Sangamon County, Illinois - The whole text, 1876 (part 11 of 31)

Rev. Charles Dresser received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from St. Paul's college, Mo., in 1858, and was Rector of the Protestant Episcopal church in Springfield from 1838 to 1855. During that time, us the parish register shows, he solemnized the marriage of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd, Nov. 4, 1842. He was elected Professor of Divinity and Belles Letters in Jubilee College in 1855, and remained in that position for some time, when he returned to Springfield and died March 25, 1865. His widow resides at 818 West Edwards street, Springfield, 111.

DUFF, ABRAHAM, was born May 15, 1777, in South Carolina. Virlinda Combs was born in South Carolina also, Aug. 6, 1781. Their parents moved on pack horses to the vicinity of Bowling Green, Ky. A. Duff and Verlinda Combs were married, and had nine children born there, and moved to St. Clair county, 111., and from there moved in company with his son-in-law, John Sims; arrived April, 1819, on Spring creek, at a point six miles west of where Springfield now stands. Two children were born at the latter place. Of their eleven children -

GEORGE, born Feb. 10, 1800, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, in 1822, to Jennie Archer. They had seven children in Sangamon county, and moved in 1839 to Newton county, Mo., where five children were born. MILTON, married Martha Lynn, and reside in Missouri. MISSONIAH, married

John Powers in Missouri, came to Sangamon county and he died. She married again, is now a widow and resides in Missouri. WILLIAM, born Feb. 10, 1827, in Sangamon county, married April 7, 1853, to Mrs. Elcy F. Archer, whose maiden name was Meacham. They havetwo children, JOHN G. and MINERVA A,, and reside on the farm where his grandfather, Duff, settled in 1819. It is six miles west of Springfield. ABRAHAM, born in Sangamon county, raised in Missouri, but was living with his brother William, and enlisted in 1861 for three years, in Co. B, loth Illinois Cavalry, and died at Quincy, 111., Feb. 18, 1862, was buried at Old Salem, Sangamon county. GREENBERRY, born in Sangamon county, went from Missouri to California in 1853, and resides there. All the others reside in Missouri. Mrs. Jennie DufT died Feb., 1863, in Lincoln county, Mo., and George Duff resides in Newton county, Mo.

GREENBERRET, born Aug. 10, 1815, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Elizabeth Wilbourn. Thev have seven children, and reside near Mt. Auburn, Christian county.

Mrs. Dorothy Combs, mother of" Mrs. Duff, came to Sangamon county with her daughter, and died at her house Feb. 12, 1838, aged eighty-five years. Her husband, Bennett Combs, died in Virginia.

DUNCAN, MOSES, no relation to John, Rice, Marshall, etc. He Was born in South Carolina, was a soldier in the war of 1812, was married in South Carolina, moved to Tennessee, had several children there, and the family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in 1826 or 1827, and settled on Spring creek.

HIRAM, JOHN, MART, MARGARET and WILLIAM married in Tennessee, and came to Sangamon county with their father. M OSES, Jun., JOSEPH, DA VID and ARCHIBALD, the four latter unmarried, came with their parents also. JOSEPH and D>A VID married in Sangamon county. In 1833 the whole family except two moved to Missouri. In 1835 the other two, WILLIAM and JOSEPH, went there also.

JOSEPH was a preacher in the M. E. church, and when the division took place he preferred remaining with the real Methodist Episcopal church, and returned to Sangamon county in 1844. In order to give his life in detail it may be said he was born May 21, 1808, in Franklin county, Tenn., came to Sangamon county in 1826 or 7, was a soldier in the Black Hawk war of 1831-2, and was married in Sangamon county, Oct. 18, 1832 to Nancy Lanterman. They had two living children, DAVID C., born Oct. 6, 1833, in Sangamon county, married Nov. 23, 1856 to Deborah Mills. They had four living children, SARAH B., DORA M., NANCY E., and MARY E., and reside in Williamsville. SOLOMON H., ' born June 6, 1835, died April 11, 1860. Rev. Joseph Duncan died May 10, 1854. His widow married Harrison Bishop. He died, and she resides with her son, David C. Duncan, in Williamsville. Rev. Joseph Duncan was a regular traveling preacher from the time he returned from Missouri until his death.

DUNCAN, RICE, was born Mar. 5, 1781,111 North Carolina. He was brother to Marshal and John. When young his father's family moved to Cumberland county, Ky. He was there married to Barbara Antle. They had four children, and Mrs. D. died. He married Luranah Rutherford. They brought one child from Kentucky to St. Clair county, where they had five children, and moved to Morgan, and then to Sangamon county, arriving Oct., 1837, in what is now Salisbury. Of their children -

WILLIAM T., born April 23, 1809, in Kentucky, married Clemantine French. They had six children, and he died. The family reside in Macoupin county."

SIDNEYS., born Dec. 18, 1810, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Mary Rogers. They had three children. He was Judge of Morgan county court, and died Aug., 1872, in Jacksonville, His widow resides in Chicago

DUNCAN, MARSHAL, was born in 1783 or 4, in North Carolina. He was brother to Rice and John. He went, when young, with his parents to Cumberland county, Kentucky. He left Kentucky w7ith three children and came to Sangamon county, 111., arrived-in 1820 or 21 in Salisbury township. He was there 'married to Hannah Miller, a daughter of John Miller.

JAMES T., married in Sangamon county, Aug. 27, 1829, to Mary Penny, who was born Dec. 6, 1809, in Pope county, 111. They had nine living children, HESTER A., married John Gramiish, and resides in Salisbury township. FRANCIS M., born Dec. 30, 1852, married Martha J. Yoakum. They have eight children, CHARLES x., LAURA A.,

<;KORGE H., LOUISA E. and MARY j., and live in Salisbury township, northeast of Sangamon river. JANE, married John C. Berry, have six children, and live in DeWitt county. John W., died in Iowa in 1869, aged thirty -two years. FRANKLIN W., married Martha Irwin, have five children, and live in Menard county. JAMES T., Jun., married Olive Douglas, who died.leaving one child; he and his child live in Salisbury township. SYLVESTER T., unmarried, resides at Salisbury. MATILDA, married James Potter, have four children, and live in Menard county. WILLIAM P., lives with his mother. James T. Duncan, died July 9, 1856, and his widow resides in Salisbury.

WILLIAM T. //., married in Sangamon county, in 1831, to Eve Miller. They had twelve children. MARION M., married Martha McMurphy, have fivechildren, LUCY C., LAURA A., MARGARET x., OMER L., and LEX A E., and live in Salisbury. POLLY A., married O. R. Baker. See his name. JAMES T.. and SIMEON S., live with their mother. SARAH J., married Hamilton Combs, has four children, and live in Salisbury township. MARTHA, married R.ichard Gaincs, and lives with her mother. MARGA.RET married Dr. A. F. Purvines. See his name. NANCY E., married Xapolcon Connor, have two children, and live in Macoupin county. GEORGE W., is west. FARINDA, married Elisha Batterton. Sec his name. ALICE, married Turner Yoakum, and resides in Avoca, Iowa. THOMAS S., lives with his mother. William T. H. Duncan died Oct. 20, 1862, and his widow resides in Salisbury - 1874.

MARSHAL 7\, born Dec. 27, 1809, in Cumberland countv, Ky., married in Tennessee, Aug. 22, 1830, to Anna Sharp. They had three children, and Mrs. Duncan died in 1836 or 7, and Mr. Duncan, with his children, came soon after to Sangamon county. Of his children - WILLIAM T., born Sept. 19, 1832, in Tenn., raised in Sangamon county, and enlisted for three years, Aug. 13, 1862, in Co. B, 114 111. Inf., served until Aug. 3, 1865, when he was honorably discharged. He was married March 20, 1866, to Tane Grady. They have four children, MARY and live seven miles northwest of Springfield. RACHEL M., born Aug. n, 1834, in Tennessee, married in Sangamon county to Enos Campbell. See his name. MARY A., born Sept. 7, 1836, in Tennessee, married in Sangamon county to Solomon Penny, and died. Marshal T. Duncan died Aug. 23, 1840, in Sangamon county.

ARTAMESIA, born Nov. 30, 1828, in Sangamon county, married May 5, 1852, to Nathan Hartley, have six child'ren, and live in Menard county. The remainder of the children are in Iowa and Kansas.

DUNCAN, JOHN, was born in 1789, in Cumberland county, Ky. He was married there to Sally Miller, and had six children there, and moved to Sangamon countv, 111., about 1827, in what is now Salisbury township, where they had six children. Three only of their children reside in Sangamon countv.

ARMINDA,\>orn Feb. 14, 1828, in Sangamon county, married Jan. 8, 1849, to Frederick Luchsinger, who was born April 2, 1824, in Canton Glarus, Switzerland. They have six living children. HESTER A., married John Danenbcrger, and resides in Sangamon county. SARAH E. married Silas Danenberger, and resides in Salisbury township. JANE M.,

DUNN,^ WILLIAM, an older brother to Elijah, was born in Fleming county, Ky., married there to Barbara Callerman,had five children, and moved to Sangamon county in 1829. Mr. Dunn died soon after, and a few years later his widow and children moved to Henry county, 111.

DUNN, ELIJAH, was born about 1798, in Fleming county, Ky., and was married there to Eleanor Callerman, a native of the same county. She was a sister of D. K. Callerman. They had two children in Kentuckv, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1825, ant^ settled two and one-half miles west of Springfield, and three years later they moved north of Spring creek. They had three children in Sangamon county. Of their children -

JOHN C., born Aug. 20, 1823, in Kentucky, raised in Sangamon county, went to Galena, engaged in lead mining, and died there about 1845, aged twentytwo years.

JA)fES K., born June 21, 1825, in Fleming county, Ky., married in Sangamon county,. March 15, 1869, to Bertha Kelly, who was born April 4, 1846. They had three children. CHARLES and ALFRED died in infancy, KATIE lives with her parents. J. K. Dunn resides on the farm where his father settled in 1828. It is four miles northwest of Springfield.

DANIEL A., born Jan. 8, 1828, in Sangamon county, married Eliza Ann Kelly. They had two living children, and Mrs. Dunn died March 15, 1871. Of her children - JOHN lives with his father, and OLIVER with his uncle, J. K. Dunn. D. A. Dunn resides four miles northwest of Springfield.

E., Frances E., James G., Nora

ELIZABETH, born Dec. 14, 1837, in Sangamon county, married Feb. 17, 1859, to Joel J. Manning, who was born in 1833 in Montreal, Canada, and came to Sangamon county in 1838. They had seven children. Their second, ELIJAH, died Aug. 24, 1873, aged 12 years. MARY E., FRANCES E., JAMES G., NORA

DUN LAP, JOHN, was born May 15, 1785, probably in Pennsylvania, and went to Carter county, Tenn. Catharine Tipton was born Jan. 30, 1788, in Carter county, Tenn. They were married and had nine children there. The family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1828, in what is now Fancy creek township, where they had one child. Of their children -

ISAAC, born Jan. 2, 1806, in Tennessee, was married there to Mary H. Bowers, and came with his father to Sangamon county. They had twelve children. Isaac Dunlap died August 2, 1867, and his widow resides in Fancy Creek township.

