Sangamon County, Illinois - The whole text, 1876 (part 12 of 31)

HIRAM, born Oct. 10, 1819, in Essex county, N. Y., married in Springfield, 111., Feb. 14, 1850, to Martha L. Beall. They had nine children in Sangamon county, six of whom died under four years. Of the other three, CHARLES" H., born Oct. 27, 1850, HIRAM R., born Nov. 4, 1854, and WILLIAM P., born Oct. 29, 1856, all reside with their parents, threequarters of a mile east of Clark sville, Sangamon county.

Belle, Mary E., Benjamin S. Adah E., Charles, Robert

CHARLES, born Sept. 25, 1821, in Essex county, N. Y., married in Sangamon county, Jan. 31, 1848, to Lavina Sattlev. They had eight living children, BELLE, MARY E., BENJAMIN S., ADAH E., CHARLES, ROBERT, RALPH S. and WINFIELD S. reside with their parents, one mile east of Rochester, on the farm where Moses Fairchild settled in 1833.

HE NR T, born Sept. 20, 1823, in New York, raised in Sangamon county, married in Jacksonville to Jane Ragsdale. They had one child, HOMER LINCOLN, and Mrs. Jane F. died. Mr. F. married Nancy McKittrick. They have three children, and reside near Tower Hill, Shelby county, 111.

E. Ross, who was born Oct. 13, 1823, in Clarke county, O., and came to Sangamon county, in 1841 or '2. They had four children, ADAH MAY and IDA F., the third and fourth, died young. JOHN HENRY and CHARLES OSCAR reside with their parents, two and a half miles north of Breckenridge.

HYMA\\ born Dec. 2, 1832, in New York, raised in Sangamon county, went to California in 1850 married there to Mrs. Mary J. Waddle, whose maiden name was Barker. They had twins, and Mrs. F. died. He was married in Sangamon county to Mrs. Susan Giger, whose maiden name was Benson. They have three children, and reside near Grafton,, Yolo county, California.

FARQUAR, GEORGE, was born. in 1794, in Uniontown, Penn. His father died, and his mother married Robert Ford, who was killed by Indians, leaving one son. Mrs. Ford with her two sons, George Farquar and Thomas Ford, came to Waterloo, Monroe county, 111. Of the younger of the two half brothers, it is only necessary to say in this connection that Thomas Ford afterwards became Governor of Illinois. George Farquar was elected to represent Monroe county in the State legislature one term. He was appointed Jan. i =;, 1825, by Gov. Coles, to the office of Secretary of State, and went to Vandalia in discharge of the duties of the office. He was married March 20, 1828, at Kaskaskia, to Ann Cranmer, a sister to Mrs. James L. Lamb. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. 2=;, 1806. Mr. Farquar resigned his office Dec. 31, 1828, and was appointed Jan. 23, 1829, by (TOY. Edwards, Attorney General of Illinois. He resigned that office and moved to Springfield the same year, lie afterwards represented Sangamon county in the State Senate, and was at one time Register of the United States Land Office in Springfield. Mr. and Mrs. Farquar

Ferguson, Mrs. Lucy

FERGUSON, MRS. LUCY, was born about 1767 in Culpepper county, Va. Her maiden name was Pendleton. She was married there in 1791 to Benjamin Ferguson, who was also a native of Virginia. They had fifteen children born in Virginia, and Mr. F. died there. The mother, with five children, moved to Sangamon county, arriving in the fall of 1836, about three miles east of Rochester. Just before she left Virginia, Mrs. Ferguson was enumerating her descendants: there were seventy-five then. Of her five children who came west with her -

WILLIAM H., born February, 1798, married in Virginia in 1818 to Lucv Broadux. They came to Illinois with their mother. Mrs. Lucy Ferguson died in the fall of 1871, and Wm. H. died March, 1873, leaving four children, three of whom are now married.

LUCT C., born in Virginia, was married there in 1832 to Isaac Haines. He was a Methodist preacher. They came west with their mother. He died in 1838. She died in 1850, leaving two children, one of whom, WILLIAM C., married, and lives one mile south of Taylorville. LUCY A. married J. Clark, and resides opposite Cairo, in Missouri.

ELLEN, born in 1812, married in Sangamon county in 1838 to Daniel Johnson. They have one child, ELIAS, who married, and resides on the farm with his father, four miles east of Rochester. Mrs. Ellen Johnson died about 1841.

PHILIP C., born June, 1815, in Virginia, married there in 1836 to Marv Haines. They have five children living. They all reside in Kansas but one, EZEKIEL, who married a Miss Kelly, and lives near Taylorville. Philip C. Ferguson was a physician, and died from lockjaw in 1862. His widow resides near Wathena, Kan.

to Mary J. Young, who was born in 1824, in Trigg county, Ky. They have four children. MARTHA J., born Jan. 16, 1840, in Sangamon county, married Oct. 25, 1860, in Christian county, to Archibald Sattley. See his name. CLARA A., born April 24, 1842, married Feb. 15, t862, in Christian county, to Charles E. Sattley. See his name. ALBERT L., born Jan. 31, 1849, and ADA M., reside with their father. James Ferguson came to Sangamon county with his mother, and engaged in farming ; has been for twelve years justice of the peace at Stonington, and assisted in organizing the first Sunday school there, and has been superintendent ever since. Mrs. Mary J. Ferguson died Oct. 20, 1875.

FI RE Y, JOSEPH, was born Oct. 2, 1789, in Washington county, Md. He was married there, Feb. 12, 1812, to Catharine Rouch, who was born Nov. 12, 1794, in the same county. They had two children, and Mrs. Catharine Firey died July 20, 1822. Joseph Firey was married June 29, 1824, to Magdalena Beard. They had four children, and Mrs. Magdalena Firey died in Maryland. Joseph Firey, with his two eldest sons, came to "Springfield, 111., Nov. 25, 1835, and a few days later moved to what is now Cooper township. He returned to Maryland the next year, and came back to Sangamon county with his younger children, in company with his brother Jacob, Wm. Mowry and Mrs. Troxell, with their families. Of his children -

HENRT, born March 25, 1815, in Washington county, Md., married in Sangamon county, 111., May 21, 1840, to Minerva Lord. They had eight children. MARY E., born March 16, 1841, married Sept. 26, 1861, to George L. Hoaslev, have one living child, WILLIAM. SARAH C., born August 4, 1843, married Jan. 20, 1869, to Benjamin R. English, have one living child, MARY A. AXN M., born March 6, 1846, married Oct. 20, 1864, to Sherman Yaukey, have two children, EDWIN H. and CLARA E. JOSEPH F., born Dec. 27, 1848, 'married Sept. 5, 1873, to Susan Thomson, and have two children, LILLIE and ELIZA. ALICE J., born July 4, 1851, married

March 19, 1874, to William Daigh, and have one child, HEXRY. LEWIS E., born July 12, 1854, ELIZA M., born March 2, 1857, and JOHN H., born Nov. 3, 1859. Henry Firey and family live near Grove City, Christian county, 111.

LEWIS, born Jan. 6, 1817, in Washington county, Maryland, came to Sangamon county in 1835, is unmarried, and lives with his brother Henry, near Grove City, 111.

Charlotte, Martha, Mary A., Sarah

MARTHA ANN, born Sept. 22, 1826, in Maryland, married June i, 1852, to Jefferson Singer. They had five children, WILLIAM, JOSEPH, LEWIS, ALFRED,

JOHN L., born Oct. 16, 1829, in Maryland, married April 27, 1854, in Sangamon county, to Elizabeth Jones. He died Jan. 29, 1872, in Rochester, leaving a widow and one son, JAMES M.

MART S., born July 8, 1832, in Washington county, Md., married Nov. 19, 1858, to John Troxell. See his name. She died Nov. 16, 1859, leaving one child, MARY.

FIREY, JACOB, was born April 14, 1791, in Washington county, Md., married there May 2, 1815, to Mary Houser, who was born June 3, 1796, in the same county. They had seven children, three of whom died under seven years. The family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in October, 1836, in what is now Cooper township, south of the Sangamon river, where his brother Joseph had preceded him the year before. Of their four children - -

ISAAC H., born Feb. 2, 1820, in Washington county, Md., married in Springfield, 111., Feb. n, 1847, to Eliza Sattley. Thev have seven children. JACOB J., born Nov. 5, 1847, graduated March, 1869,31 Bellevue Medical College, New York city. He was married June 29, 1869, at Ann Arbor, Mich., to Kate

Bessimer, who was born Aug. 18, 1850, They had two children, ALBERT and JOHN; the latter died young. Dr. J. J. Firev is a practicing physician, and resides in f aylorville, 111. HATTIE E., born Nov. 4, 1849, was married June 10, 1875, to Ross M. Houck. ALBERT, WILLIAM H., SUSAN E., ISAAC E. and MARY E. The five latter live with their parents. Isaac H. Firey and family reside near Grove City, Christian county, Illinois.

.}fART ANN, born Oct. 26, 1825, in Maryland, married in Sangamon county to Samuel Prather. They had two children, who died young. Mr. Prather died Nov. 21, 1859, and Mrs. Mary A. Prather resides with her sister, Mrs. Cooper.

FISHER, JOHN B., was born Sept. 5, 1808, in Bourbon county, Ky. Xancy D. Webb was born May 23, 1809, in Nicholas county, Ky. They were married Sept. 10, 1829, in Nicholas county, and lived in Bourbon until five children were born. They moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the spring of 1839 in what is now Loami township, where eight children were born; two died under seven years -

CHARLES W., born Jan. 10, 1833, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, Feb. u, 1855, to Isabel A. Bowen; had five children. He went to Indiana, and enlisted in a regiment of that State for three years.

ELIZABETH A., born July 4, 1834, in Kentucky, married in Sangamou county Sept. 15, 1853, to William R. Harbour, have six children, and reside in Moultrie county, 111.

JOHN W., born Dec. u, 1838, in Bourbon county, Ky., enlisted in Sangamon county, Aug. 5, 1862, in Co. I, 73d 111. Inf., for three years, was captured at Cassville, Ga., Sept. 24, - 1864, was taken to Andersonville prison and remained until March 18, 1865, when he was paroled and exchanged. He had been reported hung, and given up by his friends as dead. He is yet an invalid from the effect of the cruel treatment in prison, and resides (April, 1874,) with his mother.

ISAAC N., born Aug. 21, 1842, enlisted Aug. 5, 1862, in Co. I, 73d 111. Inf., for three years, served until he became disabled, and was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps, and was honorably discharged June 27, 1865, lingered until July 17, 1869, when, he died at home.

John B. Fisher enlisted August, 1861, in Co. B, 3Oth 111. Inf., for three years. He was fifty-three years of age, but believed it to be his duty to enter the army. In the battle of Belmont, Mo., he became over-heated, from the effect of which he died at Cairo, 111., Dec. 14, 1861. His widow resides two miles northwest of Loami.

