Sangamon County, Illinois - The whole text, 1876 (part 13 of 31)

Funderburk, David

FUNDERBURK, DAVID, born Jan. 9, 1795, in Orange District, S. C., was bound apprentice to a hatter, but instead of teaching him how to make hats, his master put him to work in the fields with the negroes and otherwise treated him harshly, so he ran away and enlisted in the 3d U. S. Rifle Reg. for five years, from Aug. 15, 1814. It was so near the close of the war with England that he was not in any battle. His five years were spent in garrison duty on the frontier, and was at Ft. Osage, on the Missouri river, near the present line between Missouri and Kansas, when his term of enlistment expired, Aug. 15, 1819. He, with eight other discharged soldiers, fastened two canoes together, with a platform over them, and all left for St. Louis with their knapsacks. Mr. F. says that they were somewhat crowded, and on the way down he stole a canoe, and taking a comrade left the other seven who began drinking and ran their craft on a sawyer, which upset it, and they lost everything except what they had on their persons, but the men clung to the sunken log, and but for the stolen canoe they must all have drowned. Mr. F. and his comrade took them all safely to shore. He has always, in his quaint wav, insisted that that was "providential stealing." On arriving at St. Louis, he learned that his uncle, Henry Funderburk, had moved into the San-ga-ma country, and he determined to visit him. He found his uncle on the 3ist of Aug., 1819, in what is now Cotton Hill township, between Brush and Horse creeks, and went to work to supply himself with clothing, in place of that which was lost on the river. David Funderburk was married in March, 1821, to Hannah Hinkle. They had eight living children, all born in Sangamon county. Of their eight children -

Edward E., Mary E., Joseph

JOHN S., born March 1 6, 1831, married Mrs. Eliza J. Voyles, whose maiden name was Davis. They have six children, EDWARD E., MARY E., JOSEPH E., WILLIAM A., MARTHA and VELMA, and live in Madison county, near Staunton, Macoupin county, 111.

ALFRED N., born Sept. 27, 1837, married Emily Ward. They have three children, WILLIAM B., THOMAS L. and BENJAMIN A., and reside in Cotton Hill township.

DA F//9, Jun., born Dec. 22, 1839, enlisted at Springfield in 1861, for three years, in what became Co. B, nth Mo. Inf., served full time, and was honorably discharged in 1864. He was married to Sarah A. Torry. They have four children, MINNIE L., ADDIE L., MARY

WILLIAM F., born Nov. 22, 1842, enlisted in August, 1862, in Co. - , i I4th 111. Inf., for three years. He was wounded and captured at the battle of Guntown, Miss., June 10, 1864; one arm was amputated by a rebel surgeon. He was held a prisoner until the close of the rebellion. Is unmarried, and resides in Christian county.

THOMAS J., born May 6, 1845, married Angeline N. Carlton. They have four children, NELLIE VIOLA, JESSIE MAY, HANNAH E. and WILLIAM, and reside near the family homestead in Cotton1 Hill township, Sangamon county.

Mrs. Hannah Funderburk died Sept. 22, 1873, after nearly fifty-three years of wedded life. David Funderburk resides with his children part of the time, near Staunton, and part in Sangamon county, Illinois.

GAINES, RICHARD, was born Nov. 8, 1777, in Charlotte county, Va. Amy C. Green was born Feb. 3, 1782, in the same county. They were married and had three children, and moved to Barren county, Ky., about 1807, where they had three children, and the family moved to Christian county, where one child was born, and then moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in November, 1825, in what is now Cartwright township, and settled about one mile north of where Pleasant Plains now stands. Of the seven children -

ROBERT G., born June 20, 1801, in Virginia, married June 26, 1823, to Hannah Quaite. They had nine daughters and one son, and Mrs. Gaines died April 27, 1843. Mr. Gaines is living with his third wife, in Missouri.

RICHARD F., born March 18, 1806, married in Sangamon county to Mary Black. They have five children, and live five miles north of Jacksonville. - 41

JOHN, born April 20, 1808, in Kentucky, married Feb. 25, 1836, in Sangamon county, to Sarah Renshaw, had six children,, and Mrs. Gaines died. Mr. Gaines lives with his brother-in-law, William Batterton.

COL EM AN, born Dec. 28, 1809, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county Nov. 17, 1831, to Susan Batterton. They had one son, JOHN ST. CLAIR, who died, aged seventeen years. Mrs. Gaines died in 1833, and Mr. G. was married Oot. 9, 1834, to Priscilla McDonald, and lives at Lincoln, 111.

ABRAHAM CLAT, born June 4, 1814, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county Nov. 21, 1839, to Mary Sackett. They had eight children, and Mrs. G. died May 9, 1863, and he was married Sept. 15, 1864, to Mrs. Sarah. J. Newell, whose maiden name was Mills. They have two children, and live near Odell, 111.

Richard Gaines was a local preacher in the M. E. church for twenty-five or thirty years. He died Jan. 7, 1845, anc^ Mrs. Amy C. Gaines died Aug. 19, 1871, both in Sangamon county.

GARDNER, JOHN, was born June 21, 1805, in that part of Gallatin that is now Trimble county, Ky. Mary C. Duncan was born March 27, 1810, in the same county. They were married there June 13, 1830. They had one child in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving: April 17, 1833, two miles west of Springfield, and early in 1834 moved to what is now Gardner township, two miles north of Farmingdale. They had eight children in Sangamon county. Of their children -

HIRAM #., born April 28, 1831, in Trimble county, Ky., opposite the city of Madison, Ind. He was raised in San<ramon county, and married June 17, 1857, in St. Louis, Mo., to Louisa R. Brown. They had one child, EDWIN B., born Sept. 27, 1858, and died July 13, 1873. Mrs. Louisa R. Gardner died July 23, 1859, and Hiram E. Gardner was married Feb. 8, 1865, in Sangamon county, to Harriet E. Bradford. They have three children, LOUISA B., HARRIET M. and HARRY B., and reside in Gardner township, one mile northwest of Bradfordton.

Hiram E. Gardner has represented Gardner township in the Sangamon county Board of Supervisors for several years, and is one of the most extensive farmers in the countv.

SARAH A., born Oct. 15, 1833, in Sangamon county, lives with her mother. r NANNIE C, born Sept. 12, 1836, in Sangamon county, died April 10, 18^7.

JOHN P., born July <?, 1839, in ^Sangamon county, married Sept. 7, 1869, to Susan L. Kendall. They had one child that died in infancy, and Mrs. Gardner died June 30, 1871. John P. Gardner was married November, 1874, to Lou. Gibson, and lives in Curran township, five miles west of Springfield.