MARGARE7\ born Jan. 2, 1808, married in Tennessee to Baptiste Mc- Nabb, came to Sangamon county with her father. They had four children, and he died. She married John McLoud. See his name.

SARAH, born March 9, 1810, married Samuel T. Boyd. He died, and she married Thomas Vandevender, who died, and she married Samuel T. Lacey, and resides in Logan county.

RUTH, born March 18, 1812, married in Tennessee to John E. Hedrick, came to Sangamon county with her father, and had ten children. The family are all in Missouri and Iowa.

TENNESSEE, born August 14, 1814, married Eliza Cutwright. He shot himself accidentally in 1840, in Logan county, leaving a wife and two children.

JAMES T., born Dec, 8, 1816, married Mary H. Brown. They had five children, and she died. He married Rosanna McCauley. They had six children. He was a soldier in the Mexican war from Sangamon county. He moved to Missouri, and was Captain of a Companv in a Union Regiment, and was captured at the battle of Pittsburg Landing, was exchanged after seven mouths imprisonment, returned home, and served one term in the Missouri Legislature in 1863, He went again in the army, and \vas killed at the battle of Franklin, Tenn.,

JOHN /?., born in Carter county, Tenn., April 24, 1821, married in Sangamon county, Dec. 10, 1840, to Emily A. Brown. They had ten children. ALMYRA married Theodore Allen, have two children, and reside in Sullivan county. M<>. WILLIAM T. enlisted in Co. H, 36th Iowa Inf., in 1862, contracted chronic diarrhea in camp, was sent to hospital at Keokuk, brought home by his parents, and died July 3, 1863. JAMES A. married Zerilda Richards, had two children, and she died. He married Sarah E. Elliott, and resides in Fancv Creek township. R OBERT married Nellie Richards, and resides in Randolph county, Mo. ELIZA J. married George D. Power. See his name. FRANKLIN P. resides with his parents. MARY C. died, aged five years. JOHN R.,Jun., CLARENCE P. and OLIVE L. reside with their parents, two and a half miles west of Sherman, Sangamon county, 111.

DURBIN, JOSEPH, was born about 1776, in what afterwards became Madison county, Ky. He was married there to Elizabeth Logsdon, and they had twelve children in that county. He then moved his family to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in 1829, and settled in what is now Pawnee township. Of his children -

EDWARD, SYLVESTER and Af.\RGARE7^ married in Kentucky, came to Sangamon county in 1828, and settled in what is now Cotton Hill township. In 1830 the whole family moved to that part of Montgomery which is now Christian county. His son - gamon and Christian county, 111. They had thirteen children. Their fourth child, JAMES R., born June 18, 1820, in Madison county, Ky., remained with his father until April to, 1842, when he was married to Ann Simpson. Their only living child, A\(;ELINE, married Thomas J. Gatton. He died April 20, 1867, leaving a widow and three children, Mary A., Andrew T., and James W. James R. Durbin died Dec. 1873, and his widow, his widowed daughter and her three children, reside near St. Bernard church in Ball township.

DUTTON, MATTHEW, was born April 5, 1778, in Windsor county, Vt. He spent his early life as a school teacher, and about 1818 entered the ministry in connection with the Congregational church. He never became a settled pastor, but all his ministerial work was clone as an evangelist, several years of the thiie in Tennessee and some in Virginia. In 1834 he engaged in teaching and occasional preaching at Decatur, 111. Elizabeth Williams was born March 22, 1791, in the town of Sharon, Litchfield county, Conn. She was married March 10, 1811, in northern New York, to David Carpenter. Thev had two children in the State of New York.

JOHN WILLIAM, born Mar. 4, i8n, went to sea at 16 years old. His second voyage was on boaal the ship Warrenton. The vessel was lost and not a soul on board saved.

THOMAS /;., born March S, 1813, married April, 1833, in Duchess county, N. Y., to Julia A. Wing. He died suddenly June 2, 1854, near Sullivan, Moultric county, 111., leaving a widow and six children.

David Carpenter died in New York, and his widow went to Now York Citv and taught school until July, 1834, when she went to Decatur, 111., to visit two of her brothers. Rev. Matthew Dutton and Mrs. Elizabeth Carpenter were married Nov. 15, 1834, in Decatur. They moved to Morgan county and a year Ir.ter to Sangamon county, arriving at Mechanicsb'irg in July, 1838. Both being teachers, and in the absence of any school system, they built a school house and lived and taught in it for about twelve years. It was a frame building, plastered outside and in, and was almost snow white. Nearly ull who are now heads of families in the vicin-

DRYER, JOHN, was born Dec. 13, 1783, in Great Barrington, Mass. He was married May 14, 1808, in New York, to Cynthia Stevens, who was born March 4, 1793, in Vermont. They had two children in New York, and in 1819 came to Sangamon county, 111., settling six miles from where Springfield now stands, where they had one child, and moved to Springfield about 1825. Of their children -

JANE A., born Aug. 15, 1820, in Sangamon county, was married Sept., 1838, in Massachusetts, to William Cone, and reside three miles west of Springfield.

John Dryer was engaged in wool carding, and was the first man in the county to cultivate a nursery and introduce fruit trees. He died July 3, 1854, and his widow resides in Springfield now - 1876 - in her eighty-fourth year.

EARNEST, JACOB, born April 24, 1799, in South Carolina, was married there to Elizabeth Sims, who was born April 26, 1798. She was a sister of James and William Sims, one of whom was older and the other younger than herself. They moved to that part of Simpson which later became Logan county, Ky., where they had seven children. In 1817 the family moved to St. Clair county, 111., where they had one child, and they moved to what became Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1819, on Spring Creek, in what is now Curran township, where one child was born. Of their nine children -

LA VINA, born Nov. 28, 1824, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, 111., to James McMurry. See his name. He died, leaving a widow and six

WILLIAM, bom August 18, 1807, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, 111., to Jane Parks. They had five children. Mr. Earnest and three of the children died near Northfield, Iowa. Mrs. Earnest died there, Dec. 7, 1870, and -the children reside near Northfield.

ROBERT, born April 6, 1810, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county to Susan Kendall. They had one child, SUSAN A., born Jan. 25 1831, married James Turner. See his name. He died and his widow married Henry B. Chambers. See his name. Robert Earnest died Sept. 22, 1831, and his widow married Joseph Ralston. See his name.

GRIZELLA, born April 8, 1813, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, 111., to Martin L. C. Kendall. See his name. Mrs. Kendall and her two children died.

Mrs. Elizabeth Earnest died March i, 1831, and Jacob Earnest married Rebecca Blunt. They had two children, and moved to Hancock county, 111. Of their children -

M., Mary M., Emma A., Iantha

ELIZABETH, born Sept. 29, 1833, in Sangamon county, was married July 29, 1852, to William Jones. They had eight children, JACOB H., FRANCIS M., MARY M., EMMA A., IANTHA B., IDA M., WILLIAM B. and LIBBIE. William Jones was drowned Jan. i, 1869, while crossing the Mississippi river. Mrs. Elizabeth Jones was married Dec. i, 1870, to William Isenberger.

JACOB H., born August 18, 1836, in Sangamon county, married in Hancock county, Feb. 19, 1860, to Elizabeth Riman, who was born May 16, 1836. They have five children, EDWARD M., HENRIETTA, LYDIA F., ALVIN P. and ZENA MAY, and reside near Appanoos, Hancock countv, 111.

EARNEST, THOMAS, was born June 3, 1792, in South Carolina. His parents moved, when he was a boy, to .Simpson county, Ky. Jrfthe Autumn of 1819 he came to Sangamon county and joined his brother Jacob, who had previously arrived with his family. Thomas Earnest commenced improvements south of Spring creek, eight miles west of Springfield, and entered land when it came into market. He was married Oct. 15, 1822, to Alletta Lanterman. They had twelve children in Sangamon county, two of whom died young.

JOHN W., born Sept. 2, 1824, was married April 21, 1853, to Julia J. Woolley, of Green county, 111. They have three children living, LEORA S., WILLIAM W., and CHARLES S., and reside in Macoupin county, near Greenfield, Green county. 111.

Thomas H., William H., Mary

PETER L., born Nov. 6, 1825, was married in Sangamon county, in 1849, to Elizabeth A. Thompson. They had ten children, five of whom are living, THOMAS H., WILLIAM H., MARY A., FRANK P., and JOSIAH T. P. L. Earnest is operating in the silver mines of San Juan, southwestern Colorado. His son, Thomas H., is now - 1875 - there attending to business. The family reside at Ottawa, Kansas. Peter L. Earnest is Postmaster in Ottawa.

ALLETTA A., born March 5, 1828, married William Y. Kirk. They had one child, and Mr. Kirk died. His widow married Robert Watson of St. Louis.

'I HOMAS H., born April 24, 1837, was married Nov. 15, 1863, to Hannah H. Lyman. They had two children, CAROLINE B. and WILLIAM J., and Mrs. E. died May 19, 1872. T. H. Earnest resides eight miles west of Springfield, on the farm where his father settled in 1819.

Thomas Earnest died, Nov. 6, 1848, suddenly, while away from home, in Calhoun county. Mrs. Alletta Earnest died July 31, 1871, at the house of her daughter, Mrs. H. W. Rickard, caused by being thrown from a wagon.

EACH US, ROBERT, was born Dec. 24, 1794? m Chester county, Pa., came to Springfield in the fall of 1840, and went on a farm he had purchased in what is now Curran township. The next spring he was joined by his sister Charlotte and his niece, Mary McPherson, who was born Oct. 25, 1819, in Chester county, Pa., and married in Sangamon county to James Short. See his name. Charlotte Eachus died Feb. i, 1865, and Robert Eachus died Oct. 2, 1872, in Loami township.

EADES, WILLIAM, a native of Kentucky, married there, moved to Missouri, and from there to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the summer of 1825, in what is now Auburn township. His son -

Early, Dr. Jacob M.

EARLY, DR. JACOB M., was born Feb. 22, 1806, in Virginia, came to Springfield, 111., about 1831, was married near Springfield, to Catharine Rickard. Dr. Early was a practicing physician, and a local preacher in the M. E. church. In consequence of some political difficulty, he was shot and killed, March 11, 1838, in Springfield, by a merchant, Henry B. Truitt, who was son-in-law of William L. May, at that time member of Congress for this district. The difficulty was about appointments to office, all the parties interested being democrats. Dr. Early left two sons. His widow married Mr. Miles, and lives in Petersburg, 111. See history of the Rickard family,

EASLEY, DANIEL, was born Oct. 18, 1773, in Stokes county, N. C. In 1791 he went to South Carolina, and in 1 80 1 to Caldwell county, Ky. He was there married in 1805 to Mrs. Margaret Ritchie. They had five children in Kentucky, and came to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the spring of 1830 in what is now Ball township. Of his children -

JAMES B., born in Caldwell county, Ky., married Oct. 22, 1840, in Sangamon county, to Margaret Dodds. They had five children. Their son ROBERT HENRY married Fannie Easley, a distant relative, and resides in the southeast corner of Ball township. James B. Easley was a Justice of the Peace for many years. He died, and his widow married Warham Easley, and resides in Missouri.

