrison county, Ky. He was married in that county, Jan. 23, 1827, to Joannah Bird, who was born Nov. 20, 1807. They had four children in Mason county, Ky., and moved to Sangamon county, 111., in the fall of 1834, in what in now Mechanicsburg township, where they had two living children. Of their six children -

SARAH ^4., born Oct. i, 1829,111 Kentucky, raised in Sangamon county, married in Logan county to Abraham Copland. They had five children, and Mrs. C. died, Feb. 26, 1872, leaving her family near Mt. Pulaski.

JESSE D., born Oct. 10, 1831, in Kentucky, raised in Sangamon county, went to Oregon in 1849, married there to Louisa Milligan, has three living children, JOANNAH, RICHARD and JOHN, and lives at Lafayette, Yamhill county, Oregon.

HESTER D., born Feb. 9, 1840, hi Sangamon county, married Sept. 4, 1861, to Thomas Stoker, who was born Dec. 27, 1836, in Fairfield county, O. They had four children. DAVID A. died in infancy. JAMES A. died at six years of age. ARTHUR E. and ARMANELLA live with their parents in Buffalo.

DIXON, JOHN, was born Oct. 8, 1784, in the village of Rye, Westchester county, N. Y. After spending fifteen years as a merchant in New York city, he closed his business there and started, April 13, 1820, for the west. He came by the way of Pittsburg, Pa., and Shawneetown, 111., passing over the site of the city of Springfield before there was any thought of a town rising there, and settled nine miles further north, in what is now Fancy creek township. Four years later he moved to Fort Clark, where Peoria now stands. At the end of six years he moved north, into the country owned by the Winnebago Indians, and April ii, 1830, bought a ferry on Rock river from a half-breed Indian. From that time it was known as Dixon'^ ferry.

As a village began to grow, it was abbreviated to Dixon, and has now grown to the city of Dixon, Lee county, 111. This is merely a synopsis of a long and useful life. John Dixon is now (1876) in his ninety-second year. Of his family, I have no record. He lives in the city founded by himself, and bearing his own name.

DIXON, JOSEPH, was among the earliest settlers on Horse creek. He was the principal mover in establishing Zion chapel, in Cotton Hill township, to which he afterwards deeded five acres of land for church and cemetery purposes. His family are buried there, but he died in 1844 at the house of a daughter, near Franklin, Morgan county, 111., and was buried there.

DIVELBISS, JACOB, was born March 29, 1 797, in Franklin county, Pa. He was there married, Jan. 19, 1819, to Catharine Shank, who was born Dec. 3, 1791, in Washington county, Md. They had three living children born in Westmoreland county, Pa., and moved west, traveling from Pittsburg by water to Beardstown, 111. Mr. Divelbiss and his son Noah walked from there to Springfield, the family following in a hack, and arriving may i, 1838. Of their three children -

\O.\If, born Nov. 28, 1824, in Westmoreland county, Pa., was married in Springfield, Aug. 8, 1848, to Cordelia Watson. They had five children. NOAH, Jim., born April 27, 1849, was killed by a railroad accident at Sag bridge, near Lemont, Cook countv, 111., July 17, 1873. ABBIE lives with her parents. CHARLES died in infancy. FREDDIE died in the eleventh year of his age. NELLIE lives with her parents. Noah Divelbiss came to Springfield with his father, and was deputy and acting clerk of the Supreme Court of Illinois from 1844 to 1848. He is now teller in the Marine and Fire Insurance Company's Hank, and resides in Springfield.

AM AX DA, born Feb. 3, 1829, in Westmoreland county, Pa., was married in Springfield, Sept. i, 1846, to Frank Hickox. lie is a brother of Virgil, but came to Sangamon county too late to be classed as an early settler. Mr. and Mrs. Hickox had eight children, two of whom died young. ALICE, born June 23, 1847, was married May 26, 1864, to William Warner, and resides at Selma, Alabama. FRANK, born April 4, 1849, was married June 27, 1872,10 Matilda C. Bailey, a native of Newport, Indiana. They live in Springfield, 111. ELBERT W., born March 14, 1852, in Petersburg, was married in Springfield Jan. 10, 1875, *° Kate Griffith, of St. Louis. They reside in Springfield. IDA MAY, born Nov. 9, 1854, was married in St. Louis, April 15, 1870, to William J. White. They have one child, MAGGIE, and reside in Springfield. NELLIE and her mother reside in Springfield with Mrs. Hickox's father.

Jacob Divelbiss was elected Assessor and ' Treasurer of Sangamon county in 1853, serving two years. He learned the wagon-maker's trade in his native county, and prosecuted the business in Springfield for many years. He made a hand in the shop a full half century. Mrs. Catharine Divelbiss died Aug. 18, 1875, and Jacob Divelbiss died suddenly Feb. n, 1876.

DODDS, MRS. MARGARET, the mother of Joseph and Rev. Gilbert Dodds, was married three times. Her maiden name was Craig. She was born in South Carolina, and first married a Mr. Watson, who died, and she married a Mr. Kirkpatrick. He was a patriot soldier, who, while serving in the Revolutionary army, was captured, and died in the British prison on Sullivan Island, near Charleston. She lost two brothers in the Revolutionary army, also. The soldiers of the English anm took all her provisions, and when she begged the officer in command to leave her sufficient corn and oats for seed, he replied with a volley of profanity, and told her she would have no use for it, as some loyal subject of the king would occupy her plantation. She remembered having seen Washington and his army, and Cornwallis with his army. After the death of Mr. Kirkpatrick, she married James Dodds. Thev had five sons and a daughter in Carolina, and in 1795 started to move their family to Kentucky. Before they passed out of Carolina the father and daughter sickened and died. Mrs. Dodds, with her five sons, moved on; but, on arriving at Red river,

Tennessee, decided to stop, and there remained two years, when they again moved on, and arrived in Caldwell county, Ky., in 1797 or '8. After her son Joseph came to Sangamon county, she came and spent two years with him, then returned to Kentucky. Twelve or fifteen years later she again came to Sangamon county, and spent her remaining days in the families of her sons Joseph and Rev. Gilbert Dodds. She died in Sangamon county, Jan. 17, 1846, in the ninety-seventh year of her age.

DODDS, JOSEPH, born May 28, 1785, in Abbeville District, South Carolina. He was taken by his mother to Caldwell county, Ky., in 1797 or '8. He was there married, May 3, 1810, to Mattie Drennan. They had three children in Kentucky, and in Oct., 1817, he accompanied his father-in-law, William Drennan, to Illinois. In November they stopped on Wood river, in Madison county, two miles north of Alton, and remained there until the next March, when the men and boys connected with four families started for Sugar creek, Sangamon county, piloted by William Moore, an Indian Ranger. They reached their destination on the first of March, 1818, stopping in what is now Ball township, northwest of Sugar creek. There had not been any survey made, but the spot selected by Mr. Dodds, and on which he built his cabin, is now section twenty-nine, town fourteen, range five west, and that of William Drennan is section thirty-two, same town and range. Mr. Dodds had been too busy with his crop to build anything better than a double rail pen for the protection of his family. One son was born in Madison county, and Mr. Dodds brought his family to their new home Nov. 3, i8rS, where seven childi'en were born. Of their eleven children -

WILLIAM D., born Sept. 18, 1811, in Caldwell county, Ky., was married Sept. 18, 1834, to Polly Eades, in Sangamon county. They moved, in 1835, to DesMoines county, Iowa, where they brought up fifteen children, namely : WILLIAM E., born Oct. 13, 1835, was married Jan. 6, 1857, to Deborah C. Maines, who was born Jan. 29, 1839, in Clermont county, Ohio. They had five living children : REBECCA s., born Nov. 4, 1837, was man'ied Dec. 3, 1874, to Edwin

G. Moran, who was born Oct. 22, 1854, in Kane county, 111. They have one child, Ethel L,, and reside near Bartlett, Fremont county, Iowa. SARAH L. and JOSEPH w., twins, JAMES H. and MARY E. The four latter live with their parents, near Bartlett, Fremont county, Iowa. JOHN H., born Nov. 27, 1838, was married Sept. 13, 1866, to Lucy Parrott. They have one living child, WILLIAM D., and reside near Danville, Iowa. JOSEPH R., born Jan. i, 1841, was married Feb. 7, 1 86 1, to Sarah E. Maines. They have four living children, MARY L., CARRIE B., LULU A. and CYRENE E., and live near Corning, Holt county, Mo. CYRENE E., born Oct. 22, 1842, was married March 19, 1864, to Henry Mathews. They have five children,

Henry L., Howard A., Warren L. Margaret E., Lavina V. V.