LUCY M., born June 19, 1851, in Sangamon county, married Feb. 24, 1869, to William Hurt, a native of Kentucky. They have two children, and reside two miles southeast of Pleasant Plains.

John Gardner was one of the commissioners who divided Sangamon county into townships, and the township where the family reside bears the family name, in honor of his memory.

G-ARDNER/HIRAM K.,was born June 5, 1803, in Trimble county, Ky., and was married there May 29, 1827, to Eliza Morris. He moved in company with his brother John to Sangamon countv in April, 1833. He now - 1876 - lives in Gardner township.

John Gardner was born March i ^, 1772, and his wife, Nancy, was born Jan. 12, 1773, both in Virginia. They were the parents of Hiram K. and. John Ga/dner.

CARD, EPHRAIM, was born March, 1776, in Union county, Penn., and was married there to Susannah Sutton, a native of the same county. They moved to Butler county, Ohio, where they had twelve children. Mr. Gard was captain of a company from that countv, in the war of 1812. He moved in 1826 to Fayette county, Ind., and from there to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1839, where Pleasant Plains now stands. Of their children -

KEZ.IAH, born in 1801, in Ohio, married there to John McDowell, and came to Sangamon county a year later than her parents. They moved about 1845 to Menard county, where they both died, leaving several children.

JACOB, born Sept. 23, 1806. in Butler county, Ohio, married there, March 10, 183=5, to Jane Campbell, had one child in Ohio, and moved to Fayette countv, Tnd., in 1827, where they had three, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Nov., 1834, in what is now Gardner township, where they had five children. Of their nine children - MORRIS, born Aug. 24, 1827, in Ohio, married Rhoda Jackson, had three children, and died in Gardner township. His widow married James Sherwood, and lives at Cuba, Fulton county, 111. DEMARIS, born Jan. 27, 1829, in Indiana, married Feb. 22, 1849, to Berry D. Stone. They had two children. ELIZA j., married June 22, 1869, to Daniel Diehl, who was born Oct. 5, 1834, in Berks county, Penn. Thev have three children, Ora Etta, John H., and Allie Demaris, and live at Cross Plains Postoffice. JOHN B., lives with his grandfather Gard. B. D. Stone died, and his widow married, Nov. 22, 1853, to James M. Pelham. See his name. SUSANNAH, born Nov. n, 1831, married, Feb. 22, 1849, to Butler Stone, and he died, leaving one child, ALICE s., who married Win. C. Price, have two children, Nora and Henry, and live in Umatilla Oregon. Mrs. S. Stone married Jacob C. Lacy. See his name. ABIGAIL M., born June 27,1834, married Lewis Nelson, who died, leaving a widow and six children in DeWitt county. EPHRAIM H., born June 27, 1838, married Mary E. Garrett. They have four living children, WILLIAM and live near Ci'oss Plains Postoffice. RACHEL E., born Jan. 27, 1840, married Alfred Ross. See his name. JOHN L., born March 18, 1841, married May 17, 1860, to Sarah E. Miller. They have tour children, OPHELIA, LUELLA, OLIVER and WILLIAM M., and live two and one-half \miles southeast of Salisbury. Jacob Gard and his wife reside three miles south of Salisbury, in Gardner township.

JAMES L., born Oct. 22, 1808, married Oct. 30, 1829, in Indiana, to Sarah Sutton, moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Sept. 21, 1839, where Pleasant Plains now stands. They brought five children, and had five in Sangamon county. MARTIN V., born Oct. 22, 1831, married Elizabeth Jackson, Feb. 22, 1849. They had five children. The parents and two of the children died. BENJAMIN B., born June 29, 1833, married Mary Shrader, and resides in Cass county, Mo., near State Line. LUCINDA, born April 13, 1835, married Ephraim Jackson, have two living children, Buchanan and Adam, and live two miles east of Salisbury. SAMUEL s., born Jan. 8, 1836, married Esther Jackson, and live in Menard county. JEREMIAH, born June 22, 1838, married Sarah E. Oliver. He enlisted for three years, Aug., 1862, in Co. F, 78th 111. Inf., was in many of the greatest battles, and went with Sherman in his "march to the sea." He was honorably discharged, in June, 1865, and was accidentally killed in a well, July if, 1866, near Hickory Ridge, Hancock county, 111. ANN M., married Newton Goodman. He died, leaving a widow and four children in Menard county. THOMAS F., married Surrilda Pry or, have five children, and live in Menard county. ALCEMENA married S. T. Lewis, who died, and she married George Neale, and lives in Cass county, Mo. MARY j., married George R. Ward, and lives in Menard county, one mile north of Salisbury. ELIZA A. married Samuel Hibbs, and lives in Menard county. James L. Gard and wife reside three miles south of Athens, in Menard county.

EPHRIAM, Jun., born in Ohio, came to Sangamon county with his father^ married, in Morgan county, to Pauline Parr and died, leaving a widow and children in Morgan county.

LUCINDA, born Jan. 7, 1821, in Ohio, married, in 1854, in Sangamon county, to Solomon Miller. She had one daughter, RHODA, who married Henrv Grady, had four children, EMMA j., ALMEDA, ANNETTA and LUCY. Mr. Grady died, Nov. 14, 1871, and his family live near Cross Plains Postoffice. Solomon Miller died. See his name. His widow resides in Gardner township.

DA VID, born in Ohio, married in Indiana to Lydia Hockenberry, came to Sangamon county, in 1839. They had three children. David Gard and his son ALBERT, aged five years, were killed ,by lightning, June 21, 1850, near Salisbury. They had taken refuge under a tree during a shower of rain.

Garretson, Samuel

GARRETSON, SAMUEL, was born Dec. 7, 1785, in York county, Pa. Ann Pierce was born April i, 1786, in Chester county, Pa. They were mai-- ried Oct. 26, 1808, in Newbury township, York county, Pa., according to Friends' ceremony, in open meeting. They had one child in York county, and in 1810 moved to Anne Arundel county, Md., where they had nine children. Mrs. Ann Garretson died April 30, 1827, in Maryland. Mr. G. was married March, 1834, at Newbury, Pa., by Friends' ceremony, to Hannah Cadwallader. His four eldest children remained east, but Mr. G., with his six youngest, moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving May 22, 1837, in Fork Prairie, near Rochester. Of the six children -

VINCENT, born Dec. 11, 1815, in Anne Arundel county, Md., married in Sangamon county, March 31, 1846, to Elizabeth T. Barrickman, a native of Clark county, Ind. They had one child,

FRANCES, that died in infancy, and Mrs. G. died March 18, 1857. Vincent Garretson was married March 11, 1858, in Baltimore, Md., to Sarah A. Miller, who was born Dec. 16, 1815, in Anne Arundel county, Md. They had three children in Sangamon county; all died young. Mr. and Mrs. Garretson reside four miles southwest of Illiopolis.