BENJAMIN H,, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county three times. He died, leaving a widow, who afterward married and died. His son WILEY married Sarah J. Phelps, a native of Kentucky. They had four children, MARTHA P., WILLIAM A., JAMES B. and FLORA A. Wiley Easley died, and his widow and children reside on the farm settled by their greatgi-andfather Easley in 1830. It is in Ball township.

Daniel Easley died at Auburn, Sangamon county, Feb. 13, 1874. If the date of his birth is correct, as given to the writer by the old gentleman himself about fifteen months before his death, he was 100 years, 3 months and 25 days old.

the ascension of the first steamboat on the .Ohio river, which he witnessed; also of the war of 1812. He united with the Cumberland Presbyterian church when he was eighty years of age.

EASTMAN, THOMAS, born Dec. 8, 1771, in Kingston, New Hampshire, was married in 1792, in Augusta, Me., to Sarah Cummings. They had nine children born in Maine. Mr. Eastman was captain of a cavalry company in the war of 1812, and was posted between the Kennebec and Penobscot rivers to carry dispatches back and forth. Maine being a district of Massachusetts, he represented that district in the Legislature of Massachusetts four or five times. When Maine became a%State, he was elected one of its Senators. He was also a Judge of the Court of Sessions, in Waldo county, where he lived. Mrs. Sarah Eastman died Sept. 3, 1827, and Thomas Eastman was married Oct., 1828, in Boston, Mass., to Susan Frothingham, a native of that city. They had one child in Maine, and moved to Auburn, 111., in 1836. Of his children only six came to Sangamon county, namely:

DA VI D, born Oct. 20, 1 794, was married Jan. i, 1817, in Maine, to Salinda Wood, a native of Winthrop, in the same State. They had four children, and came to Auburn, Sangamon county, 111., in 1836 or 7, Of their children, AUGUSTA, born in Maine, went from Sangamon county to California, and died there. LOUISA H., married Owen Maynard, and lives in Baltimore, Md. CHARLES H., died in Springfield, 111., in 1849. GEORGE L., born May 5, 1833, in Maine, bi'ought up in Sangamon county, went to California in 18^2, and returned to Springfield in 1^70, where he now lives. David Eastman died in 1844, at Auburn, and Mrs. Salinda Eastman died April 25, 1871, in Springfield.

ASA, born Sept. 12, 1802, in Winthrop, Maine, came in 1831 to Waverly, Morgan county, 111., and laid out the town of Auburn, in Sangamon county, in 1835. He was married Sept. 21, 1837, U1 Waverly, to Susan E. Tanner, who was born Sept., 1820, in Warren county, Conn. They moved to Auburn in the fall of 1840, and to Springfield in the fall of 1841. Mr. and Mrs. Eastman had two children, ALLEN T., born Dec., 1839, in Waverly, died May, 1847, in Springfield. ANNIE S., horn June 12, 1842, in Springfield, was married June, 1867, to James M. Johnson, a native of St. Louis. They have three living children, ALICE E., MARY SUSAN, and HERSCHEL ALLEN, and reside in St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Susan Eastman died March, 1843, and Asa Eastman resides in Springfield, where he has been for many years largely identified with its business. He began as a partner with James L. Lamb in a flouring mill, and in 1865 he built the only grain elevator in the city, at a cost of about $75,000, and still owns it. He was the originator and one of the principal stockholders in the Leland Hotel, and was President of the Board of Directors when it was building.

HANNAH J/., born Aug. 29, 1813, in Maine, was married in Springfield, 111., March n, 1869, to Judge William Brown, of Jacksonville. He died April 25, 1871, in Jacksonville. His widow now resides with her brother Asa, in Springfield.

SAMUEL FRANK, the only child of Thomas Eastman by his second marriage, was born Oct. 12, 1830, in Palermo, Waldo county, Me., and came to Auburn, 111., with his parents in 1836. Returned east and learned the trade of a machinist, at Manchester, N. H. He was married Oct. 5, 1853, at New Haven, Conn., to Marv A. Brown, who was born Oct. i, 1831, in Bridgewater, Conn. They came in 1856 to Springfield, and have four children, HENRY F., FREDERICK A., CHARLES E., and S. FRANK, Jun., and reside in Springfield. Mr. S. F. Eastman is the proprietor of a machine shop, corner of Washington and Tenth streets, Springfield, 111.

ECKEL, JOHN C., was born Nov. 27, 1793, in Baltimore, Md., went to Jefferson county, Tenn., was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was married in his native county, Nov. 19, 1819, to Mary Geiger, who was born June n, 1797- They moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving June, 1821, in what is now Cooper township. They had seven children in Sangamon countv.

MART, born May 4, 1838, was married Nov. 4, 1858, in Sangamon county, to Lafayette Wilmot, and moved to Kansas in 1859. In 1866 they moved to Oregon. Mr. W. was wounded nineteen times in fighting with Indians on the route. He is brother to Miles H. Wilrnot, of Illiopolis.

Mrs. Mary Eckel died July i, 1845, anf^ John C. Eckel was married to Mrs. Joannah Dickson, whose maiden name was Bird. They had two living children.

EDGAR and JANE, twins, were born June 30, 1846. Edgar was married Jan. 13, 1868, to Elizabeth Parkes. They have two children, WILLIAM H. and MARY J., and live in Cooper township near Clarksville. JANE resides with her mother.

John C. Eckel died May 29, 1857, in Sangamon county, and his widow resides in Cooper township, two and one-half miles southwest of Mechanicsburg.

EBEY. - The origin of the family in America was with George Ebey, a native of Holland, who came to this countrv probably about 1750. On landing in Philadelphia he was sold for money to pay for his passage across the ocean. He was taken to Lancaster county, Pa., and after serving out his time, married and raised a family. He was a soldier in the Revolution, under Gen. Anthony Wayne, and was one of a number of soldiers called n "forlorn hope," at the storming of Stony Point. The assault was successful, but George Ebey was among the slain. His son -

GEORGE EBEY, married in Huntington county to Mary Ellabarger. They moved to Franklin county, O., in Dec. 1805. They had nine living children, and Mrs. Mary Ebey died March 15, 1815, in Ohio. Of their children -

JACOB, born in 1 794 in Pennsylvania, married in Ohio to Sally Blue, and come in 1831 to what is now Cotton Hill township, Sangamon county; in 1840 moved to Adair county, Mo.; and in 1850 to Whitby's Island, Puget Sound, where Jacob Ebey and wife died a few years ago. Their son, ISAAC N., had gone there before his parents, and laid out the town of Port Townsend. He was killed by Indians, leaving a widow in Port Townsend. His sister, MARY Ebey, is now [1874] a widow Bozarth, and lives at Port Townsend.

BARBARA, born in Pennsylvania June 25, 1800, married in Franklin county, Ohio, to Rev. William Royal. See his name. He died, leaving a family at Salem, Oregon.

George W., John V., Elizabeth E., Harriet E., William

JOHN N., born Sept. 10, 1805, in Huntington county, Pa., raised in Franklin county, Ohio, and came to Sangamon county Nov. 15, 1825, in what is now Woodside township. He was married May 28, 1826, to Mary Brunk, sister to 'George Brunk. They have ten living children, LEONIDAS C.. MARIA J., GEORGE W., JOHN V., ELIZABETH E., HARRIET E., WILLIAM H., was killed at the battle of Belmont, Mo., Nov. 7, 1861. BARBARA A., ANGELINE B., and CHARLES B. Nearly all the living children are married. Mrs. Rebecca Ebey died June 2, 1873, and John N. Ebey resides at Whitehall, Greene countv, 111.

GEORGE, born Jan., 1811, in Ohio, came to Sangamon county in 1828, married in Ohio, in 1832, to Matilda Kirkpatrick. They had three sons in the Union army; one of them was killed in battle at Pittsburg Landing. George Ebey resides at Winchester, Scott county, 111.

R OS ANN A, born Jan. 28, 1813, in Ohio, came in 1828 to Sangamon county, and married David Beam. See his name. George Ebey, Sen., came to Sangamon county in 1828, and died in 1848, at Winchester, .Scott county, 111.

Edwards, Ninian

EDWARDS, NINIAN W., born April 15, 1809, near Frankfort, Ky. His father, Hon. Ninian Edwards, was at the time Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals of Kentucky, and the same month in which this son was born Chief Justice Edwards was appointed Governor of Illinois Territory and moved with his family in June following to its capital, Kaskaskia. At the proper age Ninian W. was sent to Transylvania University, and graduated in the law department of that institution in 1833. Previous to his graduation he was married Feb. 16, 1832, in Lexington, Ky., to Elizabeth P. Todd, who was born Nov., 1813. Her father was Robert S. Todd, of Kentucky. See sketch of the Todd family. Mr. Edwards commenced the practice of law in 1832. In 1834 he was appointed by Gov. Jno. Reynolds, Attorney General of Illinois, the appointment being confirmed by the Legislature of 1834-5. The law requiring the Attorney General to reside at the capital, and Mr. Edwards not liking Vandalia as a place of residence, he resigned the office and moved to Springfield in 1835. They have four living children, namelv -

JULIA COOS", born April 29, 1837, in Springfield, was married June 6, 1855, to Edward L. Baker, who was born June 3, 1829, in Kaskaskia, the ancient capital of Illinois. His father, Hon. David J. Baker, was a native of the State of New York, and came to Illinois in the year 1818. He became one of the prominent lawyers of the young State. E. L. Baker was educated at Shurtleff College, Upper Alton, and graduated in 1847. ^e rea(l law with his father two years, after which he attended Harvard law school and was admitted to the bar in Springfield in 1855. He became part owner and editor of the Illinois State Jottrnal, and in 1869 was appointed U. S. Assessor, remaining in that office until it was abolished. He was appointed Dec. 8, 1873, U. S. Consul to Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic, South America. Edward L. Baker and wife have three children, EDWARD L., Jim., JULIA E and WILLIS E., all born in Springfield. Edward L., Jim., is in Springfield. The two youngest are now [1876] with their parents in Buenos Ayres, South America.

1863, to Josephine E Remann, who was born April 28, 1842,111 Vandalia, 111. They have four children, GEORGIE, MARY E., NINIAN W. and ANNIE R. A. S. Edwards was in the commissary department during the rebellion. He and his family reside in Springfield, 111. ,

ELIZABETH E., born Jan. 7, 1843, in Springfield, was married May u, 1863, to Eugene C. Clover, son of Rev. Dr. Clover, at one time Rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church, Springfield, 111. E. C. Clover was killed at the battle of Wichita, leaving a widow and two sons, LEWIS P. and LEGH K. Mrs. Clover and her two children reside with her parents in Springfield, 111.

CHARLES, born July 6, 1846, in Springfield, was attending Yale College in the early part of the rebellion, and left there in the latter part of 1863 to fill a position in the commissary department of the U. S. army. After the war he was an instructor in Bryant & Stratton's commercial college in Springfield for a short time. Charles Edwards was married in Springfield Feb. 1 8, 1868, to Mary Hickox, daughter of Hon. Virgil Hickox. They have one child, FLORENCE, and reside in Springfield, 111. Charles Edwards has been for ten years and is now connected with the Illinois State Journal.