FISHER, SAMUEL, was born Aug. 4, 1787, in Franklin county, Penn. His parents were Protestants, from Germany. Hannah Beaver was born Sept. 29, 1 795, in the same county. Her father was a soldier in the revolution. .Samuel Fisher and Hannah Beaver were married in their native county. They had thirteen children there and moved to Springfield, 111., Nov. 13, 1840. Of their children -

ALEXANDER, born March 12, 1815, in Pennsylvania, was married Oct. 7, 1847, in Sangamon county, 111., to Elizabeth Hershey. She died July 5, 1853, in Wabash county, 111. Mr. Fisher was married in 1854, to Ann Elizabeth Field, who died July u, 1858, and he was married April 18, 1859, to Mrs. Permelia Skinner. Alexander Fisher was elected Associate Judge of Logan county, in 1865, and resides in Mt. Pulaski. 111.

GEORGE, born April 30, 1816, in Pennsylvania, was married in Sangamon county, 111., to Mary Hendricks. They reside near Belle Plain, Sumner county, Kansas.

SAMUEL B., was born Oct. 27, 1817, in Franklin county, Penn., was married Dec. 18, 1844, in Springfield, to Melvina Alvey. They had thirteen children in Springfield. EDMUND R., resides with his parents. SAMUEL A. is a salesman in a dry goods house in Cincinnati. FREDERICK F. was married in Jacksonville, 111., May 7, 1876, to Lou Gorham. He is clerk in Coleman's store, and resides in Springfield. FANNIE resides with her parents. EMMA died Dec. 30, 1870, aged about sixteen years. IDA, BERTHA, KATE, MELVINA, IRVING, WILLIAM, ANNA W., and LAURA, reside with their parents. S. B. Fisher has been, since 1 844, engaged in mercantile pursuits, and now resides in Springfield.

WILLIAM, born Feb. 20, 1821, in Pennsylvania, was married July 3, 1856, in Athens, 111., to Susannah Reed, who was born Dec. 5, 1832, in Franklin county, Penn. They have five children, HANNAH M., FRANK R., CARRIE B. and WILLIE C., the latter twins, and JULIA C. William Fisher has been since 1871 employed in the United States Revenue Department, and resides in Springfield.

CHARLES, born Dec. 24, 1822, in Quincy, Franklin county, Penn., came with his parents to Springfield, Nov. 13, 1840. He was married Oct. 22, 1850, to Sarah T. Moffitt, who was born in Springfield, a daughter of John B. Moffitt, one of the early settlers. Thev had two children. GEORGE T., born July 28, 1851, is a di'aftsman and architect and resides in Springfield. LILLIE resides with her father. Mrs. S. T. Fisher died Feb. 1 6, 1854. Charles Fisher is a carpenter and builder. He erected the First Presbyterian church, and superintended the wood work of the United States Court House. He resides in Springfield. CAROLINE, born Sept. 16, 1824, in Franklin county, Penn., was married Feb.

17, 1848, in Springfield, 111., to Phares A. Dorwin, who was born Sept. 10, 1820, in Champion, Jefferson county, N. Y. They had three living children, HENRY F"., CHARLES G. and SHELBY C., all reside with their mother. Mr. Dorwin was engaged in the tin ware and stove business the greater part of his life, in Springfield, except during the rebellion, when he was in the Quartermaster's Department, stationed atone post all the time, in Kentucky. He died in Springfield, Feb. 17, 1870. His widow and three sons reside at 511 north sixth street.

SUSANNAH, born Sept. 3, 1826, in Pennsylvania, was married in Springfield, 111., to Cyrus Culbertson. They reside at Sumner, Lawrence county, 111.

HANNAH M., born May 14, 1831, in Pennsylvania, was married Dec. 12, 1855, in Springfield, to Shelby M. Cullom. They had two children, ELLA and CARRIE, both of whom are graduates of the Bettie Stuart Institute, and reside with their father. Mrs. Cullom died March 17, 1861, in Springfield, 111.

JULIA, born March 28, 1835, in Franklin county, Penn., was married in Springfield, May 5, 1863, to Hon. .Shelby M. Cullom. Mr. Cullom was born Nov. 22, 1829, in Wayne county, Ky., and taken by his parents to Tazewell county, 111., in 1830. His father, R. N. Cullom, represented Tazewell county for several years in the State legislature - part of the time in the House, and a portion in the Senate. Shelby M. came to Springfield in 1854, and studied law in the office of Stuart & Edwards. He was admitted to practice in 1855, and soon after elected City Attorney of Springfield. In 1856 he was elected as one of the representatives of Sangamon county in the State Legislature, and again elected in 1860. On the assembling of the Legislature he was chosen Speaker of the House. In 1864 Mr. Cullom was elected to represent the Eighth district of Illinois in the United States Congress, and was elected for two successive terms. During that time he was Chairman of the Committee on Territories, and as such reported a bill, of which he was the author, for the suppression of polygamy in the territory of Utah, which became a law. He also secured the appropriations for the erection of the United States court house and postoffice in Springfield, at a cost of $320,000. In 1872 and 1874 he was elected to represent the county in the State Legislature. At the former term he was chosen Speaker of the House. Mr. Cullom is a practicing lawyer, is President of the State National Bank, and resides in Springfield.

At the Republican State Convention held in Springfield, May 24, 1876 - the largest, most intelligent and most harmonious convention ever held in the State of Illinois - Hon. Shelby M. Cullom was unanimously nominated as the candidate of the party for Governor of the State. Although the writer does not claim to be a prophet, nor the son of a prophet, it is deemed safe to predict - Tune i, '76 - that unless death should intervene, he will be triumphantly elected in November, and inaugurated in January, 1877.

FLETCHER, JAMES, was born July 7, 1799, in Rockbridge county, Va., and was married there to Jane Mc- Elvain, a sister to Samuel McElvain. See his name. They, moved to Adair county, Ky., in 1804 or '5, where they had eight children, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Dec., 1828, in what is now Auburn township, where they had one child. Of their nine children -

JOB, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Nancy Chapin, moved to Galena, and from there to Williamstown, Chickasaw county, Iowa, where he lost his life from injuries inflicted by an enraged bull, in May, 1872. He left a widow and children residing there.

MARGARET, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, Nov. 26, 1840, to Gary A. Patterson. They have two children^ MARTHA A. married John H. Gates, and lives in Auburn township. MARGARET J. married O. F. Bettis. See his name. C. A. Patterson and wife live in Auburn township.

James B., Thomas A., Martha

NATHAN, born in 1818, in Adair county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, Dec. 26, 1844, to Margaret J. Baxter. They have six children, MARY J., JAMES B., THOMAS A., MARTHA, HENRY and LUCRETIA - the two latter twins. Nathan Fletcher resides three miles southwest of Auburn.

JOHN R., born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Margaret J. Kessler. He died August, 1870, leaving a widow and three children, four miles west of Auburn.

FLETCHER, JO H N, was born about 1774? m Rockbridge county, Va. Job Fletcher, whose name heads the following sketch, was a younger brother of his. John Fletcher was married in 1803, in Augusta county, Va., to Elizabeth Mc- Elvain, a native of Lancaster county, Penn., and sister of Samuel McElvain. See his name. Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher had three children in Virginia, and in 1806 emigrated to that part of Christian which became Todd county, Ky., where five children were born. They moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the spring of 1830 in what is now Ball township. The family, including his son Job, with his wife and child, consisted of eleven persons, and their first place of residence was a log cabin sixteen feet square, belonging to his brother Job, who had preceded him eleven years. Of their children -

JOB, Jun., or Capt. Job, as he was called in consequence of his military commission from the Governor of Kentucky, and to distinguish him from his uncle Job, only eight years older, and who was called Esq. Job. Job, Jun., was born Aug. 27, 1801, in Rockbridge county, Va., married Nov. 24, 1825, in Todd county, Ky., to Frances Brown, who was born in Kentucky, and moved, in connection with his father, to Sangamon county, arriving in the spring of 1830 in what is now Ball township, where they had six children. Of their eight children - MAR Y E., born Aug. 12, 1826, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Jason N. McElvain. She died Aug. 3, 1875, near Nilwood, 111. Mr. McElvain resides there. MARGARET F., born Oct. 25, 1828, died in her eleventh year. JOHN S., born April 28, 1830, died Jan. n, 1854. WILLIAM D. died in his fourth year. PRESTON B., born March 4, 1834, married Sarah Wright. They have two living children, ELIZABETH and LLOYD, and reside near Butler, Bates county, Mo. PAULINE K., born Feb. 15, 1837, married Feb. 22, 1853, to Francis Ewing Dodds. See his name. They live six miles southeast of Auburn. BENJAMIN F., born Dec. 17, 1839, in Sangamon county. He enlisted Aug., 1862, for three years in Co. B, H4th 111. Inf., and was captured at the battle of Guntown, Miss., June 10. 1864. He spent several months in Andersonville prison, and witnessed the breaking out of a spring, and confirms all that is said about it by Stephen Bell. See his name. Mr. Fletcher was released at the end of the rebellion, and honorably discharged April, 1865. He was married Feb. 28, 1867, to Mary E. Drennan. They have two children, CYRUS o. and MYRA F., and live at the homestead settled by his father in 1830, in Ball township, near Chatham. VIRGINIA A., born March 9, 1832, married March 20, 1860, to Charles G, Brown, who was born Oct. 4, 1829, in Jacksonville, 111. They have two children, MARY c. and ROBERT F., and live in Pawnee township, six miles southeast of Auburn. Job Fletcher, Jun., and his wife celebrated their golden wedding Nov. 24, 1875, at the residence of their daughter and son-in-law Dodds. They reside part of the time at the homestead where they sejtled in 1830, and part of the time with their daughters and sons-in-law, Mr. F. E. Dodds and Mr. C. G. Brown. Capt. Job Fletcher at one time sold sixteen wagon loads of smoked hams and shoulders, in

St. Louis, at $1.80 and $200 per one hundred pounds. It belonged to himself and Eddin Lewis. They hauled it ninety miles, and paid fifty cents per hundred for the hauling. At that time coffee sold for fifty cents per pound, sugar twenty-five cents, and calico fifty cents per yard; corn was worth six and a quarter cents per bushel, gathered, or four cents in the field. Capt. F. says the whole prairie country abounded with a kind of green headed fly, that was a great pest. In hot weather it was hazardous to attempt to drive a team over the prairie. From the Sugar creek timber to Carlinville, about thirty miles, was nearly always driven in the night. Instances are related of horses having been killed by exposure to those flies. As the country improved, the land drained, and the grass pastured down, the flies disappeared.