HANNAH R., born April, 1817, in Maryland, married Feb. 22, 1843, in Sangamon county, to Jacob D. Constant. See his name. She died Oct. 22, 1850.

THOMAS P., born Sept., 1818, in Maryland, came to Sangamon county in 1839, married in Menard county, to Martha M. Harrison. She died in Springfield, and he married Phoebe Campbell. They have seven children, and live near Lincoln, 111.

JOHN, born in 1821, in Maryland, married in Sangamon county to Harriet Sherman. He died August 26, 1843, near Rochester. His widow married Mr. Cotton, and lives at Elkhart.

SAMUEL, Jun., born Dec. 4, 1823, in. Anne Arundel county, Md., married in Sangamon county, Nov. 7, 1848, to Amelia J. Dickerson, who was born Feb. 25, 1828, in Kentucky. They had six children. JAMES T., the eldest, died in his thirteenth year. HARRIET, the voungest, died in infancy. SUSAN "ANN, born Dec. 7, 1854, CHARLES V., born July 15, 1856, ARCHIBALD F., born June 22, 1858, MARY M., born Sept. 9, 1860, live with their parents, three miles northeast of Rochester.

Garland, Nicholas

GARLAND, NICHOLAS AUSTIN, born Feb. 23, 1806, in Albemarle county, Va., was married July 16, 1827, at Liberty, Bedford county, Va., to Mary C. M. Phillips, who was born there, May 2, 1810. They had one child there, and in 1829 moved to the vicinity of where Carondelet, Mo., now stands. In moving, he went across the country with a six horse team, taking with him seven or eight slaves that he had inherited from his father's estate. That was about all the property he had, but soon after his arrival in Missouri he resolved that he could not conscientiously hold slaves, and determined to extricate himself from the imcongeniel position. He hired them out for a few years, with a proviso for each to be free at a given time, and retained them all under his control until the last one was liberated. He still farther manifested his aversion to slavery by moving his family to Illinois, arriving in Springfield in 1832. In 1837 Mr. Garland left the city and settled in what is now Cotton Hill township, in section thirty-two, town fourteen, range four west, where he built a horse mill in 1838, and ran a turning lathe in connection with it, doing general cabinet work. He afterwards sold this farm and entered a tract one mile east, in section thirty-three. N. A. Garland and wife had one child in Missouri and six in Sangamon county. Of their eight children -

Mary, Lucy, Sarah, Charles

LUCT P., born Dec. 13, 1831,10 St. Louis county, Mo., brought up in Springfield, 111., was married August, 1856, in Sullivan, Moultrie county, 111., to Charles L. Roane. They have five children, MARY, LUCY, SARAH, CHARLES and FANNIE, and reside at Sullivan, Moultrie county. 111.

AUSTIN "M., born Oct. 29, 1833, in Springfield, was married Nov. 10, 1859, near Chatham, to Sarah E. Hoppin, who was born June 17, 1838, in Madison county, N. Y., and came with her father, F. B. Hoppin, to Sangamon county in 1852. They have four children, MARY H., LUCY H., GERTRUDE G. and FRANK H. Austin M. Garland learned the printing business in the State Register office. He was a member of the firm of Garland & Jones in publishing a campaign paper in 1858, called the Illinois American. That paper was merged into the Daily Independent by Garland & Wheler, in the fall of 1859. Garland sold his interest in the paper the following summer, and engaged in farming from Jan., 1860, to Jan., 1871, when he returned to Springfield. He was elected Secretary of the State Agricultural Society in 1870, and continued in that position, by re-election, annually, four years, ending in the winter of 1874-5.

San Gam On C Ol Ntt

1858, to Mary E. Hawley. They have seven living children, CHARLES HAWLEY, CORA BELL, MARYE., JOHN AUSTIN, ALICE M., JOSIE and EDWARD M. Mr. Garland has been for several years and is now a merchant of Springfield, 111., where he and his family reside.

ELIZABETH A., born Sept. 19, 1837, in Springfield, was married at Sullivan, Moultrie county, 111 , Oct. 6, 1873, to Kemper Campbell. They have one child, HATTIE, and reside at Lovington, Moultrie county, 111.

ELLEN D., born Sept. 16, 1839, in Springfield, 111., was married Sept. 15, 1857, to Andrew J. Lynn, who was killed at the battle of Stone's river, Tennessee, leaving two children, ANDREW J. and ANNIE, who live with their mother. Mrs. Lynn was married Sept. 26, 1865, to Thomas M. Bushfield, of Sullivan. They have one living child, CHARLES, and reside in Sullivan, Moultrie county, 111.

MARY F., bom Nov., 1841, in Springfield, 111., married Daniel W. Rawlins, of Jacksonville, 111. They have two living children, DANIEL WESTERVELT and ELEANOR GARLAND, and reside in Liberty, Bedford county, Va.

Mrs. Mary C. M. Garland died August 6, 1844, anc^ N- A. Garland was married March 22, 1849, to Mrs. Rhoda G. Stringfield, whose maiden name was Jack. She died Feb. 22, 1852, and N. A. Garland was married July 28, 1853, to Mrs. Lucy S. McDaniel, whose maiden name was Burr, sister of Ho'n. A. G. Burr, of Green countv, 111. They had five living children -

Albert E., Paulina C.