SAMUEL w. and MARY L., and live near Danville, DesMoines county, Iowa. JAMES H., born Sept. 9, 1844, died Jan. 21, 1863. REBECCA J., born August 25, 1846, was married March 9, 1861, to George W. Collis. They have one child, CHARLES L., and live near South Flint, Iowa. SAMUEL C., born July 28, 1848, was married Jan. 22, 1869, to Sarah Allison. They have two children, FREDDIE A. and MARY E., and live near Danville, Iowa. CHARLES W., born April 15, 1850, was married Dec. 2, 1874, to Sonora Parrott, and live near Greenwood, Polk county, Iowa. OLIVER E., born Mar. 25, 1852, was married to Lillie A. Clark, Oct. 20, 1875, and live near South Flint, la. MARTHA L., born Dec. 24, 1853, was married to James J. J. Redding, Feb. 22, 1869. They have two living children, WILLIAM D. and LAURA L., and live near Pleasant Grove, DesMoines county, Iowa. AILSEY, or ALICE E., born Jan. n, 1856, married Jan. 15, 1874, to William F. GRIFFEL. They have one child, CLARA E., and live near South Flint, Iowa. MARGARET E., LAVINA V. V., AARON E. and FINIS E. live with their parents. William D. Dodds and wife reside near South Flint, DesMoines county, Iowa.

JOHN, born Jan. 26, 1814, in Cald- "well county, Ky., was married March 10, 1836, in Sangamon county, 111., to Rebecca King. They had four children: JOSEPH C. married Elizabeth Levi. They have three children, and live in

Pawnee township. MARY M. lives with her mother. JOHN H. was married Dec. 12, 1872, to Mary J. Funderhurk, and lives in Auburn township. SAMUEL K. lives with his mother. John Dodds died Oct. 21, 1859, and his widow, Mrs. Rebecca Dodds, lives in Auburn township.

J. WILSON, born May 28, iSiS, near Alton, Madison county, 111., was married Feb. 27, 1845, in Sangamon county, to Minerva J. Easley. They had fifteen children; three died young. BENJAMIN A. died July 30, 1873, aged twenty-seven years. PERXECIA E. was married to John W. Phelps. They have two children, and reside in Ball township. MARTHA J. was married April 6, 1873, to Thomas Black, Jun. See his name. MARY E., JAMES F. E., AMANDA C., WILLIAM D., EDWIN E. and FREDERICK B. (twins), EMMA A., JOHN G. and JOSEPH Al; the nine latter live with their mother. J. W. Dodds died March 8, 1875, and his family reside in Ball township, near the Cumberland Presbyterian church.

JOSEPH, born Sept. 5, 1824, in Sangamon county, was married March 30, 1847, to Elizabeth A. Holland. They have six living children, ISABELLA J., WILLIAM A., MARTHA E., JOSEPH N., ABNER L. and MARY E., who reside with their parents in Ball township, two hundred yards west of where his parents settled in 1818, and four miles southeast of Chatham, Sangamon . county.

MARTHA A., born Nov. 22, 1826, in Sangamon count v, was married April 16, 1846, to Strawther Eades. They have six children. EVA was married Oct. 24, 1867, to William M. White. They have one child, and reside in Bates county, Mo. MARY E. was married May 6, 1869, to W. E. P urcell. They have one child, and live in Auburn township, Sangamon countv. REBECCA J. was married Nov." 1 6, 1871, to B. F. Peacock. They reside near Springfield. WILLIAM A., FINIS E. and MARTHA A., reside with their parents near Johnstown, Bates county, Mo.

FRANCIS E WING, born Jan. 27, 1829, in Sangamon county, was married Feb. 22, 1855, to Pauline K. Fletcher. They had four children. JOHN S. died, aged ten years. MARTHA F., VIRGINIA E. and HENRIETTA A., live with their parents. F. E. Dodds and family live near Pawnee, Sangamon countv.

Mrs. Martha Dodds died Jan. 10, 1853, and Joseph Dodds died Jan. 21, 1868, both on the farm where they settled in 1818. Joseph Dodds became very much dissatisfied soon after coming to Sangamon county, and determined to return to Kentucky. He sold all the property he could spare to obtain money to defray the expense, and* loaded his wagon; but his horses strayed away the night previous to the time he intended starting, and before he could find them his money was gone. He was thus compelled to remain. After becoming reconciled, he often expressed his thanks to those horses for running away.

DODDS, GILBERT, born June 6, 1793, in Spartanburg District, S'outh Carolina, and was taken by his mother, first to Tennessee, and from there to Caldwell county, Ky. He was married Oct. 12, 1815, in Caldwell county, to Mary Clinton. Her father (James Clinton) was Captain of a company in the Revolution. Gilbert Dodds and wife had four children in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon countv, 111., arriving in August, 1824, in what is now Ball township, and joined his brother Joseph, who came six years previous. They had eight children in Sangamon county, namelv - county April 12, 1840, to Jane Boulware. They had six living children. JAMES W. enlisted for three years, Aug. 9, 1862, at Springfield, in Co". B, ii4th 111. Inf. He was a Sergeant, and commanded his company at the battle of Guntown, in June, and was killed in battle at Tupelo, Miss., July 15, 1864. A cenotaph at the Cumberland Presbyterian church, on Sugar creek, gives the above facts. PHILIP B. died, aged ten years. RICHARD N., born Nov. 25, 1851, is a druggist in Springfield. NANCY C. married William Mason. See his name. MARY was married August, 1874, to Henry Wyatt, at Franklin, Morgan county, 111. FREDERICK C. lives with his sister, Mrs. Mason. Mrs. Jane Dodds died July, 1869, and James C. Dodds died April 12, 1872, both in Sangamon county.

NANCY y., born Jan. 30, 1819, in Caldwell county, Ky., was married Dec. 15, 1842, in Sangamon county, to John L. Drennan. See his name. He died July 22, 1853, and his widow married John B. Weber. See his name.

MINER VA, born Aug. 22, 1820, in Caldwell county, Ky., lost a limb by a fall from a horse in 1840, in Sangamon county, and has been an invalid since that time. She resides with her sister, Mrs. J. B. Weber.

Charles E., Mary A., Cora B.

FRANCIS N., born Oct. 8, 1822, in Caldwell county, Ky., and brought up in Sangamon county, was married Dec. 9, 1857, in Cass county, to Margaret Brady. They moved to Lykins county, Kan., where his wife died April 21, 1866, leaving one child, EMMA F., who resides with her grandmother Brady, in Virginia, Cass county, 111. F. N. Dodds was married Nov. 6, 1867, to Mrs. Mary C. Pedig. Thev have four children, CHARLES E., MARY A., CORA B. and SARAH L., who live with their parents. F. N. Dodds was a soldier in the Mormon war of 1845, and the Mexican war of 1846 and '7, from Sangamon county. He was in a Union regiment from Kansas, and aided in suppressing the slaveholders' rebellion. They reside near Colona, Carroll county, Mo.