JOHN, born Nov. 26, 1808, in Todd county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, 111., Jan. 28, 1834, to Theresa Abell. They had one child in Sangamon county, and moved, in 1839, to McDonough county, 111., where they had one child. LUCRETIA B., born Dec. 26, 1835, in Sangamon county, died in her sixth year. JAMES A., born Oct. 26, 1839, in Mc- Donough county, and went with his father to Kansas in 1857. As wagon master in the employ of the government, he crossed the plains ten times during the rebellion. He was married in 1871 to Miss Murray, has two children, GRACE E. and WALTER w., and live hear Mound City, Linn county, Kansas. Mrs. Theresa Fletcher died in McDonough county, 111., late in 1839. John Fletcher was married in the same county, March 9, 1841, to Sarah Bullington, who was born Jan. 31, 1817, in Orange county, Ind. They had six children in McDouough county, and, in 1857, moved to Linn county, Kansas, where they had one child. Of their seven children: JOHN S., born May 3, 1843, in McDonough county, 111., resides with his mother, near Mound City, Kan. WTILLIAM C., born March 10, 1845, In

McDouough county, 111., lives near Mound City, Kansas. LIZZIE, J., born Jan. 22, 1848, in McDonough county, 111., married in 1867, in Kansas, to Zalmon Kincaid, a native of Ohio. They have three children, RALPH, CHARLIE z. and JOHN c., and live at Pleasanton, Linn county, Kansas. Mr. Kincaid is a merchant there. JOB H., born August 28, 1849, is engaged in farming and stock raising near Mound City, Kansas. ALBERT A., born Nov. 7, 1851, in McDonough county, 111., raised in Kansas, and, in 1873, went to New York City, and is engaged in business at Xo. 60, Fulton street. ADALINE R., born Nov. 26, 1858, in Kansas, lives with her mother. John Fletcher died Jan. 8, 1864, near Mound City, Linn county, Kansas. His widow resides there. He spent several years as a school teacher, and was always interested in educational matters. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, and superintended a Sunday school. After his death his widow filled the latter position for several years.

MARGARET, born in 1811, in Todd county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, 111., in 1833, to William Durley. He had previously been married to a Miss Mills, who died, leaving one child, Mildred M., born August 6, 1828, and who married George R. Laughton, in 1844, at Plattsville, Grant county, Wis. She died Jan. 8, 1864, leaving five children, George H., William R., Charles A., Adaline A. and Frank D., all of whom are living. William Durley died in 1835, and Mrs. Margaret Fletcher Durley died in 1836, leaving one child, ADELINE, who was born June 9, 1834, in Bloomington, 111. She was married June 6, 1854, in Plattsville, Grant county, Wis., to Rufus A. Rice, who was born August 29, 1820, in Monmouth, Kennebec county, Maine. They have two children, FRANCIS ALLEN, born July 4, 1860, and EDWIN LEWIS, born Dec. 28, 1864, both in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Rice reside at No. 594, west Washington Street, Chicago, 111.

John Fletcher died Sept. 16, 1830, less than six months after bringing his family to the county. His widow survived him twenty-eight years, and died in the fall of 1858 - he in Sangamon county, and she in Macoupin county.

FLETCHER, JOB, Sen., was born Nov. n, 1793, in Rockbridge county, Va. His father died when he was an infant, and his mother moved with her elder son John, in the autumn of 1808, to Logan county, Ky., and the next spring to that part of Christian which was afterwards Todd county. Job remained in the family of his brother John, attending school and teaching. He served as a soldier six months in the war of 1812, and as such assisted in burying the dead after the battle of Tippecanoe, although he was not in the battle. Mary Kerchner was born May 25, 1789, in Augusta county, Va., and was taken by her parents to Todd county, Ky. Job Fletcher and Mary Kerchner were there married, Dec. 22,

PERMELIA A., born Aug. 5, 1819, in Christian county, Ky., was married in 1844 to Eddin Lewis. See his name. He died, and she was married, Feb. 4, 1856, to Larkin Lewis. See his name.

JOHN, born April n, 1822, in Sangamon county, went to Arkansas in 1853. He was married in 1854 to Mary Fletcher. He resided in Arkansas until after the battle of Prairie Grove, when they started for Illinois. Mrs. Fletcher died on the way, Dec. 27, 1862, leaving one child. Mr. Fletcher served his country, in the ist 111. Cav., part of the time in the south and the remainder on the frontier against the Indians. He died in Bates county, Mo., April 10, 1874.

ELIZABETH, born Feb. 23, 1824, in Sangamon county, married Albert Stacy, a native of Montgomery county, 111. They had three living children,

MARY L., PERMELIA V. and ALBERT E. Mr. Stacy died March 22, 1863, and his widow and three children resided on the farm settled by her father in 1819 until 1875, when she sold out and moved to the vicinity of Chanute, Neosho county, Kan.

JONAS L., born Sept. i, 1826, in Sangamon county, was married April 22, 1851, to Amanda M. Short, of same county. They had three living children, 'EMILY . j., JAMES j. and

EDWARD. Mr. F. and family moved to Kansas Sept. i, 1859, and settled on Big creek while the land still belonged to the Osage Indians. Their title was not extinguished until 1867. Jonas L. Fletcher was appointed county clerk at the organization of Neosho county, Nov. 4, 1864, served one and a half years, and was then elected for two years. Was admitted to the bar in 1867. In 1868 was elected probate judge of Neosho county for two years, and was re-elected in 1870 for two years. Judge Fletcher and family reside at Chanute, Neosho county, Kan.

Mrs. Mary Fletcher died July 14, 1850, and Job Fletcher died Sept. 4, 1872,- both within half a mile of where they settled in 1819, in Ball township, near Sugar creek Cumberland Presbyterian chuich. On the very night of his arrival in the settlement, Mr. Fletcher was called to write the will of George Cox, who came the year before with the Drennan and Dodds families. That was the first will from what is now Sangamon county ever put on record, and was registered at Edwardsville.

Mr. F. had to buy corn for bread and to feed his stock until he could raise a crop. The nearest point at which he found any for sale was three miles south of Edwardsville. Mr. Fletcher bought of Major lies the first window glass ever sold in Springfield, and the first ever put in a window in Sangamon county. He also believed that he taught the first school in the county, in a log cabin built for that purpose, in 1820 or '21, south of Sugar creek. A Sunday school was organized near where he lived in 1825, by Rev. J. M. Peck, and Mr. F. taught in that school also. It was near where the Sugar creek Cumberland Presbyterian church now stands. William Drennan, Sen., was the first superintendent, and continued for about twenty years, as it became the Sunday school connected with that church. His grandson, John L. Drennan, is now the superintendent. Job Fletcher and John Taylor were appointed justices of the peace. The first in what is now Sangamon county. As such, Mr. Fletcher organized the first election precinct in the county. That was in 1819 or '20, when it was part of Madison county. The titles of the Indians to the lands were all extinguished before Mr. F. came into the county ; but two and a half years of the time allowed them to hunt was unexpired, and the country was full of them. They, however, were all friendly. Mr. F. was present April 10, 1821, when the Commissioners, William Drennan, Sen., Zachariah Peter and Rivers Cormack, located the county seat. He saw the stake driven, marked Z and D, declared to be the county seat, and named Springfield. Job Fletcher was one of the representatives from Sangamon county at one session of the legislature in Vandalia. He was one of the Senators for the county at the session of 1836 and '7, which legislated for the removal of the State capital to Springfield, and was consequently one of the " Long Nine. " He served one term in the Senate after the removal to Springfield.

Fletcher, Thomas

FLETCHER, THOMAS P., was born in 1791, near Richmond, Va. His parents moved, when he was a boy, to Union county, Ky. He was there married to Marion Davis. They had six children in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in 1828 in what is now Williams township, and in 1831 moved to Tazewell county, and from there to Logan county, in 1836. The mother died in 1845, and the father in 1865. Their children, Thomas J., Melinda, William D., Judith W., Rigdon S., Emily and James M., are married and live in different parts of the country. Two only are connected with old settlers families of Sangamon county.

BENJAMIN F., born March 28, 1834, in Tazewell county, married Cordelia L. Merriman. They reside at the old homestead of her father, where he settled in 1829, two miles southwest of Williamsville. B. F. Fletcher enlisted Aug., 1862, in Go. B, i3oth 111. Inf., for three years, served full term, and was honorably discharged in 1865.

Florville, William

FLORVILLE, WILLIAM, was born about 1806, at Cape Haytien, \\Vst India. When the revolution commenced, in 1821 and 22, his god-mother took him to Baltimore, Md., and kept him in St. Mary's Convent until her death, when he was bound by the orphan's court to learn the trade of a barber. He then went to New Orleans, thence to St. Louis, and with others from St. Louis, on a hunting excursion, up the Mississippi, Illinois and Sangamon rivers, to New Salem, then in Sangamon county, arriving in the fall of 1831. It was late in the evening, and as he approached the village he fell in with a tall man, wearing a red flannel shirt and carrying an axe on his shoulder, just returning from his day's labor in the woods. They fell into an easy conversation and walked to a little grocery store together. The tall man was Abraham Lincoln, who soon learned that the stranger was a barber, nearly out of money and aiming to reach Springfield. That was enough to enlist the good will of Mr. Lincoln, who took him to his boarding house, told the people his business and situation. That opened the way for an evening's work among the boarders, and the next morning he started on his way rejoicing, and reached Springfield the second day. Mr. Florville was soon recognized by Dr. E. H. Merriman - See his skc.tcJi - with whom he was acquainted in Baltimore and St. Louis. Dr. M. proved his friendship in various ways. Mr. Florville spent some time in the employ of Gen. James D. Henry. He was married soon after his arrival to Phoebe Rountree, who was born Feb. 4, 181 1, near Glasgow, K \ . They had five living children, namely :

SAMUEL H., born May, 1832, in Springfield, married Oct. 26, 1874, at Waverly, to Mary Belle Greene, who was born in 18^.9 in Morgan county. She died V>v. 23,1875. S. H. Florville is a barber, and lives in Springfield.

ALSEEN, born Dec., 1833, in Springfield, married in 1851 to Mahlon Chaverous. They had two living children. JULIA C., born April 28, 1852, married April 27, 1871, to Clark Duncan, who was born Oct. 5, 1850, near Russelville, Ky. They have two children, ALSEEN and OTIS B., and live in Springfield. ADDIE lives with her mother. Mrs. Chaverous married Nov., 1863,10 Richard Wright. They have three children, EDWARD, MARTIN and CLIFFORD, and live in Springfield.*-

SINEET, born Sept., 1837, in Springfield, married Gilbert Johnson. They had three children in Springfield. PHCEBE, born in 1855, married T. Adams, has one child, MABEL, and lives in Springfield. GILBERT, born Feb., 1857, and ANNIE, born in 1859, live with their' mother. Gilbert Johnson died in 1858. Mrs. Sineet Johnson married Henry Scott. They had one child, ELIZA, and' Mr. Scott enlisted in the army to suppress the the rebellion, and was never heard of after. Mrs. Sineet Scott married March i, 1865, to Jordan Richardson. They have four children, JAMES, WILLIAM, GEORGE and THOMAS. Mf. Richardson keeps a grocery store, and Hives in Springfield.

VAR VEEL, was born in 1^839, in Springfield. In 1862 he went ii^to the army under Maj. Gen. McClernand, was with him in all his campaigns, came home and died Oct. 2, 1864.

WILLIAM L., born March 10, 1840, in Springfield, married April 9, 1861, to Mary Jenkins. They have three living" children, AQUILLA, URETTA and ELIZABETH, and live in Springfield.