GARVEY, SAMUEL, was born Aug. 31, 1794, in Culpepper county, Va. His father, Job Garvey,was born in Scotland, and brought to America when he was quite young. His parents both dying early, he was bound to a man who proved to be a cruel master. Determined to escape the hard servitude, and partly from patriotic motives, he enlisted as a soldier in the revolutionary army, and served the whole seven years. When Samuel was about one year old his parents moved to Woodford county, Ky., and four or five years later moved to Franklin county, about eighteen miles south of Frankfort. Samuel volunteered in a regiment of dragoons at Frankfort, under Col. Dick Johnson, and was in the battle of the river Thames, in Canada, in which Col. Johnson is reputed to have killed the Indian chief Tecumseh. After his return the family moved to that part of Gallatin which is now Owen county, Ky. Samuel Garvey was there married, Dec. 26, 1816, to Maria Elliston, who was born July 25, 1800, in Franklin county. They lived in Owen county for some time, then, with a family of seven children, moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1830, in the vicinity of what became Mechanicsburg, where they had five living children. Of their twelve children -

SAMUEL, Jun., born Aug. 27, 1825, in Owen county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, July 31, 1849, to Sarah A. Gideon. She was born Jan. 13, 1828, in Champaign county, Ohio, and came to Sangamon county in 1846. They had five children. MARY A., born May 21, 1850, married Sept. 9, 1869, to David C. Fletcher. They have three children, NEVADA, CORINNA and LENORA, and reside in Illiopolis township, three miles east of Mechanicsburg. D. C. Fletcher was born May 3, 1843, m Christian county. He enlisted Aug. 6, 1862, for three years, in Co. A, 73d 111. Inf., was wounded at the battle of Stone's river, Tenn., also at Adairsville, Ga.; served to the end of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged in June, 1865. ANN M., born Aug. 23, 1852, CATHARINE J., born Oct. 1 6, 1854, and HENRY C., born Aug. 13, 1863, reside with their parents. ANDREW'S, died Dec. 6, 1871, aged four years. Samuel Garvey, Jun., resides two and a half mih'S east of Mechanicsburs:.

WILLIAM P., born Aug. 22, 1829, in Owen county, Ky., married in Springfield, Feb. 2, 1854, to Elizabeth A. Williams, who was born Nov. 29, 1829, in Montgomery county, Md. They had six children. Their second, THOMAS E., died, aged eight years. The fourth, EM- . MA J., died, aged two years. HORACE O., CLARA, WILLIAM H. and SAMUEL, reside with their parents, one and a quarter miles southwest of'Illiopolis.

JANE, born March 25, 1831, in Sangamon county, married Nov. 5, 1872, to Josiah T. Peden, a native of Pennsylvania, and resides at Illiopolis.

JOHN, born June 29, 1839, in Sangamon county, married Oct. 12, 1869, to Maria F. Darneille. They had four children. OWEN and OLIN died in infancy. MINNIE F. and BERTHA live with their parents at the homestead of his father, one and a half miles east of Mechanicsburg.

Mrs. Maria Garvey died Jan. 17, 1871, and Samuel Garvey, Sen., resides one and a half miles east of Mechanicsburg, and within that distance of where he settled in 1830, just before the "deep snow."

GATES, MICHAEL, born Jan. 30, 1776, in Lancaster county, Penn. His parents moved to the vicinity of Salisbury, North Carolina, when he was three years old. He was married there to Catharine Groves. They moved to Muhlenburg county, Ky., where seven children were born, and the family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1830- - except Andrew and Mary, the two eldest children, who arrived May 31, 1831, in what is now Auburn township. Of their seven children -

ANDREW, born Jan. 17, 1807, in Muhlenburg county, Ky., was married. in Sangambn county to Lucinda Wood. They had twelve children, six of whom died young. Of the other six, CATHARINE A. married H. B. Organ. See his name. ANDREW J. Jun., married Miriam Davis, and live in Auburn township. MARY E. married Jerome Baldwin, and live in Macoupin county, 111. LEANDER A. is a teacher, and lives with his parents. LUCINDA E. was married Feb. 20, 1873, to A. J. Leutz, and resides in Sangamon county, near Virden. - SARAH F. lives with her parents. Andrew Gates and wife reside five miles southwest of Auburn.

PETER, born Sept. 21, 1808, in Kentucky, came to Sangamon county, 111., in Oct. 1829, and was married there to Christiana Dukes, who died March 24, 1848, and he married Sarah A. Wood, October, 1848, in Macoupin county, 111. They had eleven children ; six died young. WILLIAM F., born Oct. 14, 1849, was married Oct. 13, 1872, to Maggie Shanklin, in Macoupin county, and resides in Auburn township. JOHN M., born Sept. 2, 1852, died Nov. 24, 1872. GEORGE W., PETER M. and JAMES E., reside with their parents near Virden.

Gatton, Mrs. Ruth

GATTON, MRS. RUTH, was born in 1775. Her husband, Thomas Gatton, died in 1828, in Gray son county, Ky. Mrs. Gatton with her daughters, Maria and Eliza, came to Sangamon county, under the care of her son Josephus, who had returned to Kentucky to

JOHN A., born March n, 1797, in \Vashington county, Ky., was married in Gravson county to Anna Newton. They had two children in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Oct. 16, 1827, in what is now Ball township, where five children were born. Of their seven children - MONICA, born in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county to Benjamin Burtle. See his name. THOMAS O., born Feb. 17, 1826, in ( iray son county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county, Dec. 26, 1850, to Melinda Harper. They had eleven children, six of whom died young. Of the five living - ROSETTA, STEPHEN A. ' D., and MARY j., were born in Sangamon county, 111. RUTH j. and MARTHA F. were born in Kansas. T. O. Gatton resides near Osage Mission, Neosho county, Kansas. [OSEPHUS, born in Sangamon county, married Mary E. Harper. They had one child, and Mrs. Mary E. Gatton died. Josephus Gatton married Rebecca Mc- \eely. They live in Cotton Hill township/ RUTH A. married Robert Gatton, and lives in Auburn, Sangamon county, 111. JOHN W. lives in Ball township. SARAH E. married James H. Burtle. See his name. She died. THERESA lives with James H. Burtle. John A. Gatton died in Feb., 1847, anc^ Mrs. Anna Gatton died Oct., 1865, both in Ball township, and are buried near St. Bernard Catholic church, Sangamon county, 111.

THOMAS, born October, 1804, in Washington county, Ky., was married in Gravson county, Ky., to Martina Thompson, and came to Sangamon county in 1828. A few years later he went to Galena and engaged in lead mining. He moved to Dubuque, thence to DeWitt, Clinton county, Iowa, where the parents both died, leaving three children.