\\'ILLIAM D., born July 3, 1825, in Sangamon county, was married to Angeline Corbev, in Sept., 1855. They have five children, HARRIET, ROSA, VIRGINIA, ALBERT and FREDERICK,

AMANDA E., born Dec. 22, 1827, in Sangamon county, was married Jan. i, 1852, to Chester F. Maltby, who was born July 13, 1825, in New York. Mrs. Maltby died Dec. 21, 1852, in Petersburg, leaving one child, AMANDA E., who was married Jan. 16, 1873, to John G. Cheney, and resides near Auburn, Sangamon countv.

JOHN H., born Feb. 14, 1830, in Sangamon county, was married July 3, 1855, to Ellen Goldsby. They had four children, JULIA A., JAMES E., GILBERT and CHARLES H. John H. Dodds died Sept. 7, 1873, near Petersburg, Menard county. His family reside four miles south of Petersburg.

ALFRED S., born May 20, 1832, in Sangamon county, studied medicine. He enlisted in Co. K, I33d 111. Inf., in 1861, for three years, as a private, but acted as a surgeon. He served three years, and was honorably discharged Jan., 1865, at New Orleans. ' He was married Sept. 10, 1863, to Maggie Cunningham. Thev have four children, WILLIAM, HARRY, RAPLH and FLORENCE. Dr. A. S. Dodds is a practicing physician at Bolckow, Andrew county, Mo.

THOMAS C., born Nov. 6, 1834, served sixteen months in Co. F, 28th 111. Inf. He was honorably discharged Nov. 24, 1862. at LaGrange, Tenn., and was married Nov. 4, 1869, to Lauretta Colby. They have three living children, ELBERT C., EUNICE A. and MARY C., and reside six miles south of Petersburg, Menard county, 111.

MARY E., born Nov. 2, 1840, in Sangamon county, was married Jan. 16, 1868, to Wrilliam Colby. They have three children, ALFRED L, "LYDIA and ALICE, and reside near Annawan, Henry county, 111.

IRA ~R., born Feb. 16, 1843, in San' gamon county, 111., served three years and eight months in Co. F, 28th 111. Infi, and was honorably discharged July, 1865, at New Orleans. He is unmarried, and re-

Rev. Gilbert Dodds became a minister in the Cumberland Presbyterian church in early life. He was for many years pastor of the Sugar creek church, and was always an active, energetic advocate of temperence. In 1847 ^e moved to Menard county, a few miles south of Petersburg. Mrs. Mary Dodds died July 9, 1866, and Rev. Gilbert Dodds died May 3, 1872, both near Petersburg.

Doherty, James Hill

DOHERTY, JAMES HILL, was born June 3, 1775, in Virginia. His father, Cornelius Doherty, was a native of Ireland, and emigrated to America about 1760, settling in Virginia. He was married there to Mary Hill. They had twelve children - six of each sex. The family moved to Kentucky the year after Daniel Boone, and lived in the fort known as Estell station, for seven years. The son, James Hill Doherty, was married in 1819 in Cumberland county, Ky., to Mary Foster, who was born in 1794, in South Carolina. They had two children in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1824 on Richland creek, near where Pleasant Plains now stands. They had one child there, and Mrs. Mary Doherty and her second child - Elizabeth - died in the fall of 1824. In 1832 James H. Doherty left Sangamon county and moved to Missouri, thence to Arkansas, and in 1836 to Decatur county, Tenn., where he died July 22, 1852. Of his two children -

JOHN F. P., born Dec. 21, 1820, in Cumberland county, Ky., partially brought up in Sangamon county, 111., continued with his father until 1842, when he left Tennessee for Texas. He returned two years after, and was married Oct. 22, 1844, in Decatur county, Tenn., to Elizabeth J. Maxwell, who was born Sept. 6, 1823, in Humphreys county, Tenn. They had one child born and died in Tennessee, and eight in Texas, namely: JAMES H., born June 29, 1848, in Rusk county, Texas, resides with his parents. MARIA L., born April 5, 1850, in Nacogdoches county, Texas, married Jan. 20, 1871, to James H. Hall, a native of Mississippi. They have one child, FAXNIE j., born Jan. 20, 1874. Mr. and Mrs. Hall reside in Coryell county, Texas, near Rainey's

Creek postoffice. WILLIAM J., born March 17, 1852, in Rusk county, Texas, resides with his parents. ROBERT R. P., born Oct. 26, 1853, and died Nov. 28, 1874. JOHN P., born April 7, 1856, CHARLES F., born Aug. 3, 1858, and SUSAN M., born Nov. 28, 1862 - the three latter in Nacogdoches county - and SARAH E., born Sept. 14, 1867, in Limestone county, all reside with their parents. John F. F. Doherty and wife reside near Rainey's creek postoffice, Coryell county, Texas, and twenty-eight miles from Waco, the nearest express office.

Mathias M., Elizabeth, John

MART, born Sept. 18, 1824, in Sangamon county, was married there, Nov. 30, 1847, to Charles W. Smith, who was born Jan. 31, 1823, in Overton county, Tenn. They have five children, NANCY, MATHIAS M., ELIZABETH, JOHN D. and MARY, who reside with their parents in Maco'upin county, ten miles northeast of Carlinville, 111.

Dougherty, Charles

DOUGHERTY, CHARLES, was born Feb., 1792, near Derry, county- Donegal, Ireland. In 1817 he came to America, landing first in Canada, and from there to New York. He was married about 1820, in Washington county, Pa., to Mrs. Susannah Gants. She had nine children by her first marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Dougherty moved to Wheeling, Va., where they had one child, and from there to Greenup county, Ky. In 1835 they moved to Coles county, 111., and from there to Sangamon county, arriving in May, 1838, in what is now Riverton. Mrs. D. died there, March 5, 1852, Their only son -

CHARLES,]\.m., born Oct. 10, 1822, in Wheeling, West Va., married Feb. 20, 1849, to Amanda Constant. She died March i, 1858, leaving three sons, JAMES, REZIN and JOHN. Charles Dougherty, Jun., was married March 5, 1859, to Mrs. Susan E. Connelly, whose maiden name was Conant. They have three children, OMAR, ALLEN" and LYDIA J., who live with their parents, one mile northwest of Dawson.

speaking, but it is not known whether they emigrated from Germany or were born in this country. They had three sons and three daughters, all born in North Carolina, and moved to Jessamine county, Ky., about 1811. They moved with their children to Decatur county, Ind., and in 1828 came to Sangamon county. Both died at a very advanced age, and were buried about three miles east of Springfield, near the Bennett school house. Of their children -

DONNER, LYDIA, born Dec., 1783, near Salem, Rowan county, N. C., accompanied her parents to Jessamine county, Ky., and was there married to James Walters. They had nine children in Kentucky, and in 1829 moved to Decatur county, Ind., where Mr. Walters died in June, 1830. Mrs. Walters moved to Sangamon county, arriving in Auburn township in 1839. See Lydia Walters.

Donner, Elizabeth

DONNER, GEORGE, was born about 1786, in Rowan county, N. C., came with his parents to Jessamine county, Ky., and from there to Decatur county, Ind. He was there married and had five children. Mrs. Donner died there, and Mr. D., with his family, came to Sangamon county, 111., in the autumn of 1828, settling about three miles northeast of Springfield. George Donner was married in Sangamon county to Mary Blue. They had two living children, and Mrs Mary Donner died in Sangamon county. Mr. Donner's five eldest children married in the latter county, and in 1838 he took his two children by the second marriage, and, in company with his son William and family, and his brother Jacob and family moved to Texas. They raised one crop fifty miles south of Houston. Not liking the country, they all returned in 1839, and George Donner moved on the farm he left. About two years afterwards he married Mrs. Tamsen Dozier, whose maiden name was Eustace. They had three children (all girls) born in Sangamon county. Of the five children of George Donner by his first marriage -

Weaver. They had four children, and Mr. Weaver died, and she married Adam Harmon. They had two children, and Mr. H. died at Island Grove. The family live near Libertyville, Iowa.