Hon. Ninian W. Edwards was elected in 1836 one of the representatives of Sangamon county in the State Legislature, He was one of the seven representatives and two senators from Sangamon county who really secured the removal of the State capital from Vandalia to Springfield. See the article "Long Nine" From 1836 to 1852 Mr. Edwards was in the State Legislature, either in the House or Senate. During that time he was a member of the convention that framed the State constitution of 1848. In 1854 he was appointed by the Governor, attorney before the board of commissioners to investigate the claims of canal contractors against the State, amounting to over $ i ,500,000. This was in the years 1852, '3 and '4. In 1854 Mr. Edwards was appointed by Gov. Matteson Superintendent of Public Instruction for the State of Illinois, and was afterward retained in office bv the State Legislature until 1857. In the year 18 - he drafted the law in regard to free schools, which was the first adopted in the State. He

Hon. N. W. Edwards has found time, aside from his multifarious official duties, to devote to literary pursuits. His history of Illinois, including the life and times of Gov. Edwards, written on the invitation of the Illinois State Historical Society, is in many respects a work of rare excellence, and is regarded as a standard on the subjects of which it treats.

Edwards,Benjamins

EDWARDS,BENJAMINS., came to Sangamon county later than his brother, Hon. Ninian W. He has filled many official positions with ability. He stands pre-eminent in his profession, and is a member of the law firm of Stuart, Edwards & Brown, Springfield 111.

EDWARDS, ELCEY, born in Adair county, Ky., and came to Sangamon county with his brother J. Jordan, in 1837 or 8, married in Sangamon county to Emily Riggs. They had nine children.

JAMES A., born Sept. 10, 1840, married Lucinda Burton, have three living children, IDA MAY, BENJAMIN L., and EMMA, and reside five and one-half miles southwest of Loami.

ARCHT L., born Nov. 13, 1842, enlisted April, 1 86 1, in Co. G, 7th 111. Inf., on the first call for 75,000 men, served three months, and enlisted in Sept., 1861, for three years, in Co. B, loth 111. Cav., re-enlisted as a veteran Jan., 1864, an^ was honorably discharged Feb. 6, 1866. He resides with his brother, James A.

Alfred, Robert, Amanda

EDWARDS, JAMES JORDAN, was born April 2, 1818, in Adair county, Ky., was taken by his father, Henry Edwards, in 1825, to the vicinity of Jacksonville, 111. In 1837 or '& he came to Sangamon county, and about the same time his brothers, Elcey and William, and their sister, America J., came. J. Jordan Edwards was married in Sangamon coun-

MARY, born Feb. 17, 1845, married Nov. 21, 1861, to William L. Drury, who was born Sept. 18, 1836. They had five children, MARY E. died at seven, and TAMES M. at three years of age. JOHN W., LAURA and CHARLES live with their parents, near Loami.

Edgar N., Minnie M.Joseph J.

SARAH, born June 20, 1847, married Dec. 7, 1864, to Firman Price, who was born Sept. i, 1839, in Monmouth county, N. f. He enlisted Aug. 14, 1861, at .Springfield, for three years, in Co. A, 3d 111. Cav., served more than full term, and was honorably discharged, Sept. 5, 1864. Mr. and Mrs. Price have four children, EDGAR N., MINNIE M.JOSEPH J. and FIRMAN L., and live in Loami township.

Edwards, William

EDWARDS, WILLIAM, born Aug. 27, 1822, in Adair county, Ky., came to Sangamon county in 1837 or ^> with his brothers, J. Jordon & Elcey. He was married Oct. 18, 1840, to Mary Burton. They had ten children; five died under three years.

'WILLIAM D., born July 9, 1844, in Sangamon county, enlisted Nov. 25, 1861, in Co. B, loth 111. Cav., for three years, served full term and was honorably discharged, married Sarah Masters, have two living children, and reside in Montgomery county.

Edwards, America

EDWARDS, AMERICA J., sister to J. Jordan, Elcey and William, was born in Morgan county, came to Sangamon county with her brothers, married Michael Morris, had four children, and he died near Knoxville, Iowa. She moved to Texas with her children.

EATON, JOHN, was born in 1791, in Bradford, Merrimack county, New Hampshire, and was married there in 1813 to Mary Cook, who was born at the same place in 1793. Mr. Eaton came to Springfield in June, 1838. The family came in 1840, and in 1841 moved to Petersburg, returning to Springfield in 1843. Of their children -

HIRAM G., born in 1814, in New Hampshire, came with the family to Springfield, married in 1850, at Fairfield, Iowa, and died about 1860, leaving a widow and three children, PAGE, BELLE and ALBERT, in Kansas.

MARY J., born in 1816, in Bradford, N. H., married in Springfield, 111., to Francis Clinton, a native of Burlington, Vermont. They had two children in Springfield, LA'URA married Maj. E. S. Johnson. See his name. MARY married Carl O. Wederkinch, and died April 10, 1875, in Colorado. ' Francis Clinton and wife both died in Springfield.

PAGE, born Oct. 25, 1821, at Bradford, N. H., married May 25, 1852, in Springfield, 111., to Margaret A. Lee, who was born August 12, 1832, in Delaware. They had six children, two of whom died under eight years. LELIA lives with her parents. KATE D., born June S, 1855, married April 20, 1875, to Walter E. Powell, have one child, EMMA M., and live in Springfield. GRACE D. and WILLIE C. live with their parents in Springfield.

of Tennessee. They had ten children. SUSIE died young. MARY J., married Thomas Lee. See his name -with the Conant family. WILLIAM W., ANTIONETTE and ANTHONY - twins - CHARLEY, JESSIE, MAY, GRIFFITH and DAISY; the eight latter live with their parents. J. B. Eaton lived in Springfield from 1839 to 1854, when he moved to Christian county, and came back to Springfield in 1866. He is now farming and grain dealing at Edinburg, but resides in Springfield.

SARAH M., born in Bradford, N. H., married in Sangamon county to Joseph Patterson, a native of Pennsylvania. They have seven children, and reside near Winchester, Scott county, 111.

John Eaton was a soldier in the war of 1812. Later in life he was a carpenter and builder, and was erecting a mill at Naples, 111., and died there in 1846. His widow died April, 1854, in Springfield, Illinois.

ELKIN, GARRETT, brother of William F., was born Dec. 31, 1797, in Clarke county, Ky. He studied medicine and graduated at Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., came to Sangamon county in 1823, and practiced medicine in what is now Fancy creek township. He was married there, April 20, 1823, to Mary Constant, (see Thomas Constant^) and soon after moved to Springfield and practiced medicine there. They had six living children -

AD ALINE C., born Sept. 28, 1827, in Springfield, was married May 22, 1851, to Dr. J. M. Major. They have two children, WILLJAM A. and CHARLES, and reside in Bloomington, 111.

WILLIAM T., born Feb. 5, 1832, in Springfield, 111., went to California with his father in 1850, and succeeded well for a time, but was obliged to return on account of an affection of the eyes. He is unmarried, and resides with his father.

HENR T, born Oct. 8, 1836, in Springfield, enlisted in the 330 111. Reg., in 1862, and served three years. Re-enlisted, and served to the close of the war. He died in Memphis, Tenn, in 1873.

^ ROBERT, born Jan. 12, 1841, in Springfield, enlisted in a Cavalry Regiment in Colorado, and served to the close of the war. He resides in Omaha, Neb. -

Dr. Garrett Elkin was in the Black Hawk and Mormon wars, and was Sheriff of Sangamon county six years. He moved to Bloomington in 1844. Mrs. Mary Elkin died there Sept. 23, 1845. Dr- E. served as Captain of a company from Bloomington in the Mexican war - Col. E. D. Baker's regiment. He afterwards moved to the vicinity of Oskaloosa, Iowa, where he was married, Feb. 15, 1864, to Margaret J. Musgrove. They have six children, GREENBURT G., FANNIE E., CHARLIE, CLARA E., LILLIE A. and WILLIS G.

ELKIN, WILLIAM F., was born April 13, 1792, in Clarke county, Ky. In 1811 he went to Xenia, O., and was there married Dec. 5, 1813, to Elizabeth Constant. She was born June 14, 1799, in Clarke county, Ky., also. They had four children in Ohio, and in 1820 moved to Brownsville, Ind., where they had three, and then moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in December, 1825, in what is now Fancy Creek township, where they had six children, four of whom died under five years. Of the other nine -

7^HOMAS, born Sept. 16, 1816, in Xenia, O., raised in Sangamon county, married Feb. 28, 1843, in Jacksonville, 111., to Harriet C. Church. She was born Feb. 19, 1820, in Lexington, Ky. They had three children, WILLIAM L., born June 3, 1844, m Sangamon county, enlisted Aug., 1862, for three years, in Co. G, 114 111. Inf., served full term and was honorably discharged in 1865. He studied law with Herndon £ Zane in Springfield, went to Calvert, Tex., engaged in practice, and died there Oct. 29, 1873. WALLACE A., born April 5, 1846, in Sangamon county, and lives at Salt Lake City, Utah. LAURA F., born Jan. 5, 1850, in Springfield, married in St. Louis Aug. 7, 1872, to Edward Pew, a native of Kentucky. They have one child, EDWARD w., and live in St. Louis. Mrs. Harriet C. Elkin died Aug. 26, 1867. Thomas Elkin was married Dec. 4, 1073, in Springfield, to Mrs. Eva M. Smith, whose maiden name was Mealey. They reside in Springfield.

MARY A., born May 8, i8i8,in Xenia, O., married in Sangamon county to Benjamin F. Pickrell. See his name. He died and she married Abner Riddle. See his name.

JOHN G., born March 28, 1820, in Xenia, O., married Oct. 24, 1843, in Springfield, 111., to Eveline McNabb. They had four children, ALICE, born Feb. 20, 1845, married William A. Fullinwider. See his name. ADELAIDE, born Dec. 6, 1850, was married Dec. 3, 1875, in Mechanicsburg, 111., to Henry O. Correll. See his name. LUCILLA, born July 6, 1853, in Mechanicsburg, married Samuel T. Fullinwider. See his name. ARTHUR, is attending Eureka College - May, 1876. John G. Elkin was a prosperous merchant for a period of fifteen years in Mechanicsburg. He died Aug. 27, 1867, in that place, and his widow resides there.

ZACHARIA E., born Nov., 1821, in Brownsville, Ind., raised in Sangamon county. He went overland in 1849 to Oregon, and from there to California and spent several years in mining. He went to Idaho in 1860, and was married Oct., 1873, to Mrs. Harriet Luckett, and resides in Idaho City, Boise county, Idaho.

GARRETT,\K>rn March 2, 1823, at Brownsville, Ind., raised in Sangamon county, married in Jacksonville, 111., to Mrs. Martha Tegarden. They had eight children, and Mi's. Elkin died Oct. 24, 1872. He was married May i, 1873, to Mrs. Matilda Conner, whose maiden name was Gibbons. They reside in Springfield.

MARGERY, born July 8, 1832, in Sangamon county, married July, 1852, in Springfield, to Edward A. Jones. They have three daughters, LUELLA, IDA and HATHAWAY, and reside near Decatur, 111.