JOSEPHUS, born Sept. 13, 1806, in Washington county, Ky., was taken by his parents, in 1813, to Gravson county, Ky. From there he came to Stingamon county, arriving Oct. 16, 1827, in what is now Ball township. He returned to Kentucky at the time of his father's death. He experienced all the hardships of the deep snow of 1830 and '31. For several weeks the family lived on bread made of corn that was beaten with a pestle until fine enough, then sifted through a deer skin which was stretched over a hoop and burned full of holes with a hot iron. He says the happiest time of his life was when he was able to go to mill and obtain two sacks of corn meal. When the Black Hawk war broke out he did not wish to go, but his mother said her brothers were soldiers in the Revolution, and she wished him to go and never return with a wound in his back. He enlisted in a Sangamon county company, did his duty, and returned in safety. Josephus Gatton was married in Sangamon county, July 24, 1834, to Mary Burtle. They had five living children. RUTH E., "born April 16, 1835, was married in 1859 to James A. Able. They have five children,

CHARLES, and reside one and a half miles southwest of Pawnee. SARAH E., born May 25, 1837, married John W. Bell. See his name. THOMAS J., born Aug. 23, 1838, married Angeline Durbin. He died April 20, 1867, leaving a widow and three children near St. Bernard's church, Sangamon county, 111. MARY M., born Feb. 13, 1840, married Nathan J. Durbin. They have six children, and reside in Cotton Hill township. WILLIAM W., born Aug. 19, 1841, lives with his father. Mrs. Mary Gatton died May 5, 1843, and Josephus Gatton was married Jan. 29, 1844, to Eveline Husband. They had six children. J. NEWTON, born Oct. 21, 1844, was married Dec. 15, 1859, to Georgetta C. Mourer. They have two children, GEORGIA and KRANKIE, and reside six miles south of Springfield. ELIZA J., born Feb. i, 1847, was mai'i'ied Oct. 5, 1870, to John L. Bliss, who was born in Bath county, Ky., Aug. 20, 1846. They have one child, LUKLLA, and live seven miles south of Springfield. JAMES H., JOSEPHUS M., SUSAN E. and WATSON T., live with their mother. Josephus Gatton died March 25, 1876, and was buried at Oak Ridge cemetery, Springfield. His widow and children reside six miles south of Springfield.

GEORGE, EDWARD, born about 1809, in Fauquer county, Va., went to Bath county, Ky., about 1815, and came to Sangamon county in the fall of 1833. He was married to Catharine Whaley. They had nine children. She and three of the children died near the same time. He married Mary Martin, and she died. He then married Mrs. Lucinda Jones, whose maiden name was Pike. They have five children. He died in 1875. His widow and children live near Rochester.

GEORGE, WILLIAM, was born in Cabell county, West Va., came with his family to Sangamon county, in 1829 or 30, and settled in what is now Loami township. His sons -

GELLING, JOHN, was born Nov. 13, 1805, in the city of Douglas, Isle of Man, and came to America in 1830. He landed at New York, and went to the vicinity of Morristown, N. J. Hannah Monson was born in 1797, near Morristown, N. J. She was of an old French family that was among the earliest settlers of New jersey. John Gelling and Hannah Monson were married June 23, 1833, near Morristown. They moved in 1838 to Vevr.v, Switzerland county, Ind. Mr. Gelling, his wife, and a girl living in the family, started from Vevay in a wagon, and drove through Indianapolis to Springfield, arriving in October, 1839. Since that time he has resided four years in Morgan county. With that exception, he has been in Sangamon county to the present time. They never had any children. Mrs. Hannah Gelling died Dec. 30, 1872, and John Gelling resides two and a half miles south of Dawson.

Robert Gelling, brother to John and Ellen C., born in 1809 on the Isle of Man, and married there, came to Sangamon county in 1855. He has two sons and two

GIBSON, WILLIAM, was born about 1780, near Staunton, Va., and was taken by his parents, at six or seven years of age, to Fayette county, Ky. He was married in Boone county, in 1809, to Mary Holman. She was born July 29, 1789, in Woodford county. Her father, Edward Holman, and Jesse Holman - for many years Judge of the Supreme Court of Indiana - were brothers. She was consequently a cousin to Hon. Wm. S. Holman, of the Fifth Congressional District of Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Gibson had six children, near Lexington, Fayette county, Ky., and moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Nov. i, 1829, and settled in what is now the northwest corner of Chatham township. Of their children -

DAVID E., born April 16, 1811, in Fayette county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, April 14, 1831, to Mary Greenwood. They had five children: MARY A., born Feb. 12, 1832, married May 12, 1855, to John C. Cresswell, who was born Feb. 21, 1832, in Jersey county. They have four living children, ALICE D., DAVID E., LIZZIE and LAURA, and live five miles south of Loami. WILLIAM M., born Jan. i, 1834, married May u, 1854, to Elizabeth Fowler, who was born Dec., 1833, in Lincolnshire, England. They have five children: MAR v, JOANNA,

JOHN T., born March 5, 1836, married March 7, 1861, to Millicent Jarrett. They have four children, MARGARET L., ARTAMESIA, WILLIAM E. and JOSEPH F., and live five miles south of Loami. AMERICA, born Sept. 6, 1838, married James M. Coley. See his name. ELIZABETH, born Jan. 12, 1841, married Henry A. Weber. They had five children ; all of them died under three years, and Mr. W. died Sept. 2, 1872, at White Oak, Montgomery county. Mrs. Weber resides with her father. Mrs. Mary Gibson died March 24, 1842, and David E. Gibson was married June 25, 1851, to to Julia A. Hall. They had five children. JANE died, aged four years. SUSAN, tant, when there was but little improvement on the prairie. A snow storm set in soon after he started, and as night approached and he thought himself almost at the end of his journey, he discovered that he was only one and a half miles from home. He had been riding around a circle all day.

David E. Gibson remembers that in 1832 seed corn was so scarce that his father sent him to St. Clair county for some. He paid $1.00 per bushel, and shelled it himself. Settlements were so far apart that no food could be obtained. With two small scraps of bread - one from corn meal, the other from shorts - a drink of buttermilk and some wild onions, he traveled seventy-five miles, to reach home. WM. HOLM AN, was born March 16, 1816, in Kentucky, was married March 3, 1841, in Sangamon county to America Forrest. They had one child, ELIZABETH, who died, aged eighteen years. W. H. Gibson died Dec. 26, 1849. His widow married Thomas J. Darneille. See his name.

ABIGAIL, born Jan., 1822, in Ken- - tucky, married James M. Brown, in Sangamon county. They had two living children, and moved to California. He was murdered and robbed there of $3,000 in gold, Oct., 1870. His family moved from California to Nevada, thence to Oswego, Kansas. Of their children - ELIZABETH, married, and JAMES lives with his mother. Sec name of Joshua Broivn and his son, James M.

JAMBS E., born May 16, 1823, in Kentucky, married, June 5, 1845, in Sangamon county, to Margaret L. Forrest. He died, Jan. 13, 1873.111 Chatham. His widow resides at Pioneer, Williams county, Ohio.