WILLIA M, born May 3, 1812, in Decatur county, Ind., was married March, 1832, in Sangamon county, 111., to Elizabeth Hunter, who was born May i, 1819, in Gallatin county, Ky., and came to San-' gamon county in the autumn of 1830. They had two children, and in 1838 moved to Texas with his father, where one child was born. He returned to Sangamon county in 1839, where two children were added to the family. Of their five children: JAMES W., born Jan. 7, 1834, in Sangamon county, was married April 20, 1857, to Elizabeth Snodgrass, who was born Feb. 6, 1837, in Harrison county, Indiana. They have six living children,

GEORGE A., CHARLES F., NETTIE J., IRVING, ALBERT F. and DORA E., and live in Clear Lake township, one mile south of Riverton. James W. Donner enlisted August 8, 1862, in Co. H., ii4th 111. Inf., for three years. He was severely wounded by a musket ball, through the hip joint, at the battle of Guntown, Miss., June 10, 1864, was captured and taken to Mobile. After one month, sent to Cahawba, remained three months, thence to Macon, Georgia, and from there to the prison pens at Andersonville. As the close of the rebellion approached, all the prisoners who could travel on foot were removed, leaving about one hundred there. The prison was surrounded by artillery, bearing on the stockade. The rebel guards, in order to escape capture, cut down the wheels of the artillery, and fled before the Union forces. J. W. Donner, with others in like situation, was sent by Capt. Wirz to Thomasville by railroad, thence to the Union lines at Jacksonville, Florida, which was reached the latter part of April. They were sent by water to Hilton Head and Annapolis, Md. Then by railroad to Chicago and Springfield, reaching home July 10, 1865. He now draws a pension. SARAH E., born Sept. 27, 1836, was married July 27, 1855, to Gilbert Sponsler, who was born Sept. 18, 1833, in Dauphin county, Penn., came with his parents to Sangamon county in 1841, and settled in what is now Woodside township. They have four children :

ALICE j., and reside in the Donner settlement, four miles east of Springfield. GEORGE T., born May 27, 1839, in Texas, enlisted at Springfield, August, 1862, in Co. G.. ii4th 111. Inf., for three years, served full time, and was honorably discharged with the regiment at the close of the war. He was married March, 1868, to Sarah Scott, east of Springfield. They have three children, WILLIAM, NANCY M. and HARVY o., and reside near Latham, Logan county, 111. RACHEL T., born May 7, 1842, was married Jan. 20, 1857, to Felix Carver. See his name. JOSEPH, bom Sept. 30, 1845, enlisted, May 22, 1862, in Co. B, 68th 111. Inf., for one hundred days, served four months, and was honorably discharged. He was married Nov. 22, 1868, to Mary L. Butler, who was born June 5, 1849. They have one child, LINNIE B., and reside with his mother, near Springfield, 111. William Donnor died July 22, 1867, within two miles of where his father settled in 1828. His widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Donnor, resides four miles east of Springfield.

ELIZABETH, born in Indiana, was married in Sangamon county, 111., to Absolom Harmon. They had six or seven children, and reside near Libcrtyville, Jefferson county, Iowa.

L YDIA, born in Indiana, was married in Sangamon county, 111., to John Vancil. They had three or four children, and moved to Hancock county, 111.

ELITHA CUMI, born in Sangamon county, 111., lived through the disaster on the mountains, in 1846, and was married in California to Perry McCoon. He was killed by a runaway horse. His widow was married Dec. 8, 1853,10 Benjamin W. Wilder. They have six children, and reside at Elk Grove, Sacramento county, California.

LEANNA C, born Dec. 5, 1834, near Springfield, 111., lived through the disaster on the mountains 1846-7, was married in Sacramento City, Cal., Sept. 26, 1852, to John App. They had four children. REBECCA, born Feb. 9, 1854, resides with her parents. LEONARD F. died in his sixth year, in San Francisco. JOHN Q. and LUCY E. reside with their parents near Jamestown, Tuolumne county, California.

FRANCES E., born July 4, 1840, in Sangamon county, 111., lived through the disaster on the mountains, was educated at St. Dominie Catholic school, at Benicia, was married Nov. 24, 1858, in California, to William R. Wilder. They reside near Point of Timber, Contra Costa county, California.

GEORGIANA, born Dec. 3, 1841, near Springfield, 111., lived through the disaster on the mountains, was educated at Benecia Catholic school, and married Nov. 4, 1863, to Washington A. Babcock, in California. They have three children HENRY A., FRANK B. and EDITH M., and reside at Mountain View, Santa Clara county, California. ^ ELIZA P., born March 8, 1843, near Springfield, 111., lived through the disaster on the mountains, was educated at St. Dominie Catholic school, at Benicia, Cal.j was married in same State, Oct. 10, 1861, to Sherman O. Houghton, who was born April 10, 1828, in New York city. She is his second wife. He served in the ist. regiment N. Y. Vol. Inf. through the Mexican war, was Mayor of San Jose, Cal., in 1855 and 1856, represented California in the 42d and 43d Congress. They have six children, ELIZA P., SHERMAN O., Tun., CLARA H., CHAS. D., FRANCIS F. and STANLEY W., all born in California except the last, who' was born in Washington, D. C. Hon. S. O. Houghton and family reside in San Jose, Cal. He is a practicing lawyer.

George Donner was a good man. It is said by his former neighbors in Sangamon county, that it appeared to be a pleasure for him to do a kind act. For an account of the sad fate of himself and wife, see sketch of the Reed and Donner emigrant partv.

BONDER, TOBIAS, born in 1788, near Salem, Rowan county, N. C., was a brother of George and Jacob, and the three sisters, Susannah, Lydia and Elizabeth. He moved with his father's family to Jessamine county, Ky., and was married there to Nancy Bettis, and moved to Decatur county, Ind. From there to

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DONNER, JACOB, was born about i79°» near Salem, Rowan county, N. C., accompanied the family to Jessamine county, Ky., thence to Decatur county, Ind., and from there (in 1828) to Sangamon county, 111., where he was married to Mrs. Elizabeth Hook, whose maiden name was Blue, a sister of his brother George's second wife. She had two children by a former marriage, namely -

SOLOMON E. Hook, born Jan. n, 1832, in Sangamon county, 111., lived through the disaster on the mountains, and was married in California, Nov. 7, 1866, to Alice Roberts. They have three children, and reside in Winters, Yolo county, California.

WILLIAM Hook, born in 1834, in Sangamon county, 111., lived through the disaster on the mountains, but on reaching food, arose in the night, ate too much, and died from the effects in 1847.

GEORGE, born August, 1837, near Springfield, 111., lived through the disaster on the mountains, and was mamed in California, June 12, 1862, to Margaret J. Watson. They have six children. George Donner died February, 1875, and his family live at Sebastapol, Sonoma county, Cal.

MART M., born March 18, 1839, near Springfield, 111., experienced the hardships of the disasterous trip through the mountains in 1847, accompanied Mrs. Reed to California, and was married there to Sherman O. Houghton. Mrs. Mary Houghton died June 21, 1860, leaving one child, MARY M., who was born June 7, 1860, and resides with her father, in San Jose, Cal. See the name of Sherman O. Houghton, in connection with the family of George Donner.

ISAAC, born in 1841, in Sangamon county, LE WIS and SAMUEL, born in the same county, all three died from starvation and exposure in the California mountains during the winter of 1846 and '7.

Donner, Susannah

She was married in Jessamine county, Ky., to Micajah Organ. See his name. They came to Sangamon county, 111., in 1828, stopping east of Springfield, and moved in 1829 to what is now Auburn township.