FLYNN, CATHARINE, was born May 14, 1828, in Dublin, Ireland, came with her parents to America when she was seven years old. They first made their home in Amherst, Mass., and then went to Philadelphia. From there she came with the family of Asahel Thayer to Sangamon county, arriving in Chatham May 14, 1839. She was married July 27, 1847, t° Jacob Leonard, who was born June 17, 1822, in Stafford, Conn., and came to Chatham Sept. 14, 1844.

FOLEY, WILLIAM C., born June 16, 1808, in Prince William county, Va., and came to Springfield, 111., arriving in the fall of 1838. He was married in Springfield, June 16, 1840, to Elizabeth E. Hutchinson. They had eight children, namely -

JOHN W., born May 18, 1843, in Springfield, married Sept. 18, 1864, to Marcia A. Purvines. They have three -Children, ARTHUR C., CORA MAY, ami a babe, and live at Pleasant Plains, Illinois.

FORD, DANIEL, was born Feb. 2$, 1796, in New Jersey. His parents ynoved to Fayette county, Ky., when/ he was a boy. Mary Randolph . was foorn in Fayette county, Ky., June 17, 1892. Daniel Ford and Mary Randolph were married there, May n, 1820. Nine Children were born in that county, and the family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in Nov., 1838, in what is now Ball township, where two children were born. Four of those born in Kentucky, and one in Sangamon county, died under four years of age. Of the other six -

WILLIAM R., born July 3, 1824, in Kentucky, married in Illinois, Nov. 6, 1849, to Minerva J. Scott. They have two children. SARAH E. married Charles M. Shepherd. See his name. WILLIAM P. resides with his parents, in Ball township, fifteen miles south of Springfield.

ANN E., born in Kentucky, May 10, 1816, married John Patterspn. They have eight children: MARY R., the second child, married Robert Scott. See his name. WILLIAM V., the eldest child, JOHN R., AMANDA F., SAMUEL E., ROBERT D., IDA MAY and NENA F. reside with their parents, thirteen miles south of Springfield, on the George Lamb farm - 1874.

AMANDA, born in Kentucky, married Josephus Parkinson. They had two children. IDA CORNELIA married Frank Shores, and resides in Chicago. KATE ELEANOR lives with her mother. Josephus Parkinson died May ii, 1866, and his widow resides in Chicago.

JOHN, born Jan. 13, 1834, in Kentucky, married Nov. 12, 1861, to Ara Holmes, who was born Jan. 31, 1843, m Brown county, Ohio. They have four children, ANNA L., CHARLES A., ALEX. E. and FREDDIE T., and live in Ball township - 1874.

FORD, THOMAS, was born in Fauquier county, Va. Mary Paine was born there also. They were married and had eleven children in that county. The family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in 1835 in what is now Fancy creek township, two miles northwest of Sherman. Of their eleven children -

SARAH, born and married in Virginia to Patrick Welch, had two children, and Mr. W. died in Virginia. She and her two sons came to Sangamon county with her father. JOHN went to Missouri, married there, enlisted in the Union army, and died at Memphis, Tenn., in 1862 or '3. JAMES married Miss Beck, and lives near Elkhart. Mrs. Welch married Sanford Cherry, and resides near Elkhart, 111.

ELIZA, born in Virginia, married in Sangamon county to Sanford Cherry. They had four children, and she died in Sangamon county. Mr. Cherry married her sister, Mrs. Welch. They reside near Klkhart, 111.

SYLVESTER W., born No*. 27, 1813, in Fauquier county, Va., married Dec. 26, 1837, to Amarilla Enos, in Sangamon county. They had seven children in Sangamon county. MARY C., born Jan. 24, 1839, died in her fifth year. ABNER T., born Oct. 4, 1840, enlisted August, 1862, in Co. I, H4th 111. Inf., for three years, served full term, and was honorably discharged in 1865, married October, 1874, to Rebecca McGinnis, near Williamsville. SARAH E., born July 12, 1842, married Daniel Pottle. See his name. WILLIAM H., born Sept. 22, 1845, ennsted July 20, 1 86 1, at Springfield, in what became Co. B, nth Mo. Inf., and was drowned Sept. 2, 1861, while bathing in the Mississippi river near Cape Girardeau, Mo. SYLVESTER W., Jun., born Sept. 3, 1847, enlisted January, 1865, for one year, in Co. I, H4th 111. Inf., served until the spring of 1866, and was honorably discharged. AMARILLA, born Nov. 28, 1850, and ARMINTA, born March 29, 1853, are unmarried, and reside with their mother. Sylvester Ford died July 10, 1866, and his widow resides three miles southeast of Buffalo Hart station.

Thomas Ford and the younger members of the family moved to Johnson county, Wisconsin, near Linden, in 1849. He and his wife both died there.

FORDEN, JOHN, born Jan. 12, 1798, near Elkton, Md. His parents moved to Bourbon county, Ky., when he was quite young. He was married April 22, 1824, in Clarke county, to Emeline Sidener, who was born Nov. 10, 1808, in that county. They made their home in Bourbon county until four children were born, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the spring of 1831, and settled five miles east of Springfield. Of their children -

Mary E., Charles T., George

GEORGE W., born Jan. n, 1829, in Bourbon county, Ky., married in Sangamon county Feb. 15, 1855, to Permelia J. Rucker. They have six living chjldren, MARY E., CHARLES T., GEORGE E. JOHN W., LAURA and JAMES R., reside with their parents three-quarters of a mile northeast of Sangamon station.

JOHN M., born Jan. 28, 1831, in Bourbon county, Ky., married in S^ngamon county Feb. 13, 1855, to Eliza Wright. They have one living child, ALICE. Mr. Forden is a merchant, and resides in Springfield.

FORREST DENNIS, was born Oct. 25, 1784, in North Carolina. He was married June 13, 1811, in Nicholas county, Ky., to Elizabeth McClintock, who was born Feb. 17, 1790, in Pennsylvania. They had eight children, all born in Nicholas county, Ky., and the family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arrmng in the fall of 1835 in what is now Chatham township. Of their children -

JANE M., born June 20, 1812, in Kentucky, was married there to John T. Webb, and came with her parents to Sangamon county. They had four children, and moved to Macomb, where Mrs. Webb died, September, 1866. Two children died also. DENNIS and PERMELIA live with their father at Macomb, 111.

JAMES A., born in Nicholas county, Ky., is living with his third wife. He has three children. ISABEL married a Mr. Davis. The other two are ANGELINE and JAMES, Jun. J. A. Forrest resides in Nodaway county, Mo.

AMERICA, born Oct. n, 1823, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, March, 1842, to William Gibson. They had two children. WILLIAM D. died Aug. 14, 1847. LIZZIE J. died Aug. 22, 1866, in her eighteenth year. Mr. Gibson died Dec. 26, 1849. His widow married Sept. 5, 1855, to Thomas J. Darneille, who died -Nov. 2ist of the same year. She was married Jan. 13, 1859, to John A. Neal. See his name.

/FORTUNE, BENJAMIN, was born March 16, 1810, in Nelson /county, Va. His parents moved in 1827, to Anderson county, Ky. He was married Nov. 24, 1830, in the adjoining county of Shelby, to Mary A. Bullard. They had one child, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving April 2, 1832, in what is now Illiopolis township, four miles east of Mechanicsburg, where they had two living children. Of their three children -

ELIZABETH A., born August 28, 1831, in Shelby county, Ky., married Oct. 2, 1851, in Sangamon county to Riley Wilkins, who was born Feb. 14, 1820, in Pickaway county, Ohio. They have two living children, MARY A. and WILLIAM B., and reside in Mechanicsburg.

THOMAS W., born J.uly 20, 1836, in Sangamon county, enlisted June 3, 1862, for three years, in Co. A, 73d 111. Inf. He was elected Ord. Sergt. at the organization of the company, promoted to 2d Lieut. Jan. i, 1863, and ist Lieut., Aug.

14, 1863. Becoming physically unable to discharge the duties of his office, he resigned Aug. n, 1864. He was married in Mechanicsburg, June 17, 1866, to Martha J. Young, who was born July 3,

ELIZA y., born Aug. 7, 1838, in Sangamon county, married June, 1862, to James W. Craig. She died Feb. 23, 1871, leaving four children, CARRIE L., MABEL B., CHARLES A. and LAURA. They live with their father, who is married a second time, and reside* near Jacksonville, 111.

JENNETTA W., born Oct. 17, 1843, in Sangamon county, married Jan. 10, 1860, to George W. Wantling, who was born Dec. n, 1842, in Fairfield county, Ohio, and came to Sangamon county in 1854. They had three living children, FANNIE F., HATTIE and GEORGE O. reside with their parents, four miles southeast of Mechanicsburg.

ANNIE H., born Oct. 10, 1851, in Sangamon county, married Nov. 24, 1870, to William E. Barnes, who was born Oct. 27, 1848, in Chillicothe, Ohio. They have three children, BENJAMIN, OTIS and OMO, (the two latter twins,) and live in Mechanicsburg.

Fortune, Thomas

FORTUNE, THOMAS E., brother to Benjamin, was born Feb. n, 1791, in Nelson county, Va., married Miss Wright. They had one child, and Mrs. F. died there. Mr. Fortune and his only child went with his father to Anderson county, Ky. He moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving, in 1834, at Mechanicsburg. His daughter -

ELIZABETH J. B., born Sept. 12, 1813, in Nelson county, Va., married in 1831 in Anderson county, Ky., to Samuel Butts. They had one child born in Ky., and came with her father to Mechanicsburg, in 1834, where they had two children, and Mr. Butts died. His widow mar- ried Dec. 18, 1853, in Mechanicsburg, to Barnabas Barrows. They have one child. Of her four children. JULIA F. BUTTS, born Dec. 8, 1832, in Ky., married in Mechanicsburg to Isaac Allen, have four children, and live in Jacksonville. ANN E. BUTTS, born Jan. 8,

1837, *n Mechanicsburg, married March 14, 1866, to Joseph Barrows, have three children, and reside near Jacksonville. THOMAS S. BUTTS, born Sept. 20, 1840, in Mechanicsburg, was last heard from, in 1872, at Montana City. CHARLES BARROWS resides with his parents near Jacksonville.

Thomas E. Fortune was in the mercantile business, in Mechanicsburg, for many years, and left there about the close of the rebellion. He resides with his granddaughter, Ann E. Barrows, near Jacksonville.