Abigail

AfARY, born in 1825, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, 111., to Charles R. Campbell. See his name. They have two children, WILBUR and ABIGAIL.

latin county, Ky., eight miles above Warsaw. He came to Sangamon county about 1829, and was married April 14, 1832, to Sally Greenwood. They had eight living children -

NANCY J., born March 21, 1833, married James E. Campbell, who was born Oct. 22, 1824,31 Delphi, Ross county, Ohio. They have eight children, MARY A., GEORGE W., PERMELIA C., MARGARET R., THEODORE M., COMMODORE P.,EMMA F. and ALLEN EVA, and reside three miles southwest of Curran.

SAMUEL P., born Feb. 10, 1836, in Sangamon county, married Sarah Van Doren. They have three living children, EMMA, PETER and WILLIAM, and live in Piatt county.

THOMAS B., born Sept. 8, 1838, married March i, 1864, to Sophia A. McComas, have three children, LONA M., ARCHIE C. and NELLIE E., and live five miles west of Chatham.

MARGARET R., born Feb. 10, 1842, in Sangamon county, married G. W. Campbell. They have three living children, EUGENE, ROBERT and JAMES L., and live in Piatt county, 111.

Gibson, Preston

eight miles above Warsaw. He was married in that county May 14, 1835, to Ann Finley. She was born Dec. 26, 1811, in the city of Philadelphia. When she was an infant her parents moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where they both died when she was quite young. She was adopted by her aunt, Mrs. Robinson, and taken to Gallatin county, Ky., at sixteen years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Gibson moved immediately after they were married to Sangamon county, 111., arriving June 10, 1835, in what is now Curran township, north of Lick creek. They had four children in Sangamon county -

JOHN E., born Jan. 28, 1838, married Feb. 7, 1861, to Sarah McGinnis, and had one child. It died on the i2th, and the mother on the 28th, of March, 1865. John E. Gibson lives with his mother, but spends much of his time at his farm in Nodaway county, Mo.

HAMPTON, born Nov. 12, 1844, married Oct. 25, 1866, to Susan A. Patteson, have three children, JEAN W., PRESTON A. and JOHN E., and lives near the family homestead in Curran township.

Preston H. Gibson died Sept. 8, 1863, and his widow, Mrs. Ann Gibson, resides on the farm settled by herself and husband in 1835. It is in Curran township, north of Lick creek.

GIBSON, JAMES H., was born Sept., 1809, in Gallatin county, near Warsaw,. Ky. He came to Berlin, Sangamon county, in 1840, and practiced medicine there more than thirty years. He died near Berlin, Nov. 22, 1873, leaving a widow, and a daughter who is married, and has two children.

GIGER, GEORGE, was born June 9, 1748, and was married in Greenbrier county, Va., to Mrs. Anna Auts, whose maiden name was Creek. She was born Nov. 19, 1765. He died in Tennessee, and she came to Sangamon county with her children, sketches of whose lives are found below. She died, Oct. 12, 1837.-

GIGER, HENRY, was born May 14, 1799, in Jefferson county, Tenn. Nancy Todd was born. May 7, 1798, in Cocke county, Tenn. They were married March ii,-iSi9, in Jefferson county, and moved, in company with their brother-inlaw, John Cooper, to Sangamon county, 111., arriving April 2, 1820, at a point two miles north of Rochester, and one year later moved into what is now Cooper township, where they had five living children, namely -

ANNA, born April 4, 1821, married April 3, 1836, to James Wilson. They had one child, NANCY A., born Jan. 28, 1837, niarried March 9, 1858, to Harrison Furrow. The"y had six children, GEORGE

Lincoln, Mary, Laura B., Edward

ANNA and WILLIAM, and live in Christian county, seven miles east of Rochester. James Wilson died Sept. 12, 1839, and his widow married in October, 1843, *° ^^" ward Jones, who died May 3, 1867, and she married April 17, 1873,10 Peter Gore. They live in Mechanicsburg.

ALEXANDER T., born June 23, 1824, married Dec. 15, 1845, to Mary J. McCoy, had eight children; three died young. JAMES H.,ADDISON, OTTO, ADELIA and ELBRIDGE, live with their parents, in Mitchell county, near Cawker City, Kan.

BENJAMIN A., born Jan. 8, 1827, married Nov. 30, 1848, to Mary A. V. Kirke. She died May 10, 1853. Mr. Giger was married Oct- 26, 1853, to Margaret J. Kirke. They had three children. IDA L. died, aged four years. WILLIAM E. and H. DOUGLAS, live with theii father. Mrs. M. J. Giger died May 19, 1869, and he was married March i, 1870, to Mary E. Johnson, who was born May 14, 1845, in Springfield. They had one child, NOLA B., who died young. B. A. Giger and wife live in Sand Prairie, Cooper township, where his parents settled in 1822. It is five miles east of Rochester. Mr. G. is serving his second term as justice of the peace - 1874.

MARTHA /?., born J3n. 30, 1831, married July 26, 1848, to John L. Green. They had two children, and Mr. G. and both children died. Mrs. G. married Lewis J. Eyman, who enlisted in Macon county Sept. 2, 1862, in Co. E, u6th 111. Inf., for three years, was commissioned Capt. Sept. 6, 1862, and was killed in battle at Arkansas Post, July n, 1863. His widow and two sons, HENRY A. and EDWARD O., reside temporarily - 1874 - at Eureka, 111., for educational purposes. Their home is at Mechanicsburg.

GIGER, BENJAMIN, was bom July 25, 1803, in Jefferson county, Tenn. He came to Sangamon county on a visit in 1828, returned to Tennessee, and moved, in company with his widowed mother and his brother-in-law, John North, arriving April 12, 1829, in what is now Cooper township. Benjamin Giger was married in Sangamon county, Nov. 18, 1832, to Susanna Todd, who was born Dec. 20, 1808, in his native county. They had three living children in Sangamon county, namely -

LETITIA A., born Sept. 15, 1836, in Sangamon county, married Jan. 27, 1853. to Aaron H. Martin, who was born Dec. 4, 1825, in Clarke county, Ind. They had five children, ALBERT T., SUSAN A., MARY L., FLORA L. and JENNIE I., and live in Mechanicsburg.

HENRY, born June 28, 1840, in Sangamon count}', married Feb., 1863, to Mary J. Kirk. They have two children, ALBERT O. and LAURA B., and live near Norborne, Corroll county, Mo.

BENJAMIN H., born June 30, 1846, in Sangamon county, married April 6, 1865, to Sarah A. Dickson. They had three children: SUSANNA, the youngest, died in her fourth year. ALVIN C. and MATTIE T. reside with their parents in Mechanicsbui'g.