DpRRANCE, DANIEL, was born in 1768, in Hartford, Conn. He was married in 1799, in Seneca county, N. Y., to Margaret Gilland, a native of Pennsylvania. They had two children, and moved to Ontario county, where Mrs. Dorrance died, Nov. 30, 1812. Mr. D. there married Mrs. Mary Price, whose maiden name was Arnold. They had one child, and Mrs. Mary Dorrance died Sept. 10, 1815. Mr. D., with his three children, moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving June 8, 1822, in what is now Woodside township, and in the spring of 1823 moved to what is Loami township. Of his three children -

GERSHOM, born Nov. 23, 1801, in Seneca county, N. Y., married in Sangamon county, Nov. 28, 1832, to Louisa H. Woodworth, who was born in 1814, in Massachusetts. They had nine children; three died in infancy, and DANIEL died at ten years. MARY L. married Nathan T. Underwood, have six children, and reside in Loami township. MARGARET E. married Benjamin Bane; had three children, CORA BELL, CARRIE and FREDDIE. Mr. Bane died Feb. 5, 1872. His widow and children reside one and a quarter miles east of Loami. JOHN J. resides in Christian county. LYDIA A., married George Collins and died, leaving one child, PHILIP. CLARISSA M., unmarried, and resides in Lincoln. Mrs. Louisa Dorrance died Feb. i, 1855, and Gershom Dorrance resides one and a quarter miles east of Loami. He served in a lighthorse company from Springfield in 1831 and '2, in the Black Hawk war.

Daniel Dorrance never married after coming to Illinois, and died Sept. 10, 1831, in Loami township. He was about seven years old when the battle of Lexington was fought, and he remembered having heard the firing of cannon at some of the battles that took place spon after. His father was a native Englishman, but was a surgeon in the revolutionary army, and lost his life in the service. A powder horn once owned by Dr. Dorrance is now in possession of his grandson, Gershom Dorrance, near Loami. It may have been picked up by him on some battle-field. It is carved with figures of men, trees, animals and other hieroglyphics, and the following inscription:

DOUGLAS, MILTON, was born Sept. 25, 1816, in Greene county, Ky., and came to Island Grove, Sangamon county, in the fall of 1833. He was married Nov. 7, 1838, to Sarah A. Castl<;berry, who was born in 1820, in Ly coming county, Pa. They had three children, namely -

WILLIAM J., born March 12, 1841, in Sangamon county, married Nov. 30, 1865, to Adaline Rawlings, who was born Jan. 12, 1841, in Lawrence countv, 111. They have four children, WILLIA'M H., MILTON, ANNIE M. and GEORGE, and reside two and a half miles east of Berlin.

Mrs.^Sarah A. Douglas died Dec. 19, 1848, and Milton Douglas married Eliza Underwood, and she died in October, 1853. Mr. D. was again married Sept. 4, 1854, to Frances M. Rude, who was born March 20, 1833, *n Morgan county, 111. They had five living children, namely -

DOUGLAS, SAMUEL, was born about 1767, in Loudon county, Va., married there to Amelia Johnson, a native of the same county. They moved to Adair county Ky., thence to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in 1827, on Spring creek. They brought five children, namely -

THOMAS, born in Virginia, married in Sangamon county to Lucinda Hanks, moved to Iowa, thence to Oregon, have six children, and reside near Matysville, California.

JAMES, born March 12, 1809, in Loudon county, Va., came to Sangamon county, 111., in 1827. He was married at the time of the "deep snow," Feb. 22,

1832, was married Jan. 20, 1856, to Amanda Young. They have six living children, ISABELLA, ADALINE, LIONA, CHARLES, MILLIE J. and HATTIE MAY, and reside in Springfield. He is foreman in the T., W. and W. R. R. Company's shops. NATHAN, born August 4, 1835, was married in Feb., 18=56, to Louisa Young. They have five children, ELLEN, JAMES M., MARY, ANN, and one other. Mrs. D. died in 1871, in Taylorville, and he married Nettie Phillips, at Elkhart. They have one child. Nathan Douglas is employed by the T., W. and W. R. R. Company, and resides at Bluff City, 111. NANCY J., born Sept. 28, 1838, married Robert Stokes. They have five children, and reside near Edinburg, 111. Mrs. Ellen Douglas died Sept., i§54,and James Douglas married Mrs. Nancy Keeling, whose maiden name was Dawson. She died.

Dozier, Mrs. Nancy

DOZIER, MRS. NANCY, born May, 1793, in Montgomery county, Ky., and married there to John Dozier. He died in 1829, leaving a widow and seven children. Mrs. Dozier, with part of her children, moved to Sangamon county, ill., arriving in .November, 1833, in what is now Woodside township, and the next spring moved to what is now Cotton Hill township. Of her seven children -

JA MES^L^orn Jan. i, 1811, in Montgomery county, Ky., married Jan. 22, 1843, in Sangamon county, to Mary W. Armstrong. They had nine children. JANE,',born Oct. 24, 1843, in Sangamon county, was married June 22, 1864, to George Dalbey, who was born in Pickaway county, O., Jan. 31, 1830. They have five children, GEORGE w., EDWIN J., live with their parents in Springfield. Mr. D. is trading in cattle in west Missouri. THOMAS. W., born April 14, 1845, married March 17, 1872, to Mary F. Greenawalt. They had one child, GEORGE A., and reside in Cotton Hill township, near Zion chapel. ZACHARIAH, JOHN, CAROLINE A., NANCY A.JAMES I., Jun., EDWARD S. and FRANK, reside|with their parents on the farm where Mr/Dozier settled in 1834. It is between Horse and Brush creeks, in Cotton Hill township.

JANE, born February, 1814, in Kentucky, married there to J. Lenegar. She died in 1866 in Clarke county, 111., leaving her husband and several children. Her son JOHN was a member of an Illinois regiment, and died at Jackson, Tenn., during the rebellion.

JOHN, born March 5, 1830, in Montgomery county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, Jan. 7, 1855, to Susan Womack. They had five children; one died, aged four years. JAMES A., WILLIAM J., JESSE L. and NANCY E. reside with their parents, two miles west of Pawnee.

DRENNAN, WILLIAM, born April 9, 1768, in Pendleton District, South Carolina. Mary Thomas was born Jan. 13, 1771. They were married about 1790. Six of their children were born in that district, and they moved to Caldwell county, Ky., about 1803, where they had six children. In the fall of 1817 they moved to Illinois, first stopping on Wood river, about two miles from Alton, in Madison county. Their destination wa,s the San-ga-ma country, but it was more economical to remain idle that winter than to move up, and thus incur the necessity of hauling provisions for themselves and stock. Early in 1818 William Drennan, his half brother, Joseph Drennan, his sonin-law, Joseph Dodds, and George Cox, left their families near Alton, and, with their teams, farming implements, provisions, and all the young men and boys belonging to the families who were able to assist in making a home, started, piloted by a white man named William Moore, who had belonged to a company that had been over the country before, in fighting the Indians. He was called an Indian Ranger. Arriving at Sugar creek, they took a day or two for exploring, and on March 10, 1818, drove to the spot on which William Drennan built his cabin and which proved to be section 32, town 14, range 5 west, when the government made its ^survey. It is on the northwest side of Sugar creek, and about twelve miles nearly due south of Springfield, and near where the Sugar creek Cumberland Presbyterian church now stands. Immediately after their arrival they built two cabins. One was occupied by George Cox alone. The other was occupied for the summer by William and Joseph Drennan and Joseph Dodds.

That was the one spoken of as belonging to William Drennan. As they had not the slightest idea of cultivating the prairie, these three men agreed to clear all the land they could in one body, and have a crop from it that year in common, with the understanding that before another year they were all to work together until an equal sized piece was cleared for the other two. They cleared the timber from about fifteen acres, fenced it, plowed as well as they could among the roots and stumps with a little short wooden mouldboard plow, and planted it in corn and pumpkins. The soil in the timber was very light - so much so that in some places they would almost sink in over their shoes. In fencing this land, they inclosed about three-fourths of an acre of prairie. After they had plowed and planted their crop, one of the men suggested that it was quite a waste to have that under fence and nothing growing on it, and proposed that they break it up and plant something on it. In order to make sure work, they uncoupled one of their wagons, hitched four horses to the forward wheels, and fastened their wooden mould -board plow to the axle. They soon found this was a failure.