WILLIAM F., Jun., born Feb. 29, 1836, in Sangamon county, married Nov. 1 6, 1860, in Springfield, to Maria Louisa Harvey, who was born Oct. 13, 1839, in Springfield. They have seven living

Robert R.John F., Lewis P.

William F. Elkin was one of the representatives of Sangamon county in the legislature of 1828 and '9. He raised a company in Springfield in 1831, and was Captain of it in the Black Hawk war of that year. He was again elected to represent the county in 1836 and 1838, for two years each time, and was consequently a member of the legislature that enacted the law for the removal of the capital from Vandalia to Springfield. See the article: Long Nine. His last labors in the legislature was at its first meeting in Springfield, in call session Dec. 9, 1839. In 1840 and '42 he was elected Sheriff of Sangamon county, for two years each. He was appointed Register of the U. S. Land Office at Springfield, in Sept., 1861, by his old "Long Nine" colleague, Abraham Lincoln. In 1867 he moved to Decatur, but held the office in Springfield until 1872, when he resigned. His wife died August 25, 1872, in Decatur, and W. F. Elkin resides near that city with his daughter, Mi's. Jones. He is in his eighty-fifth year.

ELDER, SAMUEL, born June 22, 1787, in North Carolina, or Sevier county, Tenn. Phosbe Clinkenbeard was born Dec. 26, 1798, in Sevier county, Tenn. They were married March 20, 1813, in that county, and had three children there. They moved to Bourbon county, Ky, where one child was born, thence to Scott county, Ind., where they had five children. After seven years residence there, they returned to Bourbon county, Ky., where they had seven children, and the family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Nov. 27, 1834, in what is now Rochester township, where they had four children. Of their twenty children, five died in infancy.

JAMES, born Oct. 24, 1821, in Scott county, Ind., was married in Sangamon county, 111., Feb. 27, 1844, to Harriet Walker. They had seven children. HIRAM died in infancy. SARAH J. died Sept. 14, 1859, in her fourteenth year, and WILLIAM W., the fifth child, died, aged three years. LYDIA E., born Oct. 5, 1849, was married Feb. 23, 1871, to Joseph F. Ellington, who was born Oct. 17, 1843, in Bath county, Ky. They have one child, JAMES A., and reside one mile north of Buffalo. MARY L., born Nov. 19, 1852, married Zachary T. Greening. See his name. FRANCES J., born Sept. 16, 1859, and HARRIET A., born July 4, 1867, reside with their parents, two miles north of Buffalo, Sangamon county, 111.

SARAH,\>Qv\\ March 4, 1825, in Scott county, Ind., was married in Sangamon county to Jotham S. Rogers. They had two children in Springfield. - HANSON G. died, aged eight years. MARY L., born July 14, 1850, was married in Springfield, May 29, 1873, to John Hunter, who was born March 31, 1841, in Philadelphia. They reside in Washington, D. C. Jotham S. Rogers, died in Springfield, in 1851, and his widow married Isaac Lindsay. See his name. They have five children, and reside in Springfield.

JONATHAN, born July 24, 1826, in Bourbon county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county to Josephine Flagg. They had one child, TV A, who was married in Springfield, 111., to Leonard Gardner, and have two children. Mrs. Josephine Elder died, and he married Sarah Wolvern. They have five children, and reside near Sullivan, Moultrie county, Illinois.

ISAA C, born March 12, 1830, in Bourbon county, Ky., was married Nov. 3, 1853, to Harriet Lanning, in Springfield. She was born March 6, 1835, H1 Auglaize county, Ohio. They have three living children, CHARLES A., EDWARD B. and ISAAC N., and live one and a half

SAMUEL S., born May 5, 1831, in Bourbon county, Ky, was married in Springfield, Dec. 17, 1851, to Sarah A. Shives, who was born July 4, 1833, in Pennsylvania. They had two children, AUGUSTA J. married Dec.* 17, 1875, to Lewis Allen Constant, son of Jonathan Constant. See his name. They live in Springfield. WILLIAM G. died in his third year. S. S. Elder has been for many years and is now engaged in the tin wai'e and stove business, and resides in Springfield, 111.

Fannie A., Martha A. Charles, William D., Harriet J., Emma L., Samuel L.

ELIZABETH J., born May 30, 1832, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, in 1850, to Ethan P. May. He was born June 12, 1829. They had thirteen children; two died young. MARY E., born March 15, 1851, married George Enlow, and lives in Rochester, 111. GEORGE W., SARAH E., FANNIE A., MARTHA A., CHARLES, WILLIAM D., HARRIET J., EMMA L., SAMUEL L., AUGUSTA L. and FREDERICK T. The family reside in Rochester, Sangamon county, 111.

SINAI ANN, born June 16, 1833, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county to Franklin Hoyt. They had one child, JAMES E., and Mr. Hoyt died. His widow married E. P. Walker. They had two children, SAMUEL M. and CHESTER, who reside with their mother. Mr. Walker enlisted and died in the army. His widow married William Hunter, who was born in Philadelphia. They have two children, DORA and WILLIE, who reside with their parents, in Jacksonville, 111.

HARRIET, born August 15, 1835, in in Sangamon county, was married Jan. n, 1855, to Levi F. Dyson, who was born Nov. 8, 1825, near Poolesville, Montgomery county, Md. They reside in Springfield. Mr. Dyson came to Springfield in Nov., 1841, and engaged in the stove and tinware business, which he continues to the present time.

DA VID L., born May 25, 1839, in Sangamon county, was married in Sullivan, Moultrie county, to Mary Berry. They have two children, JAMES and WILLIAM, and reside in Springfield, Illinois.

Charles Lincoln, 'Ada A.

HANNAH R., born July i, 1841, in Sangamon county, was the twentieth child. She was married Feb. 9, 1858, to George P. Sidener, who was born Dec. 5, 1833, in Bourbon county, Ky. They had seven children; two of whom died young. CHARLES LINCOLN, 'ADA A., JAMES &RANT, EDWARD B. and WILLIAM A., and reside two miles north of Rochester, Sangamon county, Illinois.

ELLIOTT, ANDREW, was born in 1792, in Rutherford county, N., C. He was there married to Zilpha Kelly. They had two children in North Carolina, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., in company with his , father-in-law, Wm. Kelly, arriving in the fall of 1819, and entered eighty acres of land in what is now the northwest corner of the city of Springfield, where they had seven children. Of their children -

ELIZABETH M., born Oct. 4, 1815, in North Carolina, married in Sangamon county to Caswell Stripling. Mrs. S. died, leaving one child. Mr. Stripling and his son FRANCIS reside near Nicolaus, Sutter county, Cal.

J. WESLEY, born May 17, 1822, adjoining Springfield on the north, married, April 13, 1843, to Allissa or Alice Baldwin. They had ten children in Sangamon county - ROBERT, born Feb. 26, 1844, enlisted, Aug. 25, 1862, in Co. G, H4th 111. Inf., for three years, served full term, and was honorably discharged Aug. 3, 1865, resides with his parents. JAMES H., born Aug. 22, 1845, resides with his parents. SARAH E., born Jan. 3, 1848, married James A. Dunlap. See his name. CATHARINE died in her fourth year. ZILPHA, died Nov. 20, 1864, aged fourteen. HARRIET, born June 30, 1852, married Abraham Langford, and resides six miles south of Springfield. ANDREW J., CALVIN and JOHN L., reside with their parents one and threefourths miles northwest of Springfield, and within one mile of where J. W. Elliott was born.

ANDREW H., born Nov. 22, 1828, married in 1852 to Matilda Tulley, had two children, and Mr. E. died Feb. 15, 1873, in Springfield. His widow resides in Mason City.

JAMES M., born April 22, 1835, married Louisa Rolls. He was accidentally shot while his wife was handing a gun to him, and died a week later, in Aug., 1 86 1.

Mrs. Zilpha Elliott died March 2, 1842, and Andrew Elliott died Oct. 17, 1864, both at Springfield. Andrew Elliott was a soldier from North Carolina in 1812. He was a soldier from Sangamon county in the Winnebago war of 1827, in the Black Hawk war of 1831, and in the Mormon war of 1845. He kept the first hotel in Springfield. It was called the Buck Horn Tavern, and had a large pair of antlers .for a sign. Andrew Elliott was the man who drove the Commissioners to see Sangamo town, when thev were investigating the subject with the view of locating the county seat. He drove them through all the sloughs he could reach by a round-about way, and disgusted them before they reached the spot. They were thus induced to decide against Sangamo and in favor of Springfield.

ELLIOTT, JAMES, was born in 1798, near Richmond, Va. When a young man he emigrated to Woodford county, Ky., and was married near Frankfort, in 1827, to Mrs. Jane E. Plumer, whose maiden name was Ta^ylor. She was born in Kentucky, in 1795. Her father was a distinguished Baptist minister (Rev. John Taylor). She is a sister of Mrs. Sallie Smith, and J. Wickliffe Taylor, of Bates, Sangamon county, 111. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott had three children in Kentucky, and they moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in May, 1835. They settled in what is now Cartwright township. Of their children - sonport, Ark., to Ellen Tussell, who was born there. They had two children, TOM and MORMON. William B. Elliott died at Jacksonport, in 1864. His children live with their mother, who is married again, and resides in Jacksonport, Ark.

TEMPLE, born Dec, 9, 1835,' in Franklin county, Ky., brought up in Sangamon county, was married Oct. 8, 1862, at Elkhart, 111., to Mary Constant. They have five children, HALLIE, ARCHIE, RITA, HARRIE and GRIFFITH, and reside in Springfield. Temple Elliott was deputy Sheriff two years, from Nov., 1 870, to Nov., 1 872. He is now (June, 1876) connected with the State Register office.

Elliott, Mrs. Sarah

ELLIOTT, MRS. SARAH, was born about 1791, in Maryland, and was taken by her parents to Harrison county, Ky. She was there married to -Edward Elliott, a native of Pennsylvania. They had three children in Harrison county, and moved to Gallatin county where foui children were born, and Mr. Elliott died, in 1829, near Warsaw, in that county. Mrs. Elliott, with her seven children, moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in Oct., 1830, in what is now Mechanicsburg township. Of her children -

M1LFORD, always called Milton, was born about 1818, in Kentucky, raised in Sangamon county, was with the Reed and Donner party, and starved to death in the mountains on the way to the Pacific coast, in the winter of 1846 and 7.

WILLIAM, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Elizabeth Miller. They have nine children, and reside near Mt. Auburn, Christian county.