Foster, Constantine

FOSTER, CONSTANTINE, born Oct. 18, 1792, in Cape May county, N. J., was married in Cumberland county, N. J., to Margaret Sayre, who was born in same county Feb. 25, 1800. They had five living children in Cape May county. The family moved in 1832 to Dayton, O., thence to Sangarnon county, 111., arriving in the autumn of 1833 in what is now Cartwright township, and two years later moved into what is now Gardner township. One child was born in Sangamon county. Of their six children -

ELIZA L., born May 13, 1820, in New Jersey, was married June 22, 1837, in Sangamon county, to F. Ewing Berry. He died four months after marriage. A daughter, FRANCES E., born June 4,

1838, in Sangamon county, was married Aug. 27, 1857, to Henry F. Lyon. He died April 25, 1858, and a daughter, IDA, born Sept. 14, 1858, died in infancy. Mrs. Frances Lyon was married April 21, 1862, by the Rev. Peter Cartwright, to Rev. B. F. Lodge, of the M. E. church, who was born Dec. 26, 1834, in Reading, Hamilton county, Ohio. Rev. B. F. Lodge was a member of the Illinois Conference, M. E. church, for nine years during that time, traveling the Sangamon and Chatham circuits. He located at his own request, and began farming in 1866. They have four living children, CHARLES A., JULIA E., FRANK BERRY and FANNIE MAY, and reside near Lodge, Piatt county, 111. Mrs. Eli/.a L. Berry was married June 2, 1840, at the residence of her father, to Charles W. Hunt, who was born May 25, 1805, in Blount county, Tenn. An incident connected with their marriage will be appropriate here. Delegations from Cass, Schuyler and McDonough counties, with music and banners, were on their way to the great Harrison, or Whig, convention at Springfield, and passed Mr. Constantine Foster's residence just as the guests had seated themselves at the dinner table. The delegations halted and gave them a serenade. All rose from the table except two Democrats, who refused to leave their dinners to see a Whig delegation to what proved to be the greatest political gathering in the State that year. Mr. and Mrs. Hunt had nine children. Of those, eight lived to maturity, namely: HARRIET J., JOHN B., J. ELBRIDGE (the latter died Nov. 23, 1875), CATHARINE L., CHARLES R., JOSEPH F. (the latter died Feb. n, 1776), WILLIAM B. and ESTHER L., were all born near Burlington, Iowa, where the family now reside.

CATHARINE, born June 7, 1833, in New Jersey, was married Nov. 28, 1839, in Sangamon county, 111., to John C. Bone. They had one child, and mother and child died. Mr. Bone resides in Chicago, 111.

JOHN S., born May i, 1825, in Cape May county, N. J., was married in Sangamon county, 111., May 27, 1847, to Eliza A Carson, who was born June 17, 1831, in Cape May county also. They are without children, but brought up an adopted daughter - Elizabeth Nottingham - who married Alexander Higgins. -See his name. They adopted another daughter - Minnie Virden - who lives with them. John S. Foster was a licensed preacher in the M. E. church for several years, and, at his own request, his license was discontinued in 1874. He resides in Springfield, 111.

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JACO£,\)orn June 18, 1829, in New Jersey, was married April 6, 1853,111 Sangamon county, to Roxanna Bates. They have six living children: CHARLES F., ELLA C. (the latter graduated at the Bettie Stuart Institute, June 10, 1874. She was married Aug. 23, 1874, to William W. Cran% M. D. They have one child, MXA c., and reside in Cincinnati, Ohio.) OLIVER C., EUGENE E., BUCK-

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JOSEPH R., born June 28, 1831, in New Jersey, was married Feb. 22, 1854, in Sangamon county, to Harriet E. Lyon. She died in November of the same year, and he married J ane Mathis. They have five children, HARRIET J., LUELLA M., IDA, MAGGIE and BERTHA, and reside in Springfield.

Constantine Foster died Sept. 29, 1865, and Mrs. Margaret Foster died April 9, 1867, both in Sangamon county, and are buried at Pleasant Plains.

FOSTER, GEORGE, wasborn in Clarke county, Ky., and married there to Sarah Miller, a naiive of the same county. They had three children in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., in what is now Loami township, in 1826, where they had five children. Of their eight children -

George R., William P., Jacob F., Sarah E.John D., Leonard

WILLIAM, born March 15, 1823, in Clarke county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, in Sept., 1848, to Elizabeth J. Shutt. They have nine children, GEORGE R., WILLIAM P., JACOB F., SARAH E.JOHN D., LEONARD G., MARIAN E., EVA J., and CHARLES H., reside with their parents four and one-half miles northwest of Auburn.

FOSTER, PEYTON, was born about 1799, near Winchester, Scott county, Ky., and was married there to Polly Daniels, a native of the same county. They had six children in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., with his brother George, arriving in the year 1826, and settled in what is now Loami township, where four children were born. Of their nine children -

WILLIAM H., born in Kentucky, married Margaret Greenwood, and she died in Nebraska, on the road to the Pacific. He and his children live in California.

GEORGE W., born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Lucille Short. She had four children and died. He married again, and resides in Louisiana, Mo.

JOHN D., born in Scott county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Eunice Miller. They had seven children. GEORGE W. served as Quartermaster Sergeant in the 22d Mo. Inf., of which his father was Colonel. He was afterwards Orderly Sergeant in Co. E, 39th Mo. Inf. He married Mary M. Scott, has five children, EMMA D., WILLIAM F., ADA, JOHN D. and DORA B., and reside in Loami township. EMILY M. married Joseph P. Ringo, in Adair county, Mo., has six children, and resides in Oregon. PEYTON F. married Martha Dunn, and has two children. LUCINA is married, and resides in Adair county, Missouri. LEONORA P. manied William Canham. They have two children, WILLIAM E. and JENNIE, and live in Chatham township. JAMES H. B. lives in Chatham township. Mrs. Eunice Foster resides with her daughter, Mrs. Canham. John D. Foster is married to a second wife, has one child, and is a practicing attorney at Commerce, Scott county, Mo. He served one year - from 1846 to 1847 - in the 4th 111. Inf., under Col. E. D. Baker, in the Mexican war. He was Colonel ot the 22d Mo. Inf. in the war to suppress the rebellion.

FOSTER, IVINS, was born Nov. 23, 1794, in Harrison county, Ky. Margaret McKee was born Jan. 24, 1796, in the same county. They were there married, Feb. 26, 1819, and had three children in Harrison county, and then moved to Gallatin county, where one child was born. They then moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in Nov., 1829, in what is now Curran township, north of Lick creek, where four children were born. Three of their children died under five years. Of the other five -

WILLIAM D., born Jan. 24, 1820, in Harrison county, Ky., was brought by his parents to Sangamon county. He studied medicine three years in Springfield, and attended one course of lectures in St. Louis. In consequence of impaired health, he was advised by the Faculty to take a sea voyage. In June, 1843, he embarked for Europe, visiting England, he went to Scotland intending to complete his education there. While visiting a hospital, in pursuit of knowledge, he contracted small pox, and would have been kindly cared for at the residence of a friend, where he was taken sick, but he preferred being removed to the Royal Infirmary, of Edinburg, where he died Dec. 29, 1843.

MART 7., born Dec. 8, 1821, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county April i, 1847, to Samuel W. Dunn. He was born Oct. 6, 1821, in Harrison county, Ky., and came to Sangamon county in 1844. They had eight children, six of whom died under five years. The others, NARCISSA'and WILLIAM SHERMAN, residj with their parents in Cumin township.

SAMUEL L., born June 29, 1830, in Sangamon county, married Dec. 27, 1855, to Lydia Lee, who was born Feb. 14, 1834, in Dover, Del. They have four living children, namely: MARY A., LOUIS K., ROBERT and MARGARET B., and live near the family homestead in Curran township.

FOSTER, MEREDITH, was born Nov. 14, 1790, in Louisa county, Va., and was married in Culpepper county, Feb. 10, 1820, to Margaret Boyer, who was born March 9, 1797, in Culpepper county, Va. They had six children in Virginia, and the family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1835, lived several days in camp about four miles west of Springfield, and then moved on a farm near by. They had four children in Sangamon county, one of whom died young. Of their nine children -

WILLIAM B., born April 9, 1822, in Page county, Va., came with his parents to Sangamon county in 1835; went in 1849 to California. He was married there to Emma Creamer. They had three children, MAGGIE, IDA and WILLIE, and Mrs. Foster died. Mr. Foster married again, and resides at Richmond, Sacramento county, Cal.

HENRY H., born Sept. 4, 1824, in Page county, Va. He was married in Sangamon county Dec. 2, 1847, *° Nancy Davis. See sketch of John Davis. They have one child, ROBERT MEREDITH, and reside in Curran township, near Chatham.

JOHN E., born July 24, 1826, in Page county, Va. He enlisted at Springfield, 111., in 1846, in Co. A, 4th 111. Inf., and served under Col. E. D. Baker through the Mexican war. He died on his way home, June 13, 1847, at Virginia, Cass coynty, 111.

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who was formerly Mrs. Murphy, and whose maiden name was Lawton. She is a native of Lincoln, Penobscot county, Maine. They reside two miles east of Loami.

Charles M., Mary M., Sarah

MART y., born Nov. 21, 1830, in Page county, Va., married in Sangamon county to James Lockridge. See his name. They had ten children, four of whom died young. Of the six, CHARLES M., MARY M., SARAH I., LULA A., LENORA and EVA, reside with their parents.

CATHARINE A., born April 20, 1834, in Page county, Va., married in Sangamon county to James Young. They have eight children, ABNER, MAGGIE, JAMES, EUGENE, NANCY, FRANK, ALBERT and ETTA, and reside near Curran.

MAR GARE T R., born Dec. 28, 1842, in Sangamon county, married Nov. 19, 1861, to Thomas Grissom, who was born Feb. 8, 1841, in Sangamon county, 111. They have three children, AGNES, IDA and EDWARD, and reside three miles northwest of Chatham.

May, 1776, in Loudon county, Va. Three brothers by the name of Fouche came from France and settled in Loudon county, Va., before the American revolution. Two of them were soldiers in that war, and one of them was Abraham, the father of John, whose name heads this sketch. John Foutch went to Fayette county, Ky., when he was a young man, and was there married, in 1796, to Nancy A. Wherrett, who was born March 8, 1778, in St. Mary's county, Md. They had five children born in Fayette county, near Lexington, and the family moved to Dearborn county, near Harrison, Indiana, where they had four children, and moved to Franklin county, where one child was born, thence to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1825 at the south side of Richland creek, east of where Pleasant Plains now stands, and in the spring of 1826 moved to Island Grove, Sangamon county. Of their ten children -

ABRAHAM, born April i, 1797, in Fayette county, Ky., was married in 1820, in Franklin county, Ind., to Elizabeth Vansickle, and came to Sangamon county in 1825. He brought one child from Ind., and had seven children in Sangamon county. In 1849 they moved to Polk county, near DesMoines, Iowa, and from there, in 1870, to Elmore, near Brownsville, Neb., where they now reside. Abraham Foutch was justice of the peace for many years in Sangamon county. He was one of the three Commissioners of Sangamon county at the time the State House (now used as a Court House) was built.