Try as they would, the plow would not enter the sod, and they reluctantly gave it up. While they were taking off the team and plow, one of the boys, full of fun and mischief, took up a hoe and began to shave the grass off, saying he could break the prairie with his hoe. That suggested an idea to one of the men, and he, also, took a hoe and began shaving the grass. It was the work of but a few minutes to remove the sod from a spot several feet in diameter. He then called one of the other men, and proposed that, as they were well advanced with their work, and there were seven or eight of them, and all had hoes, that they call all hands together, and shave the grass from the whole piece, plant something on it, and see what would be the result. The man spoken to first, laughed at the idea as ridiculous, but after studying a moment, he fell in with it, and the men and boys were all called up, and the grass shaved off, holes dug, and corn and pumpkin seed planted. They did not touch it any more; that killed the grass. The crop was fully twice as much in proportion to the area, as that planted among the stumps, and the next spring it /broke up the nicest of any land they had ever seen. This taught them an important lesson, and caused them to make greater exertions to induce some one to invent a plow that would break the prairie. I have this account from the venerable William Drennan, who was one of the young men that assisted in doing the work, and who has lived in sight of the spot to the present time. Several years elapsed before a plow was invented that would do good work at breaking. In the mean time the early settlers continued clearing their land, that they might have it to cultivate, and were always uneasy for fear their timber would be exhausted.

There can be but little doubt that the same labor required to destroy the timber on one acre would have shaved the grass from two acres, with no better implements than a hoe. They could, by that means, have had better land to cultivate, twice the quantity of grain raised, and saved their timber, but the probability is they never thought of it. After the provisions they brought with them were exhausted, one of their number would return south, load a couple of horses with provisions, salt, and other indispensibles, in regular pack saddle style, and bring them to their new home. The distance was between sixty and seventy miles. Thev brought cows in the spring, and had plenty of milk. Wild honey was abundant, and Mr. Drennan told the writer that two of their number would cut down a . hollow tree where bees had stored their wealth, and with a few hours work, would bring in from two to five gallons of honey. While they were doing this, others of their number would be looking for more bee trees, so that they always had four or five trees ahead, and knew just where to go when they needed more honey. For meat, they would hunt as the necessities required, some times one, and often all would hunt. In warm weather they would take venison, the breast of turkeys and geese, cut the meat into thin slices, sprinkle a small quantity of salt on it, and dry it on a frame work of sticks about three feet high, setting the frame in the sun, with a smouldering fire underneath. In this way the meat would soon be cured, and ready for use at any time. This they called jerked meat, a considerable supply of which could be kept on hand. Fresh meat, jerked meat, milk, honey and bread, constituted their bill of fare during the first summer. As trips were made back and forth, some of the younger sons of those who had families were brought to the new settlements. After the crops were cultivated, the men who had families returned to them, leaving the unmarried men and boys to take care of the property. The four men who came up in the spring, all brought their wives and children in the fall of that year. Mr. Cox arrived first, Joseph Drennan next, and, William Drennan, with his son-in-law, Joseph Dodds, came together, arriving Dec. 3, 1818. Of the twelve children of William Drennan, Sen. -

WILL JAM, born Oct. 15, 1797, in Pendleton district, S. C., came to Kentucky, and from there to Sangamon. county with his father, arriving March 10, 1818, in what is now Ball township. He was married May 30, 1822, in Sangamon county, to Margaret Anderson. They had twelve children, all born in Sangamon county, viz: JAMES A., born Aug. 6, 1828, married Dec. 8, 1853, to Rachel Cannon. They have six children, JAN-

Netta F., Mary E., Robert W., Minnie

\v., IRA and FREDERICK, and reside in Ball township, five miles northeast of Auburn. SAMUEL, born Oct. 30, 1829, went to the Pacific coast in 1852, was married there May 28, 1868, to Louisa Fernald, who was born April 4, 1839, in North Berwick, Maine. They have three children, EDITH A., MABEL L., and DORA A., and reside in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz county, Cal. JOHN T., born Jan. 13, 1 832, enlisted August 9, 1862, at Chatham, in Co. I, 73d 111. Inf., for three years. He was wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863, lay five days on the battlefield, befoi'e medical aid was given. He recovered, but is permanently disabled. He was discharged on account of physical disability, June 16, 1864, and resides with his parents in Ball township. WILLIAM, Jun., born March 7, 1833, was married

Feb. 22, 1853, to Lucinda Cannon, and moved to Shelby county, Mo. They had four children, HENRY c., CHARLES w., DANIEL D. and MARGARET F. William Drennan enlisted in Co. F, 37th Mo. Inf., in 1862, to aid in suppressing the slaveholders' rebellion. A body of rebels, under the notorious Bill Anderson, lay in ambush until three companies of Union soldiers were in their power, when two companies were nearly annihilated, eight}' men being slaughtered, it is believed, without an opportunity to surrender. It occurred near Centralia, Boone county, Mo., Sept. 27, 1864. William Drennan was among the slain. His widow and children reside near Shelby ville, Shelby county, Mo. MARTHA A., born April 25, 1835, married William Kenney. See his name. REBECCA, born May 3, 1837, married James Ewing, April 7, 1857. They have four children, ALICE M., CORA B., WILLIAM M. and JAMES F., and reside at Ivanhoe, Shelby county, Mo. MARGARET, born Jan. 30, 1839, resides with her parents. NANCY, born Nov. 29, 1840, married James M. Nuckolls. See his name. They had one child, LAURA M. She resides with her mother. Mrs. Nuckolls married James Bennington. They have one child, JOHN. Mr. Bennington and family reside five miles east of Auburn, in Pawnee township. ROBERT died, aged sixteen years. FRANCIS N., born July 5, 1845, married Sarah Graham. They have no children, and reside near Johnstown, Bates county, Mo. MARY E., born March 24, 1847, mar~ ried Benjamin F. Fletcher. See his name. EMILY J., born May 18, 1851, married Charles I. Pulliam. See his name. William Drennan had his left hand amputated April 3, 1875, as the only way to save his life from the effects of a cancer. He and his wife are both living in view of the farm where he assisted his father in making improvements, March 10, 1818. There is no other man living in the county who was in it at that time. He is consequently, at this date - 1876 - beyond a doubt, the oldest inhabitant of Sangamon county.

RA CHEL, born in South Carolina, married Alexander Ritchie, in Sangamon county, 111. He died at Sulphur Springs, Hopkins county, Texas, where she now resides - 1876. -

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THOMAS, born in South Carolina, was married in Sangamon county, to Eveline Moffitt. They had seven children. JAMES A. and REBECCA are unmarried and reside with their mother. MARY F. married James Bridges. See his name. THOMAS L. married Mary Kuotts, and live in Ball township. John C. and MARTHA E. are unmarried and reside with their mother. Thomas Drennan died Sept. 13, 1848, and his widow resides in Ball township.