ELLIS, HENRY, born Nov. 17, 1786, near Lexington, Ky. His father, John Ellis was born Jan. 29, 1749, and married Oct. 2, 1770, to Sarah Parrish, who was born April 20, 1757. They moved from Virginia to Kentucky. The family is of Welsh extraction. The father of John Ellis is said to have been with the second supply of emigrants from England to America. Martha Marshall Yates was born (after the death of her father) in Woodford county, Ky., Sept. 1 3, 1791, and was a sister of Henry Yates, Sen. See his name. Henry Ellis and Martha Yates were married Jan. 29, 1807, in Warsaw, Ky., and had ten children there, two of whom died in infancy. The family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in Sept., 1825, in Island Grove, two miles northeast of Berlin, where three children were born. Of their eleven children -

ABNER Y., born Nov. 30, 1807, at Warsaw, Ky., was married in Springfield, 111., Jan. 26, 1832, to Ann M. Glascock, who was born Nov. 15, 1815. Their two children died in infancy, and Mrs. Ellis died Jan. 16, 1834. A. Y. Ellis was married June 8, 1837, at Paddock's Grove, 111., to Virginia J. Richmond. Of their eight children born in Springfield, 111.: VOLNEY R., born April 22, 1838, was married July 10, 1858, to Maria E. Smith. They are without family, and live in Quincy, 111. ABNER Y., Jun., born June i, 1840, was married Dec. 20, 1865, to Caroline L. H. Flagg, at Rochelle, Ogle county, 111. She was born there, Nov., 1845. They have four children,

WILLARD F. A. Y. Ellis, Jun., has been mailing clerk for seventeen years in the Springfield Postoffice, and resides in the city. JANE F., born July 10, 1842, in Springfield, is unmarried, and resides with her parents. ORVILLE P., born July/ 31, 1844, was married May 5, 1874, to Arabell S. Graves, at Bethalto, Madison county, 111. They have one child, BESSIE, and reside at Bunker Hill, 111. HENRY, born May 13, 1848, is a farmer, residing with his parents. JOHN CON-

DELL, born Jan. 30, 1851, is a telegraph operator at Alton, 111. WILLARD F., born April n, 1853, died Oct. 24, 1873. SALOME E., born Feb. 19 1857, lives with her parents. A. Y. Ellis, Sen., resides near Moro, Madison county, 111. He was for several years Deputy Sheriff of Sangamon county, salesman in Gen. James D. Henry's store, and afterwards a merchant himself. He was elected Treasurer of Sangamon county in 1844, serving one term. Was Postmaster of Springfield, from 1849 to 1853, under Presidents Taylor and Fillmore. After a residence of forty years in Springfield, he moved in 1865 to Paddock's Grove, near Moro, Madison county, 111., and resides there.

LA VINA, born Dec. 14, 1809, in Warsaw, Ky., was married there, Sept. 8, 1825, to Talbott Leonard, moved to the vicinity of Frankfort, where three children were born, and she died. Her children, JOHN W. and GEORGE H. are physicians in Tennessee. MARTHA married John Martin, and resides at New Liberty, Gallatin county, Ky.

WILLIAM H. H. born August i, 1812, in Warsaw, Ky., married Mrs. Bashaba Smith, who died, leaving one child. He married Mrs. Nancy Dennison, whose maiden name was Hope. They had three children, and Mr. -Ellis died Jan. 28,^1873, near Berlin.

MOLLY, born Dec. 12, 1814, in Warsaw, Ky., was married in Sangamon county, Nov. 4, 1840, to Elias Maxwell. They had one child, ABNER Y. He enlisted in 1861, in Co. D, 26th 111. Inf. for three years, and died of disease contracted in the army, Dec. 24, 1864, at Berlin. Elias Maxwell died, and she married Andrew Scott. He died in 1860, and she in 1861.

LOUISA, born May 8, 1816, in Kentucky, was married May 18, 1835, in Berlin, 111., to Thomas F. Foster. They brought up a family, and reside in Berlin.

MARTHA, born Sept. 12, 1822, in Warsaw, Ky., was married Oct. 4, 1842, in Sangamon county, to Oliver H. Rush. He died Jan. 5, 1855, leaving four children. MARY -E. died, aged nineteen years. VIRGINIA married Morgan

Belding, and lives at Corning, Adams county, Iowa. MARTHA married John Johnson, and lives at Worthington, Minn. ROBERT G., resides with his mother, in Berlin.

JOEL H., born Jan. 16, 1828, in Sangamon county, was married May 8, 1852, to Caroline Harmon. They had one child, and mother and child died. He was married May 8, 1861, to Martha Simpson. They have two children, FLORENCE M. and DORA B., and reside in Berlin.

ROBERT, born April 27, 1830, in Sangamon county, was married Dec. 15, 1857,10 Delia J. Pease. She died Aug. 2, 1872, leaving four children, GEORGE L., GREEK M., HENRY M. and GERTRUDE M. live with their father in Berlin.

RICHARD Y., born Dec. 6, 1832, at . Island Grove, enlisted August n, 1861, in Co. D, 26th 111. Inf., for three years. He was killed in a rifle pit at Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 8, 1864, within three days of the expiration of his term of service.

ELLIS, LEVI D., born about 1791, in South Carolina. His father died before Levi D. was born. When the latter was thirteen years of age he accompanied some neighboring families to Tennessee, and stopped near Nashville, in that State. He hired out, bought some land with the proceeds, improved it and sent for his mother and the rest of the family. He learned the cabinet and carpenter's trades, in Nashville, and was married there, about 1811, to Cynthia Bradford, who was born in Fauquier county, Va., and was the only daughter of Captain William Bradford of that county. L. D. Ellis was drafted in the war of 1812, but hired a substitute, and was employed by the Government to stock guns. After the war they moved to the mouth of the Cumberland «river, in Kentucky, and from there with two children to the vicinity of Belleville, 111., thence, in 1817, to where Springfield now stands. Of their children -

JACOB W., born July 20, 1818, in Sangamon county, 111. (Until my attention was called to Jacob W. Ellis, it was thought Joseph E. McCoy was the first child born of white parents in the present limits of Sangamon county, but the date of Mr. Ellis' birth comes to me as a quotation from a record in the family Bible, and appears to be as much entitled to credence as any of the others.) He was married in Fulton county, 111., June 21, 1838. to Sarah Kreider. Of their children - WILLIAM, born March 23, 1839, in Ellisville, Fulton county, 111., enlisted in the iyth Reg. 111. Vol. Inf., under Col. L. F. Ross, and died the next August at Ironton, Mo. MILLIE, born July 2, 1841, in Illinois, married Caleb Sullivan. He enlisted during the rebellion, and was with Sherman in his march to the sea. They have six children, WILLIAM, HARRY, WALTER, FREDERICK, BERTIE, and a babe. SARAH, married Abram Childers, in Fulton county, 111. He served in the army. They have four children, MARY, ENORA, CORA and NELLIE. Mr. Childers resides in Lena Valley, Greenwood county, Kans. FLORENCE, married Thomas I. Tullis. They have 'one child, and live at Fairview, Fulton county, 111. BIRD, born in 1853, is a farmer, and lives in Illinois. Mrs. Sarah Ellis died Aug. 20, 1857, m Prairie City, 111., and Jacob W. Ellis was married Aug., 1858, in Fulton county, to Adelia Sanford. They have one child, FRANK, born March 4, 1861. J. W. Ellis is a carpenter. He moved to Kansas in the fall of 1870, and resides in Lena Valley, Greenwood county, Kansas.

Levi D. Ellis built a mill, with a brush dam, on Spring creek. He surveyed the first lots in Springfield, and moved to Fulton county, 111., in 1823, where he built a mill on Spoon river, and laid out the town of Ellisville. Mrs. Cynthia Ellis died in the summer of 1846, and Levi D. Ellis died Aug. 7, 1857, Dotn m Fulton county,

ELLIS, JACOB, brother of Levi D., came to Sangamon county later, and built a horse mill, cotton gin and blacksmith shop. He lived half a mile west of Levi, in Springfield, and moved to Fulton county the same year with his brother.

ELLIS, MILETUS W., born April 7, 1809, in Albemarle county, Va., and came to Sangamon county, 111., arriving at Springfield, in Nov., 1830. He was married March 13, 1834, to Mary A. Constant. They had two living children.

Mrs. Mary A. Ellis died Sept. 4, 1846, and Miletus W. Ellis was married Nov. 7, 1847, to Mrs. Mary M. Constant, whose maiden name was Stewart. They had one child -

Miletus W. Ellis died Aug. 28, 1872, and his widow resides at the homestead, three miles west of Williamsville. Mr, Ellis' father, mother, three brothers and three sisters, came to the county with him. All went to Bureau countv.

Elmore, Hardin

ELMORE, HARDIN H., was born June 20, 1813, in Cumberland county, Ky., was taken by his parents to Adair county about 1827. From there he came to Sangamon county, arriving in Sept., 1834, in what is now Loami township. He was married April 6, 1836, to Sarah Forrest. They had three children, and Mrs. El more died April 6, 1844, within ten minutes of eight years from the time of her marriage. H. H. Elmore was married Oct. 20, 1847, to Sibyl Pirdy, who was born Nov. 26, 1823, in Kanawha county, W. Va. They have three children. Of all his children -

ELIZABETH J., born May 6, 1836, married Oct. 15, 1857, to &- ^- Roberts. They have four children, LEWIS E., MARGARET, KATIE and ROBERT, and live in Sedan, Chautauqua county, Kansas.

AMERICA L., born March 28, 1844, married Charles King. They have five children, KATIE, THOMAS, FANNY, MARY E., and a babe, and reside near Sedan, Chautauqua county, Kansas. By the second marriage - NELSON F., born Aug. 29, 1847, enlisted in 1864 in Co. E, I33d 111. Inf., for one hundred days, served full term, and was honorably discharged. He was married Sept. 22, 1868, to Julia J. Colburn. They have three children, FRANK, VIOLA, and a babe, and live five miles southwest of Chatham.

EN OS, ABNER, was born July 20, 1791, near Utica, Oneida county, N. Y. He was in the American navy, under Commodore Perry, was in the naval battle on Lake Erie, Sept. 10, 1813, and was wounded by a boarding pike being thrust through him, by which he was fastened to the side of the ship until relieved by friends. He was captured a few months later, and the last six months of the war he spent in prison, at Montreal, Canada. He drew a pension to the end of his life. He went, in 1815, to Clark county, Ky., and was there married, August 6, 1817, to Anna Burns. They had six children, and she died Sept. 13, 1829, in Clark county, and he there married Anna Sudduth, June 9, 1830. She was born there Jan. 20, 1792- The family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Oct. I, 1831, in Buffalo Hart Grove, where one child was born. Of his children - ^ AMARILDA, born Nov. 17, 1818, in Clark county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, Dec. 26, 1837, to Sylvester W. Ford. See his name.

JAMES, born July 10, 1820, in Clark county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, in 1847, to Phebe J. Goff. They have three children, and reside near Knobnoster, Johnson county, Mo.

HORACE B., born Jan. 17, 1822, in Clarke county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, April 3, 1844, to Arminta J. Constant. They had three children in Sangamon county. MARY E., born Dec. 20, 1845, married H. Clay Constant. See his name. JOHN R., born March 5, 1848, enlisted in Co. I, ii4th 111. Inf., March 8, 1865, for one year. He was transferred to Co. C, 58th 111. Inf., July, 1865, served until March 7, 1866, when he was honorably discharged, at Montgomery, Alabama. He was married Oct. 28, 1874, in Sangamon county, to Jane F. Wilson, a daughter of Thomas Wilson. See. Riddle family. They reside in Buffalo Hart township. ALFRED R., born Feb. 17, 1854, died aged six years. Mrs. Arminta J. Enos died Sept. ii, 1857, and H. B. Enos was married Nov. 10, 1858, in Erie county, New York, to Caroline C. Merrick, who was born Dec. 29, 1828, in Onandaga county, N. Y. They have one child, GERTIE J., born Sept. 30, 1860, and reside two and a half miles southeast of Buffalo Hart Station.