Benjamin Giger had natural talents for inventing useful machinery. It is believed by his descendents that it was from some machinery of his inventing that the original ideas embodied in the McCormick reaper were obtained. He did invent and construct many ingenious and useful implements. He would often study for days at a time, sometimes quitting his work in the daytime, would go to bed, cover up head and ears, and continue in the deepest study. When a plan or design was fully matured, he would leave his work, or arise from bed, as the case might be, and write, without stopping to eat or sleep, until his thoughts were transferred to paper. He invented a machine for heading grain ; also some plows and other agricultural implements, and was on his way to Washington with his models, for the purpose ot obtaining patents. He was taken sick on board a steamer ascending the Ohio river, and died at Brownsville, Pa., June 23, 1850. His widow died Nov. 28, 1858, in Sangamon county.

Glascock, Daniel

GLASCOCK, DANIEL M., was born May n, 1795, in Louclon county, Va. Three brothers by the name of Glascock came from France, with LaFayette, and fought in the revolutionary army until Independence was acknowledged by England. They all remained, married and raised families on James river, Va. One of them had a son James, and it is his son, Daniel M., whose name heads this sketch. Mary E. Lake was bdrn Sept. 20, 1798, in Loudon county, Va. Daniel M. Glascock and Mary E. Lake were there married, Aug. 18, 1818. They made their home in Fauquier county, until seven children were born, and then moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1833, in what is now Fancy Creek township, where they had three children. Of their ten children -

MARGARET E., born July 16, 1826, in Virginia, married in Sangamon county to Martin L. Bishop. They have five children, and live in McLean county, Illinois.

JAMES B., born Nov. n, 1828, in Fauquier county, Va., raised in Sangamon county, married, Aug. 31, 1850, to Sarah M. Stone, who was born Aug. 4, 1831, in Menard county. They have four living children, WILLIAM M., MARY E., MARGARET A., and EMMA E., and reside in Menard county, two and one-half miles north of Cantrall.

THOMAS, born Feb. 24, 1831, in Fauquier county, Va., married in Sangamon county to Mary J. Brittin. She died Feb. i, 1859. Thomas Glascock was married, Aug. 28, 1860, to Mrs. Eliza F. Brittin, whose maiden name was Mallorv. They have three living children, LIZZIE FLORENCE, WILLIAM O., and NETTIE A., and reside in Fancy Creek township, four miles northwest of Sherman. Thomas Glascock served several years as a member of the Board of Supervisors of Sangamon county.

ELIAS L., born Oct. 24, 1837, in Sangamon county, married Emeline Miller. They had three children, and she died. Mr. G. married Margaret King, and live in Butler county, Kansas.

EZEKIEL F., born Feb. 5, 1840, in Sangamon county, married Mary Hurt, who was born Feb. 6, 1844, in Menard county. They had four children. LYDIA A., the second child, died in her third year. MARGARET E., MARY L., and EMMA E., reside with their parents three miles southwest of Cantrail. - 1874.

GOO DELL, CALVIN, born Nov. 5, 1783, in Connecticut, was married in New York to Martha Coley, who was born Feb. 14, 1789. They had six children in New York, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in 1824, in what is now Loami township, where five children were born. Of their children -

PHTLATTA, born March 13, 1813, in Madison <5bunty, N. Y., married Johnson Harding, had three children, and Mr. Harding died, and she married George Beach, who was born in 1810, in Maryland. They had eight children, three of whom died under ten years. Of the other five: LAFAYETTE, born Nov. 5, 1842, married May 29, 1862, to Catharine Alexander, have one child, CHARLES D., and live five miles west of Chatham. MARY, born Oct. 19, 1839, married June 2, 1860, to Josiah S. Kirk, who was born Dec. 7> J834, in Washington county, Va. They have three children, MARY j., GEORGE A. and MARTIN F., and live in Loamiv JOSEPH, born Feb. 8, 1852, OSCAR F., born Oct. 13, 1854, and JULIA A., live with their parents. George Beach and wife reside in Loami.

WILLIS, born Sept. i, 1817, in New York, married in Sangamon county to Sally Sowell. They had one child, ALICE, and he died. See So-well family.

MART A., born .Dec. 3, 1824, in Sangamon county, married Martin Thurber. They had six children, and Mr. T. died. The widow and children live in Hancock county, 111.

Mr. Goodell was always engaged in milling. Rebuilt a mill on a small stream one mile east of Loami. Cultivation soon drained the country and cut off his supply of water. True to his Yankee origin, he then put horses inside the wheel, and ran it on the principle of a squirrel cage.

GOODAN, LEVI W., was born in Pennsylvania, taken by his parents to Bath county, Ky., was a soldier from that county in the war of 1812, and after the war was married in that county to Garner Crouch. They came to Sangamon county in 1820 or '21, and settled at what is now Sangamon station, where they had two children, and Mrs. Goodan died there. Of their children -

GOLD, HEZEKIAH S., was born June 6, 1807, at Cornwall, Litchfield county, Conn. He married Sept. 6, 1836, to Chloe A. Peet, who was born April 26, 1812, in the town of Warren, in the same county. They had one child there, and moved to Waverly, 111., in the fall of 1839. In the summer of 1840 he bought land and built a house three and a half miles east of Waverly, in what is now Talkington township, Sangamon county, where they had two children. Of their three children -

HENRY M., born July 25, 1837, in Litchfield county, Conn., raised in Sangamon county, enlisted in 1861 for three years, in Co. I, i4th 111. Inf. He was accidentally wounded September, 1861, and died Nov. 7, 1861, in the court house hospital at Rolla, Mo.

MTRON S., born Dec. i, 1842, in Sangamon county, enlisted in 1862 for three years, in Co. G, loist 111. Inf. He was discharged on account of physical disability late in 1862, and lives in Talkington township, near Waverly.

ETHEL EDWARD, born Feb. i, 1847, in Sangamon county, lives in New York city. He is - 1874 - superintendent of the Gold Heating company, manufacturers of sanitary heaters, 105 Beekman street.

Mrs. Chloe A. Gold died Sept. 3, 1857, in Talkington township. Hezekiah S. Gold enlisted Oct. 15, 1861, in the fiftysixth year of his age, at Springfield, in Co. K, 2nd Reg. 111. Light Art,, for three - years, served more than full term, and was honorably discharged Dec. 30, 1864, and now resides on the farm where he settled in 1840, being the second settler in what is now Talkington township, William Eustace being the first.