EZEKIEL N., born June 28, 1802, in South Carolina, was married June 1 6, 1825, in Sangamon county, 111., to Marv Viney, who was born Dec. 26, 1807, in Kentucky, and came with her parents to Illinois, in 1817. E. N. Drennan and wife had ten living children in Sangamon county, 111., and they moved to Adair county, Mo., in Sept. 1859. Of their ten children, WILLIAM S. VI, born July 20, 1826, died unmarried, Aug., 1857, at Granby, Newton county. Mo. ALFRED D., born May 5, 1828, died unmarried, March 14, 1852, in Sangamon county, 111. MINERVA J., born Jan. 29, 1830, in Sangamon county, was married there, August 29, 1848, to William Orr, who was born Feb. 18, 1820, in Ohio. They had three children in Sangamon county, and moved, in Sept., 1856, to Kirksville, Adair county, Mo., where one child was born. Of their children, EMMA F., born June 27, 1849, in Sangamon county, 111., was married Nov. 18, 1868, to Oliver Ridgeway, of Sangamon county, 111., have three childi'en, George, Charlotte and Arthur, and live in Nodaway county, Mo. HENRIETTA E., born April 27. 1852, and ALFRED R., born March 18, 1855, both in Sangamon county, and MARV A., born Feb. 5, 1858, in Missouri, the three latter live with their parents. William Orr and wife reside near Troy Mills, Adair county, Mo. NEWTON L., born April 17, 1832, in Sangamon county, married in Adair county, Mo., Nov. 22, 1860, to Phebe Corbin. They had three children, WILLIAM L. THOMAS L. and ALFRED E. Mrs. Phebe Drennan died May 7, 1873, and he was married Sept. 10,1874, to Martha L. Nevins, of Macoupin county, 111. Thev reside near Troy Mills, Mo. SARAH C., born July 17, 1834, died unmarried in Adair county, Mo., June 16, 1872. REBECCA

V., born June 30, 1836, was married Mar. 20, 1855, t° Rufus Cavett, of Sangamon county, 111. She died Oct., 1858, in Ringgold county, Iowa, leaving two children, MEDORA E. and JANE, who live with their father in Adair county, Mo. NANCY V., born Oct. 28, 1838, was married April, 1858, to Daniel M. Edwards, of Macoupin county, 111. They have three children, all born in Macoupin county, 111., and they moved to Adair county, Mo., in Nov., 1866, where two children were born, NOME v. and FREDERICK E. D. M. Edwards and family reside near Kirksville, Adair county, Mo. AMANDA K., born Nov. 30, 1840, in Sangamon county, 111., was married Dec. 30, 1860, to Silas G. Phipps, of Adair county, Mo. Thev have eight children, SAMUEL E., OSCAR A.,

Charles E., Effie M., Minnie R. Marv

F., VAN, and D. GRANVEL, and reside in Randolph county, Mo. MARY L., born April 22, 1845, in Sangamon countv, 111., resides in Kansas City, Mo. THOMAS J., born Nov. 12, 1847, 'n Sangamon county, resides in Adair county, Mo. Mrs. Mary Drennan died Dec. 2, 1871, and Ezekial N. Drennan died Aug. i, 1872, both in Adair countv, Mo.

MAR GARB T, " born in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, 111., to John Ritchie. They moved to Henry county, Iowa, where he died, leaving a widow and five children near New London, Henry county, Iowa.

JOHN L., born Feb. 18, 1808, in Caldwell county, Ky., was married in 1830, in Sangamon county, 111., to Mary A. Alexander. They had three children. MARY J. married John Hazlett, and resides near Edinburg, Christian county, 111. THOMAS H. married Mary Mc- Kinnie, and resides in Ball township. MELINDA J. married J. W. Darneille, and both died. Mrs. Mary A. Drennan died in 1842, and John L. Drennan was married Dec. 15, 1842, to Nancy J. Dodds. They had six children. GEORGE L., born Nov. 27, 1843, was marr'cd, Jan- u» l&7°i to Marv E. Ridgeway. She died Nov. 24, 1872, leaving one child, FRANK L., in Nodaway county, Mo., where he and his father reside. BENJAMIN F., born Feb. 15, 1845, married Anna E. WTheeler. They have three children, CHARLES F., FLORENCE M. and ADELLA, and reside in

Ball township, three miles southeast of Chatham. GILBERT C. is in the mercantile business with James A. Able and William R. Lockridge, in Pawnee. CHARLES lives at Pawnee. DAVID A. born Feb. 2, 1851, graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Feb. 16, 1875, and is a practicing physician in Pawnee. ALFRED L. was married March 9, 1875, to Emma J. Christopher, and is farming near Pawnee. The four latter reside with their mother, at Pawnee, Sangamon county, 111. John L. Drennan died July 22, 1853, and his widow married John B. Weber. See his name.

ELIZABETH, born in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, 111., to Lewis Laughlin. They had five children, and reside near New London, Henry county, Iowa.

MART ANN, born Oct. n, 1811, in Caldwell county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county, 111., Nov. 13, 1831, to Urban Alexander, who was born in Caldwell county, Ky., and his father, Joshua C. Alexander, emigrated to Sangamon county about 1820, settling on Richland creek. He served in the Black Hawk war, in the company of which Abraham Lincoln was Captain. Urban Alexander and wife had two children in Sangamon county, and moved to DesMoines county, Iowa, where two children -were born. They returned to Sangamon county, had one child, and in the fall of 1844 they emigrated with several other families to Texas, and arrived in Fannin county, Texas, Dec. 5, of same year. One son was born there, and in 1851 they moved to Hopkins county, Texas. Of their children: REBECCA J., born Oct. 9, 1836, in Sangamon county, 111., is unmarried, and resides near Black Jack Grove, Texas. JOHN S., born Aug. 21, 1838, in DesMoines cotmtv, Iowa, enlisted in iS6i,in Co. K,9th Regiment Texas Cavalry, under Brigadier-General L. S. Ross, of the Southern Confederacy. He was in many engagements, such as Corinth, Vicksburg, etc. At the close of the war , he returned home, only to find his stock of hundreds of cattle all gone, save a few for family use. The homestead remained, and being brought up to believe that a man is never broke until his neck is, and knowing no such word as fail, J. S. Alexander began again. He was married Dec.

4, 1868, to Texanna Tallaferro. They have two children, CHARLES T. and HENRY B., and reside near Black Jack Grove, Hopkins county, Texas. Sarah A., born Sept. 2, 1840, in DesMoines county, Iowa, was married in Texas, March 14, 1860, to George D. Winniford. They had three children, NORVEL, SAMUEL and ROBERT LEE, who live with their mother. Mr. Winniford died in 1871, and the family reside near Black Jack Grove, Texas. MARTHA M., born Nov. 2, 1842, in Sangamon county, 111., died August 14, 1855, near Black Jack Grove, Texas. THOMAS C., born in 1851, in Fannin county, Texas, enlisted in Gurley's Regiment Texas Cavalry, and operated principally in Louisana, Arkansas and Indian Territory. He was married in the fall of 1866 to Martha Banta. They have five children, WILLIAM, JOHN, AMANDA, GEORGIA and WINFIELD s., and resied near Black Jack Grove, Texas. Urban Alexander died Dec. 20, 1853, from injuries received by being thrown from a wagon. Mrs. Mary A. Alexander died June 4, 1854, both near Black Jack Grove, Hopkins county, Texas.

REBECCA, born in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, 111., to George Latimer, who died, and she married William Allison. They reside near Abingdon, Knox county, 111.