ROBERT B., born April 7, 1824, in Clark county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, August 27, 1865, to Mary F. Etter, who was born Oct. 13, 1844, in Lawrence county, Ind. They have one living child. GRACIE M. died in her third year. ARTHUR O. died in infancy. EDWARD LESLIE resides with his parents, two and three-quarter miles east of Buffalo Hart Station.

WILLIAM S., born Dec. 4, 1832, in Sangamon county, the only child by the second wife. He enlisted August 15, 1862, for three years, in Co. B, 130111 111. Inf., and was wounded May 22, 1863, in five places, and again June 4, 1863, by a shot through the foot, all at the siege of Vicksburg. He recovered, and was cap-s tured April, 1864, in Gen. Bank's Red river expedition, was placed in a rebel stockade prison at camp Ford, near Tyler, Texas, remained in prison thirteen months and nineteen days, was released, went to New Orleans, St. Louis and Springfield, and was honorably discharged June 17, 1865. He was married Oct. 12, 1865, to Jane Dunn, who was born Jan. 29, 1847, *n Yorkshire, England. They have two children, ANNIE and JANETTE, and reside two and a half miles east of Buffalo Hart Station.

Windsor county, Vt. They were there married, Sept., 1815, moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, the same fall, and a year later to St. Charles, Mo., where one child was born. In the spring of 1817 they moved to St. Louis, where one child was born, and in the fall of 1821 moved to Madison county, six miles north of Edwardsville, 111. While residing there, at the solicitation of the Vermont delegation in Congress, Mr. Enos was appointed by President Monroe Receiver in the land office then established at what was called Springfield District, although there was no town laid out. Mr. Enos arrived with his family in Sept., 1823. He opened the land office in a double log cabin, at what is now the northwest corner of Third and Jefferson streets. He soon after united with Elijah lies, John Taylor and Thomas Cox, each entering a quarter section of land. They then laid out a town, and called it Calhoun ; afterwards it was changed to Springfield. Mr. and Mrs. Enos had three children born in Springfield. Of their five children -

PASCAL P., Jun., born Nov. 28, 18:6, at St. Charles,'Mo., was married in Springfield, 111., to Eliza J. Johnson. She died April 15, 1859, and he died Feb. 17, 1867, both in Springfield. They were without family. He served one term in the State Legislature, and was appointed United States Circuit Clerk by Judge McLean, and again by Judge Davis, and died in office.

ZIMRI A., born Sept. 29, 1821, in St. Louis, Mo., was married in Springfield, 111., June 10, 1846, to Agnes D. Trotter, who was born in New York city Feb. 15, 1825. They have six children born in Springfield. PASCAL P., born April 6, 1847, resides in Kansas. GEORGE T., is a Civil Engineer, and resides at Toledo, Ohio. WILLIAM P., CATHARINE I., ALLEN Z., and LOUISA I., live with their parents. Z. A. Enos served two terms, of two years each, as County Surveyor of Sangamon county, and three terms as Alderman of Springfield. He and his family reside in Springfield. 111.

JULIA R.f born Dec. 20, 1832, in Springfield, was married in 1860 to Oxias M. Hatch, who was born April 14, 1814, in Hillsborough, Hillsborough county, N. H. His father, Dr. Reuben Hatch, with his family, moved to Pike county, 111., in 1835, and Ozias M. followed in 1836. He has been heard to say, in a jocular way, that he was born in New Hampshire, educated in Massachusetts, and graduated in Pike county, 111. The latter, probably alluding to the fact that he was appointed, by Judge Samuel D. Lockwood, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Pike county, in 1841, for seven years. From 1847 to I^51> he was engaged in merchandising, in Griggsville. In 1851 he was elected to represent Pike county in the State Legislature for two years. In November, 1856, O. M. Hatch was elected, on the Republican ticket, Secretary of State, for Illinois, and re-elected in 1860, serving in all eight years. He was one of the original members of the National Lincoln Monument Association, temporarily organized April 24, 1865, and assuming a legal form on the nth of May following. Mr. Hatch was elected Secretary of the Association Jan. 1 8, 1866, and holds the office to the present time - June, 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Hatch have three living children, OZIAS M., Jun., PASCAL E., and FRANK LOCKWOOD, and reside in Springfield, Illinois.

Pascal P. Enos held the office of Receiver of the Land Office at Springfield, under Presidents Monroe and John Quincy Adams. He was removed by President Jackson solely because they differed in politics - Mr. Enos being a Whig. He died April, 1832, in Springfield, and his widow now - June, 1876 - in her eighty-sixth year, and the forty-fifth of her widowhood, resides in Springfield, Illinois.

England, Stephen

ENGLAND, STEPHEN, born June 12, 1773, in Virginia. His parents moved to Bath county, Ky., when he was quite young. He was there married, about 1791, to Anna Harper, who was born Sept. I, 1772, in Virginia. They had ten living children in Kentucky. The family moved, in March, 1813, to Madison county, Ohio, where they had two children. In the fall of 1818 the farnilv moved to Madison county, 111. The fof- lowing winter Stephen England, with two of his sons-in-law, came up to the San-ga-ma country to explore it. The nearest habitation to where Springfield now stands, was on the south bank of the Sangamon river, near where the C. and A. R. R. now crosses. They found a man named William Higgins living in a cabin there, which he had built in Jan., 1819. See his name. They remained over night with Mr. Higgins, and crossed to the north side of the river, each selecting a spot on which to make a home. In order to prevent others who might come after from choosing the same ground, they cut a few logs, laid them across each other in three piles, and each man cut his initials on a tree near by, as evidence that the land was claimed. That was near what was soon after called Higgins' creek, but is now called Cantrall's creek. They returned to their families, and early in March, 1819, Stephen E-ngland, his son David, his sons-in-law, Andrew Cline and Wyatt Cantrall, returned to their claims for the purpose of commencing improvements. The night after their arrival snow fell about one foot deep, and the weather was colder than it had been at any time during the winter. They commenced work, and Mr. England and his son soon had their house up, roofed, and the door and chimney place cut out. The other two men had their materials on the ground. . By that time the melting snow warned them that they must cross the river at once, or they might be delayed several weeks. They returned to their families, and attempted to move them, but the ground was so soft from melting snow that their teams were unequal to the task of drawing the wagons with their heavy loads, and they again left their families. The same men returned, accompanied by two of the daughters or Mr. England. They then completed their houses, cleared land, planted their crops, and returned to Madison county for their families, bringing them to their new homes about the first of June, 1819. Of Mr. England's twelve children then living -

LUCY, born Feb. 13, 1797, in Bath county, Ky., crossed the Sangamon river with her father, April, 1819, and she is thought to be the fifth white woman that ever crossed the river, and the first to cook a meal on the north side. She was married afterwards to John Cline. See Ills name.

ANNA, born August 30, 1798, in Kentucky, was married to Andrew Clino. They had four children. The parents and two of the children died in Sangamon county. Of the other two: STEPHEN married for his third wife, Dorothy Wigginton. They have children, and reside near Elkhart, Logan county. PERRY married, has one child, and resides in Wisconsin.

SIJ^HA, born April, 1802, in Kentucky, was married April 2, 1823, to George W. Anderson. They have seven children. The parents and five of the children died in Sangamon county, 111. Of the other two: ELIZABETH married Andrew Ralph, and resides in Fancy Creek township. ELIZA married Charles Boker. He died, and she lives in Cantrall.

DA VID, born Nov. 25, 1804, in Bath county, Ky., was married Nov. 4, 1823, to Margaret Higgins. They had fourteen children, seven of each sex, all born in Sangamon county, 111. LOLTISA married Charles Turley, April 6, 1842. He was born Dec. n, 1822, in Montgomery county, Ky. They have nine children: s. SANFORD married Jane McClelland. See name of McClelland. MAGGIE E. married R. C. Maxwell. They have two children, Charles and Louisa, and live near Lincoln, Logan county. AMANDA married John B. Taylor, of Williamsville, and resides there. DAVID married in Lincoln, and lives near there. SUSAN j. married Dr. McClelland of Williamsville, and resides there. JAMES P., MARSHALL, MEADE and IXA M., live with their parents one and a half miles east of Williamsville, Sangamon county. EVELINE B. married James M. Mitts. See his name. JULIA A. married Thomas W. Lake. See his name. STEPHEN married Margaret Canterbury. They have three children, ASA, MARY and

WILLIAM i., and live in Menard county. ROSE ANN married William Council. See his name. WILLIAM B. married Martha Hall. They had three children. LAURA married Jeremiah Casey, and resides in Menard county. HETTIE and WILLIAM live with their mother. William B. England enlisted in 1862 for three years, in Co. K, n5th 111. Inf. He was killed Sept. 20, 1863, at the battle of Chickamauga, Tenn. His widow married Thomas Swearingen, who served three years as a captain in the Union army. They reside at Athens, Menard county, 111. CAROLINE married Jacob Beck, who was born Nov. 22, 1829, in Ross county, Ohio. They have six children, MARIETTA, CHARLES F., DAVID E.,

IDA M., MAGGIE and FREDERICK, and live near Williamsville. MARGARET married Asa Canterbury. See his name. They have eight children, and reside near Gibson City, Ford county, 111. MARY A. married Milam Holland, who died, and she married James W. Mott. See his name. David A. enlisted for three years, Aug. 9, 1862, in Co. K, H5th 111. Vol. Inf., served until June I, 1865, when he was honorably discharged. He married Emma Mott. They have three children, HENRY w., ANNIE R. and LUCY, and live in Athens. JAMES M. and CHARLES F., twins. James M. married Mary A. Mott. He died, leaving a widow and one child, MARIA, in Athens. Charles F. married Rebecca Wood. They have six children, and reside in Illiopolis township. HENRY H. married Mary A. Price. They have three children, LI/KKNA L., FLORA B. and WILLIAM B., and live near Cantrall. MILAM R. lives with his parents. David England remembers seeing Indians bury their dead by putting them in troughs and suspending them in trees, also building pens around them and leaving their bodies to decay. David England and his wife reside on the farm settled by his father in 1819, three miles west of Sherman.

ELIZABETH, born Nov. 12, 1805, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, Jan. 24, 1822, to Hiram Wentworth. They died, leaving three children.

JOHN, born Jan. 15, 1811, in Bath county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county to Mary Smith. They had nine children. WILLIAM A. was married in 1868, to Olive Stanton, in Salem, Oregon. SARAH married William Trakes. ADELPHIA, born May 10, 1831, married Samuel Turley. They have eleven living children, and reside in Logan county. MATILDA A., born June 26, 1834, married W. H. Rankin. They have eight children, and live in Champaign county, 111. ALBERT, borri May 16, 1838. He served three years in the 2d 111. Cav., and was honorably discharged. He is married, has four children, and resides in Monticello, Piatt county, 111. MARY J. and MARION, twins, born March 15, 1840. Mary J. married A. Robinson, and live in Macon county, 111. Marion rnarried Catharine Grove, and live in Logan county. LUCY A., born July 23, 1842, married D. Thubert, and live in Macon county, 111. ELIZABETH C., born Aug. 15, 1848, married Ezra McMasters. They reside in Elkhart, Logan county, 111. JOHN C., born April 3, 1858, lives in Logan county. Mrs. Mary England died, and John England was married to Sarah Groves. They have one child, and reside at Mt. Pulaski. John England is a preacher in connection with the Christian church.