THOMAS, born Nov. 25, 1709, in Fayette- county, Ky., was married Dec. 21, 1820, in Fayette county, Ind., to Sarah Wherrett, who was born Nov. 20, 1800, in Fayette county, Ky. Her parents moved to Jessamine county, and from there to Fayette county. Mr. and Mrs. Foutch had two children in Indiana, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., in 1825, where they had four children. ELIZABETH A., born Nov. 21, 1821, in Indiana, was married in Sangamon county, 111., Dec. 5, 1839, to Thomas Pollock. See his name. NANCY, born Jan. 23, 1824, in Indiana, was married in Sangamon county, Jan. 2, 1842, to J. D. Be van. See his name. JOHN, born Sept. 6, 1826, in Sangamon county, was married April 12, 1849, to Martha M. Smith. They had nine children. SARAH M,, married F. P. Gillespie, have three children, Mattie M., Guy ^., and William E., and reside one-half mile south of New Berlin. THOMAS, the second, and ELLA M., the sixth child, both died under three years. The other six, HATTIE

S., JOHN W., CARRIE M., LIZZIE D., EDWARD L. and GEORGE T., reside with their parents in New Berlin. Mr. John Foutch resides within two miles of his birthplace and has done so all his life, with the exception of one year. CAROLINE, born March 8, 1829, in Sangamon county, was married there April 8, 1847, *° Thomas A. Kerlin. They had one living child, LIZZIE A. She lives with her grandfather Foutch. Mrs. Kerlin died Dec. 31, 1854.

Mr. Kerlin is married again, and lives near Bedford, Mo. WILLIAM W., born Sept. 4, 1834, in Macoupin county, was a graduate of Shurtleff College, Upper Alton, and enlisted Aug. 17, 1861, for three years in Co. D, 26th 111. Inf. At the organization of the company he was elected and commissioned First Lieutenant. He was taken sick while with his regiment, at Quincy, III., came home and died of typhoid fever Sept. 25, 1861. HUGH, born Dec. 19, 1836, in Sangamon county, was married Sept. 2, 1858, to Mary Wykoff. They have one child, WILLIAM \v., and live at Decatur. Thomas Foutch and wife reside in Island Grove township, three and a-half miles west of Berlin.

HUGH, born March 12, 1802, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, December, 1827, to Nancy Rhea. They had nine children, and he died December, 1845, in Fulton county. His widow married William Meeker, and resides in Iowa.

ELIZABETH, born August, 1804, in Kentucky, was married September, 1824, to Samuel Blair. They had twelve children. The parents died at Montezuma, Pike county, 111. Two of their children, THEOPHILUS and NANCY A., are married, and reside near Montezuma, 111.

JOHN, born Oct. 25, 1805, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county in 1827, to Jehoida Rhea. They had four children, and she died. He married Letitia Farris. They have nine children, and reside in Fulton county, five miles west of Havana.

DOROTHY, born April, 1811, in Dearborn county, Ind., was married in Sangamon county, December, 1830, to Samuel Feebler. They have had six children. The parents both died in 1842, on the same day, and were buried in one coffin, at F airfield, Iowa.

Mrs. Nancy A. Foutch died March 12, 1845, and J°hn Foutch married Celia Harmon. He died Sept. 15, 1848, and Mrs. Celia Foutch died in 1851, all in Sangamon county.

Fowkes, William

FOWKES, WILLIAM L., was born Jan. 17, 1793, in Loudon county, Va. He was married there, July 20, 1813, to Mrs. Margaret D. Saunders, whose maiden name was Saunders. She was born March i, 1788, in the same county. She had three sons by her first marriage. See names of Presley, Asbury, John and Cyrus G. Saunders. Mr. and Mrs. Fowkes had two children in Loudon county, Va., and Mr^ Fowkes served a term in the war of 1812, about the time of his marriage. They moved, in the spring of 1817, to Warren county, Ky., where they had four children, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in Oct., 1826, and settled three miles west of Springfield, where one child v/as born. Mr. Fowkes taught school there in a house built of round logs, with the earth for a floor, oiled paper for window lights, and a fire place as wide as one end of the house. That house was built in 1827. In the spring of 1831 Mr. F. moved to German Prairie, four miles northeast of Springfield. Of their seven children -

ROBERT H. S., born May 2, 1814, in Loudon county, Va., married in Sangamon county, Jan. 21, 1841, to Mary G. Pettus. They had four children. JOHN T. married Sarah O. Hulbert, and reside near Grove City, Christian county. ALBERT married Adaline Barnes, and resides at Topeka, Kan. GEORGE W. enlisted in 1862, for three years, in Co. I, 41 st 111. Inf., and was killed at the battle of Jackson, Miss., July, 1863. ELIZABETH A. resides with her father. Mrs. Mary G. Fowkes died Feb. 26, 1852, and R. H. S. Fowkes was married Oct., 1852, to Mrs. Harriet Fuller, whose maiden name was Pettus. They have four children: JAMES H., MARY E., WILLIAM E. and NEWTON C., and reside near Mt. Auburn, Christian county.

HARRIET Z., born April 8, 1818, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, June, 1841, to Simon D. Etzroth, who died in 1845, and she married James Clark, in March, 1848. They had two children. JOANNA married John Copper, and resides near Mt. Pulaski or Lincoln. HARRIET J. is married. Mrs. Clark died Jan., 1852.

WILLIAM H., born April 17, 1820, in Warren county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, Nov. 28, 1843, to Mary Riddle, who was born May 13, 1819. They had seven living children. LILLIE E. died, aged seven years. MARGARET E., MARY L., GEORGE F., SARAH A., WILLIAM D. and MARTHA J. reside with their parents, adjoining Springfield on the west. William H. Fowkes enlisted in 1861, in Co. F,4th Iowa Inf., served nine months, and was honorably discharged on account of physical disability.

LOUISA M., born Aug. i, 1822, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Henry J. King, Nov. 5, 1840. They had four children, and live near Timber Creek PostofKce, Marshall county, Iowa.

JOSEPH F., born Oct. 8, 1824, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Jane Curry. Both died ; Mr. Fowkes, Jan. 6, 1866. Three of their children live .at Topeka, Kan. MARY J. lives in Christian countv.

FOWLER, MASON, was born about 1766 in Virginia. He was married and had five children in that State, and the family moved to the vicinity of Nashville, Tenn., where they had seven children. They moved from there to Southern Illinois in 1816, and in the spring of 1820 Mr. Fowler, with his two sons, Edward and John and a young man by the name of Frederick Wise, came to what is now Cotton Hill township, Sangamon county. They raised a crop, built a house that summer, returned «outh and brought Mr. Fowler's family to their new home on Horse creek in the fall of that year. Of their children -

ED WARD and JOHN, born in Virginia, married in Sangamon county to two sisters by the name of Hale, and moved to Wisconsin near Galena. The two brothers and ten other citizens, including an Indian agent and interpreter, were riding over the country without suspecting danger. They were attacked by Indians and eleven of them killed. One only escaped - a man by the name of Pierce Holly, who had the fleetest horse, and that alone saved his life. The widows of the Fowler brothers married again, and continued to reside in that region of country.

ELIZABE7^H, born in Virginia, married in Sangamon county to Mr. Pierce. They both died, leaving three sons, who were raised by William Southwick and Joseph Enslee, in Sangamon county.

J^HOMAS, born in Tennessee, came to Sangamon county with his parents, and after the death of his brothers Edward and John, left home with the avowed purpose of avenging their death. After an absence of ten years with the Indians, he visited his friends in Sangamon countv, went again to the Indians, and was never heard of after.

Mrs. Prudence Fowler died about 1823, in Sangamon county, and Mason Fowler married Mrs. Anna M. Seeley, whose maiden name was Slater. They had two children -

FOWLER, THOMAS, was born about 1800, in Lincolnshire, England, and was married there to Millicent Bowis, who was born about 1803, in the same shire. Six children were born in England, and the family embarked at Liverpool, May 15, 1835, and landed in New York after a voyage of nine weeks. They came to Sangamon county in the latter part of July, 1835, and settled in Loami township, where three children were born. Of all the children -

Affyline, Thomas, Abigail

JOHN B., born June 10, 1827, in Lincolnshire, England, married in Sangamon county, Jan. 23, 1849, to Sarah A. Greening. They have seven children, AFFYLINE, THOMAS, ABIGAIL, JOHN, JAMES, WILLIAM and GEORGE, and reside six miles southwest of Chatham.

1^32, but the immediate ancestor of that family who came to Springfield, 111., was Simeon Francis, Sen., who was married May 24, 1793, in Connecticut, to Mary A. Adams. They were both natives of that State. Mrs. Francis died Sept. 18, 1822, and Mr. Francis died Sept. 7, 1823, both in their native State, leaving nine children, (seven^sons and two daughters), who assembled at the family homestead in Wethersfield, Conn., in the spring of 1829, and decided to sell the property and seek homes in the west. The eldest brother -

FRANCIS, CHARLES, was born March 19, 1794, in Wethersfield, Conn.; married Elizabeth Haskell there. He did not unite with the others on the point of destination, but emigrated to Cherry Valley, then in Madison, now in Otsego county, N. Y. Afterwards he moved to Ohio, and in the autumn of 1834 started for Chicago. At that time emigrants traveled with wagons, camping wherever night overtook them. By the time he reached Laporte, Ind., winter set in with great severity. After leaving that village they met a party returning from Chicago, who represented that there were no provisions in that settlement, nor work of any kind progressing. This news turned him back, and, reaching Laporte, he remained there until the following spring, when he settled in what was known as the Galena woods, near Laporte. Charles Francis and wife had seven children -

JOSEPHH.,\>orn Sept. 23, 1821, in Wethersfield, Conn., was married March 4, 1849, in Laporte county, Ind., to Catharine Martin. They have two children. MARY E., born Jan. 7, 1850, was married Oct. 13, 1872, to Ralph W. Marshall, who was born in Will county, 111., June i, 1843. He was ist Lieut, in Co. A, 2Oth 111. Reg. Vol. Inf. They have three children, MARY E., FRANCES B. and JOSEPH R., and reside in Joliet, 111. FRANCIS G., born March 10, 1852, resides with his parents, in Laporte county, Ind.

LUKE,\)orn May 16, 1823, in Wethersfield, Conn., was married June 5, 1848, to Betsy A. Marshall, in Galena town, Laporte county, Ind. They are without family, and reside in Laporte.

SIMEON, born April 23, 1827. in Wethersfield, Conn., was married in Indiana, May 12, 1859, to Mary E. Martin, of Laporte county. They have two children, CHARLES W. and JESSIE G., and reside at Three Oaks, Mich.

W. WALLA CE, born Dec. 17, 1828, in Wethersfield, Conn., was married March 29, 1851, in Indiana, to Ann M. Martin. They had six children. SARAH B., born June 10, 1852, married A. J. Holman. They had two children, FREDERICK and CATHARINE. Mrs. Sarah B. Holman died Dec. 17, 1873. FREDERICK, born June 9, 1854, resides at Austin, Nevada 'Territory. MARY A., CHARLES W., HULDAH A. and JOSEPH F., live with their father. Mrs. Ann M. Francis died Sept. 29, 1869, and W. W. Francis was married Feb. 20, 1871, to Mary E. Plimpton, of New Buffalo, Berrien county, Mich. They have one child, DWIGHT P., and reside at Rolling Prairie, Laporte county, Ind.

CHARLES,]ur\., born April 4, 1831, in Madison county, N. Y., married Minerva Weed, Nov. 9, 1856. Mrs. Minerva Francis died April II, 1865, and Charles F. Francis was married June i, 1869, to Miss R. B. Hollingsworth, of Porter county, Ind. They have one child, MARY E., and reside at Three Oaks, Mich.