DA VID, born July" 3, 1816, in Caldwell county, Ky., was married Sept. 3, 1833, in Sangamon county, 111., to Nancy Wilson, who was born April 6, 1816, in Morgan county, Tennessee. They emigrated to Texas in 1842. Of their children, ELIZABETH, born Nov. 3. 1835, in Sangamon county, was married Feb. n, 1852, near Honey Grove, Texas, to S A Erwin. They had six children, MARY L, born June 26, 1853, near Honey Grove, was married there Sept. 8, 1871, to J. E. Breckeen, and reside in Honey Grove. JOHN E., born Oct. 18, 1855. M. M., born Dec. 31. 1858. WILLIAM j., born April 22, 1860. NANNIE A., born July 20, 1864, and EVA G., born Oct. 8, 1866, reside with their parents in Honey Grove, Fannin county, Texas. MARY, born Jnne 5, 1837, in Sangamon county, 111., was married, Sept. 3, 1860, near Honey Grove, to A. G. Stobaugh. They had four children, NANNIE E., MARTHA E., MARY A. and GUSSIE, who live with their father. Mrs. Mary Stobaugh died Nov. 15, 1869, in Honey Grove, and the family reside there. MARTHA, born March 12, 1840, in Sangamon county, 111., was married Dec. 18, 1856, near Honey Grove, to Louis B. Chiles. They had nine children, JAMES E., NANCY j., the latter died in 1866, MARY E., LOUIS B., Jim.,

SAMUEL E., who reside with their parents, near Honey Grove, Fannin county, Texas. WILLIAM E., born Feb. 6, 1844, in Fannin county, was married Sept. 15, 1871, to Annie Tomlinson. They have two living children, j. E. and D. E., and live in Fannin county, near Honey Grove, Texas. ANN ISABELLA, born Feb. 21, 1858, in Fannin county, resides with her parents. ' David Drennan and wife reside near Honey Grove, Fannin county, Texas. William Drennan, Sen., died Oct, 23, 1847, and his widow, Mrs. Mary Drennan, died Oct. 2^, 1856, both where they settled, in 1818, in Sangamon county, 111. He in his eightieth year and she in her eighty-fifth year. William Drennan, Sen., was one of the three Commissioners who were appointed by the Governor of Illinois to locate the county seat of Sangamon county. The other two were Zachariah Peter -and Rivers Cormack. They located it by driving a stake in the ground and calling it Springfield.

DRENNAN, JOSEPH, was born April 16, 1786, in Pendleton district, South Carolina. He was half brother to and much younger than Win. Drennan, Sen. Joseph Drennan was married in South Carolina to Rebecca Evets, and had one child there. About 1807 the family moved to Caldwell county, Ky., where they had five children, and they moved to what is now Ball township, Sangamon county, 111., coming himself in March 10, 18183 and bringing his family in Sept. of that year. They had three children. Of all his children -

ANDRE W /'., born Sept. 12, 1806, in Pendleton district, South Carolina, was married , in Sangamon county to Ruth Smith, and had nine children. JOSEPH F., married Mary Watts, and both died, leaving seven children, in Logan county. ELIZABETH died at five years. MARY A., married John Byers, has three children, and reside in Virden. REBECCA J., married George Trimble.

See his name. JOHN, married Nancy Watts, has six children, and resides in Champaign county. Andrew J. married Hannah Watson, have four children, and resides in Champaign county. PETER C. married Margaret Smith, have six children, and reside in Champaign county. MARTHA married James A. Smith, has one child, GEORGE E., and resides in Chatham. RUTH F. is unmarried, and resides in Chatham. Mrs. Ruth Drennan died in 1851, and A. P. Drennan married Ruth Wright, and died April 6, 1874, in Chatham. His widow lives there.

JOSEPH, Jun., born in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county to Elizabeth Richardson, about 1833. They had two children, and he married Elizabeth Withrow. They had ten children. She died, and he married Sarah Purvis. They had six children, and he died in Macoupin county, 111. Of his children: SMITH married Eliza J. Seaton, of Macoupin county. They have two children, and live in Ball township. ELIZA married N. W. Bates, had one child, and she died in Iowa. Of Joseph Drennan's other children I have no historv.

DAVID J., born May 3; 1816, in Caldwell county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county, 111., to Sarah Hurley. They had nine children, three of whom died under seven years. Of the other six : JANE married Solomon Taylor and died. REBECCA married George Hilyard, and died, leaving seven children near Lewisburg, Wayne county, Iowa. AMANDA married Starkey D. Morrison. They have two children, CHARLES A. and DAVID j., and reside at Woodside Station. He is Postmaster there. NANCY married Levi Cassity. See his name. SARAH E. married Martin C. Bridges. See his name. JOSEPH H. married Mattie Forbes, and resides in Woodside township. Mrs. Sarah Drennan died March 3, 1869, and David J. Drennan resides two miles southeast of Woodside, and eight miles south of Springfield. David J. Drennan told the writer that one day he went out to kill a deer (if he could find one) during the "deep snow." He went without a gun, expecting to kill it with a knife, as they would break through the crust and stick fast in the snow. In going through the brush he broke through and went down until the snow was just under his arm pits. He was two or three hours in this position trying to extricate himself, and the perspiration and melting snow made his clothes as wet as though he had plunged into water. He got out of the brush far enough for the crust to bear him, and by the time he walked home his clothes were frozen. He was about thirteen years old when this happened, and says he was twelve years of age when he had his first pair of shoes; that he obtained them by cutting down an oak tree, peeling the bark off and taking it to Thomas Dawson's tannery, received leather in exchange for this bark, had it cut out in th£ rough, and took the leather to Robert Metcalfe to be made into shoes. He paid the shoemaker by picking the seed out of four pounds of cotton, which left one pound of cotton and three pounds of seed. The farmers raised cotton extensively then, each one having three or four acres, and not more of wheat or oats. Cotton was picked by hand, but afterwards Robert Pulliam built a cotton gin, made to run by a tread wheel and two oxen.

SAMUEL, born May 15, 1819, the first birth of the family in Sangamon county, was married Oct. 6, 1836, to Alary A. Baker, who was born Feb. 14, 1820, in Tennessee. They had six children. NANCY J. married Robert Penick, and died, leaving three children. ANDREW J. enlisted Sept., 1861, in Co. B, roth 111. Cav., for three years, re-enlisted as a veteran in Jan., 1864, served to the end of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged at San Antonio, Texas, in Nov., 1865. He was married to Martha H. Smith, have two living children, SAMUKI. T. and KKBECCA j., and reside in Curran township. EZEKIEL died at sixteen years of age. GEORGE W., MARY A. and LOUISA reside with their mother. Samuel Drennan died Jan. n, 1855, and

Dresser, Rev. Chas

DRESSER, REV. CHAS., D. D.^ was born Feb. 24, 1800, in Pomfret, Conn. He was a classmate of George D. Prentice, in Brown University, Providence, R. I., and graduated there in 1823. He then went to southeast Virginia and entered the family of Dr. Meade (afterward Bishop Meade), of Virginia, as tutor to his sons, and with him studied theology. He was ordained to the ministry in the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1829, and was married Nov. 8, 1832, in Dinwiddie county, near Petersburg, Va., to Louisa W. Withers, who was born there July 15, 1810. They had two living children in Virginia. Mr. Dresser came with his family to Springfield in April, 1838, where he became Rector of the Episcopal Parish. They had eight children in Springfield, four of whom died young. Of their six living children -

DA VI D W., born Oct. 16, 1833, at Halifax Court House, Va., brought up in Springfield, graduated at Jubilee College, Robins' Nest, Peoria county, 111., in 1851, and was there ordained to the ministry in 1855. Rev. D. W. Dresser was married Nov. 20, 1861, at Chesterfield, 111., to Caroline Cundell, who was born there Jan. 4, 1841. He is now Rector of the Protestant Episcopal Parish at Carlinville, 111.

THOMAS W., born Jan. n, 1837, at Halifax C. H., Va., was brought up in Springfield. He graduated at Jubilee college in 1855, and at the Medical University of New York City in 1864. He was married in Springfield, Nov. 28, 1865, to Margaret Doremus. They have one child, CATHARINE. Dr. T. W. Dresser is a practicing physician and resides in Springfield, Illinois.

EDMUND, born Sept. 2, 1843, m Springfield, spent several years as railroad telegraph operator, and is now master of transportation on the T. W. & W. R. R. He resides with his mother in Springfield, Illinois.

SAMUEL J^REAT, born Sept. 6, 1846, in Springfield, spent several years as assistant clerk of the U. S. District Court in Springfield. Was, from Jan., 1875, to Jan., 1876, clerk in the office of Solicitor of the Treasury at Washington, D. C. He is now Deputy U. S. Marshal for the southern district of Illinois, and resides with his mother in Springfield.