ADELPHIA, born May 15, 1813, in Ohio, was married in Sangamon county to Joseph I. Smith. They had three children. FRANCIS M. enlisted in 1861 for three years, in Co. C, 2ist 111. Inf., served full time, and was honorably discharged. He married Mary Young, and resides at Fort Madison, Iowa. ENOCH B. enlisted July, 1862, for three years, in Co. K, io6th 111. Inf., served until the close of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged July, 1865. He married Louisa Stone. They have two children, and reside in Fremont county, Iowa. JULIA A. married .James Rayburn. They have eight children, and live at Irish Grove, Menard county. Joseph I. Smith died JaiL i, 1851, and his widow was married Dec. 20, 1855, to William B. Goodpasture. They have one child, JESSE K. Mr. Goodpasture was born in Overton county, Tenn.; came to Jackson- ville, 111., in 1829. The present Mrs. Goodpasture is his third wife. Two of his sons by a former marriage were soldiers' in Co. K, io6th 111. Inf. One of them lost his life in defense of his country in the Autumn of 1864. Mr. and Mrs. Goodpasture reside near Auburn.

JESSE, born Feb. 10, 1815, in Bath county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county, 111., Dec. 31, 1833, to Mahala Smith. They have five children living; three died in infancy. AMERICA, born Oct. 1 6, 1834, was married March 10, 1853, to Isaac J. Sherman. They have three children, MARY j., MARTHA A. and MAHALA A., who live with their parents on Fancy Prairie. MARY, born May 4, 1837, was married March 20, 1856, to Cyrus B. Sherman. They have seven children, AMERICA E., MIRANDA j., WILLIAM II., EMELINE, IDA M., MARY A. and

NOLA E., and live at Middletown, 111. MIRANDA, born July 6, 1839, was married March 29, 1860, to William F. West. They had two living children, FRANK H. and IDA B., who live with their mother. Mr. West died March 30, 1863, and his widow married Absalom Miller, April 11,1870. They have three living children, JOHN j., EDWARD and MYRA, and reside near Maryville, Nodoway county, Mo. PAREN, born May 20, 1841, was married Feb. 14, i86i,to Nancy M. Whittier, and reside near Lincoln, Neb. PERRY J., born Feb. 5, 1849, was married to Gallic Hall, Oct. 10, 1872. They have two children, ARTHUR j. and ETHEL P., and live near Fancy Prairie, Menard county, 111. Jesse England and wife reside near Fancy Prairie postoffice, Menard county, 111.

Stephen England died Sept. 26, 1823, of a cancer in one of his ankles. He preached the gospel as long as he could stand, and delivered his last sermon sitting. His widow died June i, 1841, both near where they settled in 1819, in what is now Fancy Creek township. Stephen England was a Baptist minister in Kentucky, and when he brought his family to the new settlement, the people having planted their crops, wished to have religious services, so Mr. England announced that he would preach at his own house late in June or early in July, 1819. Everybody in the entire settlement came. Two women walked five miles through the grass, which was almost as high as their heads. The husband of one of them walked and carried their babe. That was the first sermon ever preached north of the Sangamon river in this county, and probably in Central Illinois. Mr. England organized a church May 15, 1820, at his own house. There were eight members besides himself. The names of the persons constituting the church were Stephen England and Anna, his wife; Jechoniah Langston and Nancy, his wife; Levi Cantrall and Fannie, his wife; Mrs. Adelphia Wood, Mrs. Sarah Cantrall, the wife of Wyatt Cantrall, Mrs. Lucy Scott (daughter of Mr. England), afterwards Mrs. Cline. That was the first church organized in Sangamon county, and the organization has never been broken. It is now known as Antioch Christian church, and composed at present of about ninety members. It is occupying its third house of worship, which is a handsome wooden edifice situated within the limits of Cantrall, a town recently laid out. Elder Stephen England was pastor of the church until his death, in 1823. His son David united with the church about one year after his father's death. He was first elected deacon, then elder, and has continued in that office to the present time. Elder Stephen England solemnized the marriage of Philo Beers and Martha Stillman, Nov. 2, 1820, which was the first marriage in Sangamon county. See Philo Beers. This event occurred one and a half miles southwest of Williamsville. A couple came to Mr. England from Fort Clark, now Peoria, to avoid the trouble of going to Edwardsville for license. It was lawful to advertise their intentions for ten days, and then marry without license. That couple were married in the latter way.

ENYART, SILAS, was born June 21, 1788, in Hardin county, Ky. He was married Nov. 6, 1806, to Martha Duckworth, who was born June 7, 1789, in the same county. They had eight children born in Kentucky, one died in infancy, and the family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the spring of 1834 in what is now Gardner township, six miles west of Springfield. Of their children -

J., James W., Charles N., Ed

REBECCA J., born in Kentucky, married N. E. Bateman. They had six children, namely, MARY E., SARAH J., JAMES W., CHARLES N., ED- "WARD E. and EMMA E. Mrs. Bateman resides with her daughter, Mrs. Albert V. Arnold, in Springfield.

WILLIAM, born June 25, 1825, in Hardin county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county, 111., Jan. 13, 1852, to Sarah Elder. They had four children in Sangamon county. LUCY E. died in her third year. MINERVA, married James Merri weather. They have one child, ALLEN, and reside in Cotton Hill township. EMMA and EFFIE, reside with their parents two and one-half miles north of Pawnee, in Cotton Hill township. William Enyart left Springfield March 25, 1849, for the gold fields of California, with eight others, only three of whom returned. William Envart was gone two years and three months, and made enough to buy himself a good home. During his absence he had an interview with James Baker. See his name.

EUSTACE, WILLIAM, born in Eastport, Me., settled in 1837 or 8 in what is now Talkington township, where Chas. T. Hoppin now resides. He was the first settler in the township. His daughter, Elizabeth, married John Barger. See his name.

EWELL, ISAAC L., was born April 29, 1819, in Burnett, Caledonia county, Vt., came to Springfield, 111., in the fall of 1837, spent two years there as a miller, returned to Vermont, came back to Sangamon county, and was married Sept. 3, 1846, to Louisa E. Kelly. He moved to Peacham, Vt., in the spring of

CHARLES W., born Feb. 7, 1848, in Peacham, Caledonia county, Vt., married in Sangamon county, Nov. 25, 1868, to Eliza J. Turner, have one child, MINNIE, and live in Curran township.

PAGAN, WILLIAM, born in 1777, in North Carolina, was married there to Peninah Fruit, who was born Jan. 29, 1774, in the same State. They moved to Virginia, and from there to Christian county, Ky. In 1819 they emigrated, with four children, to southern Illinois, thence to Sangamon county, arriving in what is now Clear Lake township, in 1820. They moved next year to Buffalo Hart Grove, and from there to Springfield. In 1831 they settled on a farm three miles northwest of Springfield. Of their children -

JOHN, born May 17, 1809, in Christian county, Ky., was married April 15, 1830, in Springfield, 111., to Mary Henry, who was born in 1812, in Ohio. They had nine children. ELIZABETH J., born Dec. 22, 1831, was married Oct. 15, 1851, to William C. Langston, she died Dec. 26, 1853, without children. CLARISSA and CLARINDA (twins), born Nov. 22, 1833. CLARISSA was married March, 1851, to Uriah C. Withrow, who was born Jan. 26, 1827. Thev had one son, vv. A., who lives in Sangamon county, 111. W. C. Withrow died Sept. 26, 1852, and Mrs. Withrow was married May, 1860, to Aaron Apgar. Mrs. Clarissa Apgar died Oct. 7, 1864, leaving one child, IDA BELLE, who lives in Sangamon county. CLARINDA was married April 16, 1861, to J. L. Rohinette, who was born June 12, 1836, in Ohio. They moved to California in 1863, where Mrs. Robinette died June 13, 1864. GEORGE T., born Aug. 4, 1836, was married Sept. 3, 1857, *° R-acnel Hazlett, who was born Oct. 12, 1839, in Christian county. They have three living children, FRANKLIX, IRVING, and GEORGE, who reside with their parents in Christian county, 111. SARAH F., born Oct. 28, 1838, was married Oct., 1855, to F. M. Montgomery. She died April 8, 1856. BRICE H., born Jan. 23, 1841, enlisted Feb., 1862, in Co. G, loth 111. Cav., served until after the capture ot Little Rock, Ark., when he was taken sick and died in hospital there, Dec. 10, 1863. His body was brought home for interment. WILLIAM P., born May 18, 1843, died April i, 1860. JAMES F., born Jan. 29, 1846, was married Aug. 29, 1870, to Eliza J. Buchannan, who was born Jan. 17, 1846. They moved to the southern part of Kansas, where Eliza J. Fagan died March 18, 1873. James Fagan returned to Sangamon county and lives with his father. CHARLES A., born March 12, 1849, died Aug. 20, 1872. Mrs. Mary Fagan died Aug. 14, 1850, and John Fagan was married April 14, 1852, to Mrs. Mary VV. Norris, whose maiden name was Cole. They have two living children. MARY L., born Jan. 22, 1854, was married Feb. 15, 1871, to Jesse H. Potts, had one child, ADA BELL, who died young, and the family live in Christian county, 111. BENJAMIN, born July 17, 1856, lives with his father. Mrs. Mary W. Fagan died Feb. 22, 1858, and John Fagan was married Dec. 20, 1860, in Logan county, Ohio, to Mary Williams, who was born April 17, 1826. They reside four miles northwest of Springfield, 111.

GEORGE, born Feb. 19, 1814, in Christian county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county, 111., Dec. 11, 1838, to Ruth Smith. They had six children. Of the three who lived to be grown - JOHN F., born Dec. 19, 1843, in Sangamon county, enlisted Jan. 18, 1862, for three years in Co. G, loth 111. Cav., re-enlisted as a veteran Jan. 18, 1864, served to the end of the rebellion, and was honorablv discharged, at San Antonia, Texas,

Nov., 1865. He was married in Sangamon county Sept. 2, 1868, to Mary E. Lightfoot. They have one child, HERBERT F., and reside three and one-half miles northwest of Springfield. GREEN B., born July 24, 1849, died April 10, 1866. WILLIAM G., born Jan. 22, 1852, lives with his parents. George Fagan and wife reside three miles northwest of Springfield, on the farm where his parents settled in 1830.

William Fagan died Nov. 24, 1843, and his widow died Sept. 27, 1846, both where they settled in 1830, three miles northwest of Springfield, 111.

FAIRCHILD, MOSES, was born Aug., 1793, in Essex county, N. Y. He was married Nov. 9, 1817, at Shelbourn, Vt., to Adah Holabird, who was born there, in July, 1793. They had six living children in Essex county, New York, and the family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1833, at Rochester, where they had one child. \Of their seven children -