The eight Francis brothers and sisters who left Connecticut for Illinois, embarked on the sloop Falcon, at Hartford, Conn., Sept. 17, 1829. Their journey was down the Connecticut river and across Long Island sound to New York city; up the Hudson river to Albany, thence to Buffalo by canal, and from Buffalo to Lower Sandusky, in a sailing vessel, on the lake. From there to Cincinnati by wagons. Many hardships were experienced in traveling through Ohio, with poor accommodations, bad roads, and oftentimes want of provisions. At one place where they stopped over night, they had to appease their hunger with honey, corn bread and fresh pork. After this meal they were ill for several days. At Cincinnati they took steamer down the Ohio and up the Mississippi river to St. Louis, where they arrived Dec. 3, 1829, having escaped the wreck of one steamer on the way, and traveled every day but one Sunday for seventy-seven days, to accomplish a journey which can now be made in half as many hours. They remained together in St. Louis until the summer of 1831, when Josiah came to Springfield and issued a prospectus for the Sangamo Journal, soliciting subscriptions to the same. Simeon and J. Newton came later, and the first number of the Journal was issued Nov. 10, 1831. Of the six brothers and two sisters who arrived in St. Louis -

FRANCIS, SIMEON, was born May 14, 1796, in Wethersfield, Conn, served an apprenticeship in a printing office in New Haven, Conn. After which he formed a partnership, under the name of Clapp & Francis, and published a paper in New London, Conn., in 1824. He was married in the latter place, sold out, and moved to Buffalo, N. Y., where he published the Buffalo Emporium, under the firm name of Lazwell & Francis. They being Free Masons, and the Morgan excitement breaking out at the time caused a suspension of the paper and closing the business of the firm early in 1828. He came to Springfield, 111., in 1831. Simeon Francis and wife were without family, but brought up Ann Douglas, a niece of Mrs. Francis, who returned to New York in 1836, married Capt. George Barrell, and resides in Springfield, 111. Simeon Francis, in connection with his brothers Josiah, Allen and J. Newton, published the " Sangamo Journal?"1 through all its changes to the present daily and weekly '''-State Journal" In 1840 President Harrison appointed Simeon Francis, Indian Agent for Oregon, but after making all necessary preparation for his trip there he resigned. He and his brother Allen sold their interest in the State Journal, June, 1856, to Baker & Bailhache. Simeon then engaged in mercantile business, under the firm name of Francis & Barrell. He was for several years Secretary of the State Agricultural Society. In 1859 he closed his business in Springfield, and moved to Portland, Oregon. He edited the Oregon Farmer, and was President of the Oregon

State Agricultural Society. In . 1861 President Lincoln appointed him Paymaster in United States army, with residence at Ft. Vancouver, Washington Territory. In 1870 he was retired on half pay, and returned to Portland, Oregon, where he died, Oct. 25, 1872. His widow resides there - 1876.

FRANCIS, MARY A., sister of Simeon, Josiah, Allen, Charles, Calvin, Edwin and Huldah, was born Aug. 9, 1798, remained with her brother Edwin, in St. Louis, until his death, when she came to Springfield, 111., in June, 1834. She died unmarried, at the residence of her brother Simeon, Oct. 17, 1834.

FRANCIS, CALVIN, born June 12, 1802, in Wethersfield, Conn., was married Oct. 21, 1823, to Abigail D. Francis, of his native place. They had several children, all of whom died except two. Calvin Francis and family came with his brothers and sisters to St. Louis, remained there until Sept. 8, 1836, when he moved to Wesley city, Tazewell county, 111., and in 1837 *° Athens, in what was then Sangamon county. In 1853 he moved to Springfield, and was for several years connected with the Journal office.

JEANETTE, born in Wethersfield, Conn., was married Jan., 1844, to Abner B. Hall. They have three children, IDA F., ABBIE J. and CALVIN, and reside in Athens, Menard county, 111.

MART F., born in Buffalo, N. Y., was married Dec., 1848, to B. C. Whitney. They have three children, CHARLES F., JOHN C. and GRACE M., and reside in Athens.

Calvin Francis moved from Springfield to Chatham, 111., in 1863. Mrs. Abigail D. Francis died there, Oct. 23, 1865. He resides with his children in Athens, Menard county, 111.

FRANCIS, JOSIAH, born Jan. 17, 1804, at Wethersfield, Conn. He was the first of the family who came to Springfield, 111., arriving in the summer of 1831, and at once took measures to establish the Sangamo Journal, and issued the first number Nov. 10, 1831. He severed his connection with the Journal, in 1835, and was married the same year to Margery Constant, near Athens, 111., and in 1836 engaged in mercantile pursuits in Athens. While there, he represented

Sangamon county in the State Legislature, in 1840. A few years later he returned to Springfield, and was elected Sheriff of Sangamon county, and still later Mayor of Springfield. He was Quartermaster- General of Illinois, under Gov. Yates, and resigned a short time before the rebellion commenced. Josiah Francis and wife had four children, viz :

THOMAS N., born Jan. 8, 1837, at Athens, 111., learned the printing business in the Journal office, enlisted in the first company and regiment raised in Illinois for the suppression of the rebellion, viz., Co. I, 7th 111. Vol. Inf., for three months. At the expiration of that time he re-enlisted in same company and regiment for three years, was chosen 2d Lieutenant of his company, and promoted at the battle of Ft. Donnelson to ist Lieutenant and Adjutant of his regiment. He was wounded at the battle of Corinth, Miss., Oct. 4, 1862, and resigned the following November. He was married in St. Joseph, Mo., to Amelia E. Hancock, a native of Pennsylvania. They have one child, MARGERY, and reside at 96, west Adams street, Chicago, 111.

JULIA y., born Dec. 25, 1839, in Athens, was married Feb. 13, 1866, at Independence, Mo., to Hobart T. Ives, who was born Aug. 2, 1839, in Litchfield, Conn. They returned to Springfield, and have two children, FRANCIS S. and MATTIE J., and reside in Springfield. Mr. Ives served two years as county collector. He also served as Alderman in the Springfield city council.

ANNA E., born March 31, 1842, in Springfield, was married Oct. 10, 1866, in Springfield, to Dr. John E. Hanback, who was born Sept. 24, 1834, at Winchester, 111., graduated at Illinois College, Jacksonville, in 1868, studied medicine in Rush Medical College, Chicago. They have two children living, GERTRUDE A. and CARRIE B. Dr. Hanback was city physician of Springfield for 1874. They reside at Winchester, Scott countv, 111.

CHARLES S., born Feb. 21, 1845, in Springfield, was married in 1868 to Lydia Newell. She died June 21, 1870. He was married May 23, 1873, in Chicago, to Eunice E. Teachoute. They have one child, CHARLES S., Jim., and reside at Three Oaks, Michigan.

Mrs. Margery Francis died Dec. 17, 1846, and Josiah Francis was mairied in March, 1848, to Jeanette Hicks, in Menard county. They had three children -

FRANCIS, HULDAH, born May 10, 1811, in Wethersfield, Conn., came to Springfield June, 1834, and was married in 1837 to Joseph Williams. See his name.

FRANCIS, ALLEN, born April 12, 1815, in Wethersfield, Conn., resided in St. Louis until the death of his brother Edwin, in 1834, when, with his two sisters, he came to Springfield, 111. Worked in the Journal office, and subsequently became a partner in the same. He was married Dec. 25, 1838, in Springfield, to Cecilia B. Duncan, of Glasgow, Scotland, and sister of David Duncan, who was drowned in attempting to cross the Sangamon river on horseback, in 1837. They had six living children, namely -

ALLEN, BUNN, born in 1849, in Springfield, accompanied his father to the Pacific coast. Subsequently became agent for a fur company in San Francisco, was stationed at Fort Constantine, in Alaska, and never saw a white woman or heard his native lans:ua<re for over eighteen months.

ED WIN H., born in 1851, in Springfield, went to Alaska soon after it was purchased of Russia by the United States, was appointed deputy collector at Sitka, and clerk of the city council. He has seen much of frontier life, is master of the Russian language, and many of the Indian languages, and reside at Sitka, Alaska.

Allen Francis was for several years a member of the city council of Springfield, 111., from the first ward. He erected the Journal buildings, and a brick dwelling on the corner of Sixth and Carpenter streets. In Oct., 1861, President Lincoln appointed him consul at Victoria, Vancouver's Island. He left for that point February, 1862, and resigned in 1871. He, with his two sons, engaged in the fur trade with the Indians, on the north Pacific coast. He resides in Victoria, Vancouver's Island.

Francis, J. Newton

FRANCIS, J. NEWTON, born June 6, 1817, in Connecticut, came to Springfield with his brother Simeon in 1831, and was married in Springfield to Julia A. Constant. Mr. F. was connected with the State Journal until Nov., 1843, when he accidently shot himself while returning from a hunting excursion, near Monticello, Piatt county, 111., leaving a widow and one child -

Mrs. Julia A. Francis married R. V. Kenedy. They have two children, and reside in Chicago. This ends the history of the Francis brothers 'and sisters who came from Connecticut.

Francis, Charles

FRANCIS, CHARLES B., was born Oct. 30, 1799, in Pittsfield, Mass., and was there married to Roxanna Goodrich. They had two living children, and moved to Springfield, 111., in 1835. He was for several years engaged in the manufactm-e of cabinet furniture with his brother Josiah. They were distant relatives of Simeon Francis and his brothers, founders of the Illinois State Journal. Charles B. Francis united with others in building, under contract, fifteen miles of the Northern Cross railroad - now Toledo,

MARIETTA, born Nov. 29, 1826, in Pittsfield, Mass., was married Feb. n, 1846, in Springfield, 111., to James L. Riggs. They have one daughter, ALICE, born July 16, 1853, was married in Peoria, 111., to Alexander G. Tyng, Jun. Mr. Riggs died June 30, 1859, in Brimfield, 111., and his widow and daughter reside in Peoria.

JANE A., born Oct. 23, 1830, in Pittsfield, Mass., was brought up in Springfield, 111., and married Dec. n, 1851, at Brimfield, 111., to Robert A. Smith. They have seven children, and reside in Peoria, 111.

Charles B. Francis died Oct. 10, 1843, in Jacksonville, 111., while in attendance at the Illinois Baptist Convention. Mrs. Roxanna Francis, after living a widow twenty-nine years, was married in Pittsfield, Mass., Oct. 7, 1872, to Jirah Stearns, and resides in Newberg, N. J.

^ FRANCIS, JOSIAH, was born Sept. 24, 1801, in Pittsfield, Berkshire county, Mass. He was married Dec. 2, 1824, in Pittsfield, to Fidelia Clark, who was born Jan. u, 1803, in Westhampton, Hampshire county, Mass. In 1825 they moved to Palmyra, Wayne county, N. Y., where they had two living children. They moved to Springfield, 111., arriving June 30, 1836, and had one child in Springfield. Mr. Francis engaged in the manufacture of cabinet furniture, in connection with his brother Charles B., and continued in that business until 1852, when he engaged in farming, four miles northeast of Springfield, near what is now German Prairie station. Of his children -

LUCIUS C., born Dec. 26, 1828, at Palmyra, Wayne county, N. Y., married Aug. 23, 1860, in Springfield, 111., to Clara Pierson. She died Nov. 14, 1864. Mr. Francis was married Dec. 23, 1873, 'n Atlanta, 111., to Mrs. Susan Leonard, whose maiden name was Keigwin. She was born March 21, 1840, in Springfield. They reside half a mile west of German Prairie station, but their postoffice is Springfield, 111.

Mrs. Fidelia Francis died Oct. 21, 1874, in Sangamon county, and Josiah Francis resides near German Prairie station, with his postofHce at Springfield, 111.

FRAZEE, HENRY S., born April 16, 1811, in Monmouth county, N. J. His mother died when he was an infant, and his father when he was nine years old. Henry S. Frazee and Sarah Van Patten were married Nov. 5, 1836, in Somerset county, N. J. They moved in company with her father to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Aug. 9, 1838, at Springfield. They had four children in Sangamon county, namely -

1863, to Lewis Large. He enlisted Sept. 21, 1 86 1, for three years, in Co. A, roth 111. Cav., served until April 16, 1862, when he was discharged on account of physical disability. He died March 25,

1864, just three months after marriage. Mrs. Cornelia A. Large was married Dec. 31 > 1868, to Seth W. Wickham. They have one child, MINNIE L., and reside one mile south of Farmingdale.

HANNAH, born Nov. 8, 1842, married March 10, 1864, to Richard G. Large. He enlisted Sept. 21, 1861, in Co. A, roth 111. Cav., for three years; re-enlisted as a veteran January, 1864, served to the end of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged November, 1865, at San Antonio, Texas. They had three children. ROSE B., the youngest, died in infancy. HENRY GRANT and EDWARD F. live with their parents, near Fredonia, Wilson county, Kansas.

Fullinwider, Henry

FULLINWIDER, HENRY, was born in 1799, near Hagerstown, Md., and was taken when quite young to Shelby county, Ky. This family, with others, soon after assembled in a block house for protection. The men all being out, Indians attacked the fortifications, and killed an elder brother of Henry, a lad who was aiming to enter the fort. A hole was dug under the timbers from the inside, and his body drawn in, to prevent its falling into the hands of the Indians. This circumstance made an impression on the mind of Henry that was never effaced. Harriet Neal was born in 1789, in Fauquier county, Va., and was taken when quite young to Kentucky. Henry Fullinwider and Harriet Neal were married. They had thirteen children, all born in Shelby county, Ky., four of whom died young. In the fall of 1833 Mr. Fullinwider visited Sangamon county, and purchased a farm adjoining Mechanicsburg on the east. He returned to Kentucky for his family, and died there July 21, 1834. The family moved to the home thus provided, arriving at Mechanicsburg in the fall of 1834. Of their nine children -

SAMUEL N., born Feb. 17, 1811, in Shelby county, Ky., married Matilda Hathaway. They had three children, and Mrs. F. died in Sangamon county from injuries received while riding in a wagon. Two of their children are dead. HARRIET married Lee Phillips, and resides at Fremont, Neb. Samuel N. Fullinwider married in Chatham to Mary Thornton. They reside at Fremont, Dodge county, Neb.

ELIZABETH G., born March 8, 1812, in Kentucky, married there, Feb. 10, 1832, to Talbott Lyon. They had three children : HARRIET H. married Joseph Foster, and died. See his name. Mrs. Elizabeth G. Lyon died, and Mr. Lyon married Eliza Correll, and he died. See Correll.

JACOB N., born June 5, 1814, in Shelby county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, March 23, 1837, to Sarah A. Ballard. They had eleven children, three of whom, MARY E., ANN E. and JOHN W., died under four years. Of the other eight. ELIZABETH J., born March 8, 1838, married David S. Hall. See his name. WILLIAM A., born Nov. 20, 1842, in Mechanicsburg, was married there, March 4, 1875, to Alice Elkin, and resides near Mechanicsburg. HARRIET N., born Sept. n, 1845, near Mechanicsburg, was married there to Edward W. Bennett. See his name. HENRY T., born March i, 1846, was married Dec. 28, 1871, to Sarah C. Lindsly, who was born June 13, 1849, in Christian county, 111. They had one child, CHARLES w., who died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. F. reside three miles northeast of Mechanicsburg. MARCUS L., born June 13, 1849, m Mechaniscburg, graduated in 1871, at the Wesley an University, Bloomington, 111., and graduated in medicine Jan., 1874, at Rush Medical College, Chicago, 111. He was married May n, 1876, in Bloomington, 111., to Clara F. Munsell, and resides in Mechanicsburg. Dr. Fullinwider is practicing his profession there. SAMUEL T., born June 21, 1851, in Mechanicsburg, graduated June 17, 1874, at Wesleyan University, Bloomington, 111., and was married in Mechanicsburg, May 27, 1875, to Lucilla Elkin. They reside near Mechanicsburg. JACOB T., born Nov. 24, 1853, and OWEN H., born August 19, 1856. The two latter live with their parents. Jacob N. Fullinwider lesides on the farm where the family settled in 1834, adjoining Mechanicsburg on the east, and is one of the most extensive farmers and stock raisers in Sangamon county.

NANCT N., born July 3, 1818, in Shelby county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, Nov. 23, 1837, to Rev. Arnold Bowman, of the M. E. church. They had seven children. LAVINIA married Capt. Theodore True, of the U. S. Army, and resides - 1876 - at Fort Bridger, Wyoming Territory. HARRIET F., born in October, 1844, resides with her mother. JOHN was killed, aged about twenty years, in Sangamon county, while hauling logs. JENNIE married Lewis P. Butler, a practicing lawyer at Murphysboro, 111. MATILDA married Dr. Josiah Richardson, and resides in Louisville, Ky. They have one child, RICHARD H., born Oct. 13, 1860, in Springfield, 111. HOWARD lives with his mother. Rev. Mr. Bowman was a preacher in the M. E. church twentyeight years, and died Oct. 3, 1865, near Mechanicsburg. His widow resides at Mattoon, 111.

SOLOMON N., born in 1820, in Shelby county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Elizabeth Little. They had three children, HENRY, HARRIET and

ELIZABETH. Mrs. Elizabeth Fullinwider died, and S. N. Fullinwider married Amanda Fox. They had two children. Mr. F. enlisted in the army to suppress the rebellion, and died Jan. 10, 1864, at home on sick furlough. His widow married Marion Smith, and resides one mile east of Buffalo.

SIMON P., born May 14, 1826, in Shelby county, Ky., was married Aug. 22, 1848, in Sangamon county, 111., to Louisa C. Hesser. They have five living children. EDWIN R., born July 2, 1840, enlisted at Cincinnati, O., March 10, 1865, in Co. K, 8ist Reg. Ohio Inf., for one vear or during the war, and was honorably discharged July 13, 1865, at Louisville, Ky. He was married Nov. 3, 1870, in Mechanicsburg, 111., to Flora Gore. They have three children, SIMON p., ESTELLA j. and EDWIN E., and live near Wheatfield postoffice, Sangamon county, 111, HENRY N., born May 14, 1851, lives with his parents. G. SAMUEL born Dec. 22, 1852, is a «lerk in Springfield. KATIE L. and RICHARD S. reside with their parents, one-half mile east of Lanesville, Sangamon county, 111. Their postoffice is Wheatfield.

MARCUS L., born June 29, 1829, in Kentucky, married in Mechanicsburg to Sarah Fairbanks. They had two children, GEORGE and CALVIN, and Mrs. F. died. He married Maria Ely, and had two children, LINCOLN and GUY. Mrs. Maria Fullinwider died. Mr. Fullinwider married a third time early in 1876, and lives at Fairmount, Vermilion county, 111.

JOHN H., born Sept. 17, 1831, in Shelby county, Ky., married in Sangamon county Sept. 20, 1855, to Isabel Hall. They have four living children, HARRIET J., JOHN GRANT, HENRY A. and NANNIE BELLE, and reside adjoining Buffalo on the east.

Funderburk, Henry

FUNDERBURK, HENRY, was born Feb. 18, 1773, in Orange district, S. C. Polly Rape was born in February, 1786, in the same district. They were married and had two children. They then moved to Dickson county, Tenn., where four children were born, and then to St. Clair county, 111., in 1816. From St. Clair county they moved to what became Sangamon county, arriving in the spring of 1817 or '18 west of Horse creek, near where Daniel G. Jones now resides, in Cotton Hill township. Mr. F. moved in company with William Nelson. They both built cabins and raised crops the year they came. Mr. F. had seven children born in Sangamon county, making a total of thirteen. Of their children -

POLLY, born Dec. 14, 1803, in South Carolina, came with her parents to what is now Sangamon county, in the spring of 1817 or '18, married Elijah Hinkle, who died, and she married William Chambers, and he died, and she married John Bowman, and resides near Taylorville. She had no children. She could have given me definite information whether the family came in 1817 or 18, but I could not obtain any information from herself or her brother James.

ELIZABETH, born Jan. 31, 1806, in South Carolina, came to Sangamon county with her parents in the spring of 1817 or '18, married Thomas Hanks. They have eleven children, and reside near Whitehall, Greene county.

HENRY, born Feb. 14, 1813, in Tennessee, married in Sangamon county Nov. 5, 1835, to Jane Snodgrass. They have eight children. E. JANE, born May 6, 1838, married John Durbin, have five children, and live near Conesville, Muscatine county, Iowa. JOHN S., born April 14, 1840, died April 8, 1842. CARTER, born August 14, 1857, married Alice Wenicke, and live near D. G. Jones, in Cotton Hill township. POLLY, born Jan. 15, 1846, lives with her parents. LEWIS, born June 12, 1851, married Mary Hinkle, and live in Christian county, east of Pawnee. COOPER, born Jan. 8, 1851, resides east of Pawnee. NANCY, born July 17, 1853, and JAMES H., born Sept. 9, 1857, live with their parents in Cotton Hill township.

MILL T, born March 17, 1815, in Tennessee, married in Sangamon county to Abishai Rape. They both died, leaving a daughter, who married George Morgan, and lives in Christian county.

SALLT, born April 8, 1819, in Sangamon county, married Henry Dixon. They had eight children, and Mr. D. died. The family live near Taylorville.

Mary J., Abel, George W. Amanda, Albert C., Melvin

RAPE, born Feb. 10, 1821, in Sangamon county, married Amanda Jones. She had one child, ALEXANDER. He married Harriet A. Levi, who died, and he married Salena Morrow, and lives in Christian county. Mrs. Amanda F. died, and Mr. F. married Mary Sanders, and she died. He then married Caroline Armstrong. They had eight children, MARY J., ABEL, GEORGE W., AMANDA, ALBERT C., MELVIN, EDWARD L., and MILES, and reside in Ball township.

ORLENA, born Oct. 21, 1832, in Sangamon county, married William Crowder, who died, and she married Benj. Howard, have four children, and live near Taylorville.

Mrs. Polly Funderburk died Aug. i, 1841, and Henry Funderburk died Aug. 14, 1843, both near where they settled in 1818, in Cotton Hill township.