Gragg, Mrs. Martha

GRAGG, MRS. MARTHA, whose maiden name was Runnels, was born in Albermarle county, Va., and taken by her parents, when she was quite young, to Montgomery county, Ky., where she was married to John Gragg. They moved to Nicholas county, where Mr. Gragg died, leaving a widow and three children, who returned to her friends in Montgomery county, Ky., where the eldest -

WILLIAM, born June 10, 1818, in Nicholas county, Ky., came to Sangamon county in 1838, and was married March 26, 1844, to Sophia McBride. They had four living children in Sangamon county, namely: THOMAS J., born Jan. i, 1845, was married Jan. 20, 1870, in Sangamon county, to Lucinda Fry, who was born Nov. 6, 1850, in Shelby county, Ky. They have one living child, CLARA, and live five miles southeast of Mechanicsburg. JOHN H., born Aug. 17, 1847, was married May 31, 1871, to Matilda D, Blair, who was born Sept. 22, 1851, near Moro, Madison county, 111. They have one child, WILLIAM B., and live four and a-half miles east of Mechanicsburg. WILLIAM, Jun., born June 10, 1851, was married, Feb. 8, 1876, at the house of Vincent Garretson, to Fanny Hissey, and live near Mechanicsburg. HARVEY, born Jan. 21, 1853, lives at the homestead. Mrs. Sophia Gragg died Dec. 26, .. 1872, and William Gragg died July 30,

GRAHAM, ROBERT, was born about 1794, in Washington county, Penn. Sarah Mitchell was born in 1797, in the same county. They were married, Jim. 24, 1819, and had three children in Penn. The family moved, in 1834, to Richland county, Ohio, where two children were born, and then moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving, Nov., 1838, in what is now Woodside township. Of their five children -

WILLIAM M., born Jan 5, 1830, in Penn., married in Sangamon county to Rebecca Trumbo. She had one child, REBECCA, who married Mitchel Lawson. Mrs. Graham died, and Mr. G. was married, Aug. 26, 1857, to Lucy Marsh. They have three children, WILLIAM M., LYDIA C., and CORDELIA, and live in Springfield.

A., William P., John C., Sarah

ROBERT S., born Sept. 24, 1833, married Nov. 21, 1856, to Adaline B. Megredy. They have five children, MARY A., WILLIAM P., JOHN C., SARAH E., and NELLIE G., and live in Christian county, near Pawnee.

Robert Graham died Nov. i, 1840, in Sangamon county. His widow married Charles Rice. He died June 7, 1862, and she lives with her Graham children.

Graham, Nathaniel

GRAHAM, NATHANIEL, was born in Pennsylvania. When a young man he went to Columbus, Ohio, and a few years later to Fleming county, Ky., where he was married to Sarah Harbor. They had eight children in Fleming county, and the family moved to Springfield, 111., arriving in the fall of 1826. In the spring of 1827 they moved three and a half miles east of Springfield, between Sugar creek and the South fork of Sangamon river. Of their eight children -

NANCY, born in Fleming county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to James Woods. They had ten children, two of whom lived to be married, but all are dead. Mr. and Mrs. Woods live at Darlington, Lafayette county, Wis.

WILLIAM,\)orn in 1808, in Fleming county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Elizabeth Trotter. They had four living children. JAMES lives in Springfield. HESTER married David Carver, and lives in Springfield. CHARLES married Jane Hart, and lives in Springfield. William Graham and wife are both dead.

JOSHUA, born Jan. 6, 1821, in Fleming county, Ky., married Sept. 25, 1848, in Sangamon county, to Elizabeth A. Branch. They had eight children, five of whom died under two years. NANCY ELIZA, GEORGE E. and REBECCA E., reside with their parents near Sangamon station, on the farm where his parents settled in 1827.

GRANT, JAMES, was born in Rutherford county, N. C. He was there married to Sarah Elliott, sister to Andrew Elliott. They had two children in North Carolina, and moved to Sangamon county, arriving in the fall of 1834, near Springfield, where two children were born. Of their four children -

WILLIAM, born in North Carolina, raised in Sangamon county, and married Mrs. Sarah Gibbons. They have children, and live at Greenview, Menard county.

MTRA, born in North Carolina, raised in Sangamon county, was a deaf mute, and died at the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, at Jacksonville.

GREENWOOD, JOHIST, was horn in Virginia. His parents moved to Warren county, Ky., when he was quite young. He was a fellow student with Judge S. T. Logan, at Glasgow, Ky., and intended making the law his profession, hut abandoned it. He was married in Barren county, Ky., to Tryphena Garrison, and had two living children there. The family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1831, in what is now Fancy Creek township. In the spring of 1832 they moved to Fort Clark, now Peoria, where Mrs. Greenwood died, May 26, 1832. Mr. G. returned with his two children to Sangamon county, and was married Nov. 20, 1832, to Mary Sale. They had one child there, and the family, except the eldest son, moved to Bush's ferry, on Rock river, in Lee county, 111., where Mr. Greenwood was accidentally killed while raising a house for himself. His widow and children returned to Sangamon county, and she was three times married. She and all her husbands are dead. Of Mr. Greenwood's three children -

BASIL, born Sept. 29, 1819, in Barren county, near Glasgow, Ky., married Nov. 15, 1849, near Pleasant Plains, Sangamon county, to Eliza A. Townsend, who was born May 29, 1823, in Cape May county, N. J., and came with her parents to Sangamon county in 1841. Basil Greenwood and wife had five children: TRYPHENA A., born Sept. 27, 1850, in Sangamon county, was married April 28, 1870, to Charles Whitmer. They have one living child, NELLIE MAY, and live in Taylorville, 111. PARTHENIA J. died in Springfield, aged five years. JOHN R., born Oct. 13, 1854. SARAH M, born Dec. 11, 1856, live with their parents. JULIA A., born July 8, 1859, in Sangamon county, was married Sept. 19, 1875, to Asa H. Culver, formerly of Ohio. They live in Edinburg, 111. Dr. Basil Greenwood and family reside in Edinburg, Christian county, 111., where he is engaged in the practice of his profession. He was isolated from his relatives by the death of his mother, and fared exceedingly hard. When a boy he walked and led an ox from Illinois to Philadelphia for a drover, who failed there and left the boy without a cent of money, to work his way back as best he could. He apprenticed himself and learned the trade of a carpenter in Springfield. After spending twelve years without knowing where a single relative was, he accidentally met his brother John, and after a long interview, became satisfied that they were brothers, and for the first time learned that his father was dead. From the business of a carpenter he went to dealing in drugs and medicines, and then studied medicine. For the last twelve years he has been engaged in practicing his profession.

JOHN, Jun., born April 2, 1829, near Glasgow, Ky. He had both his hands seriously crippled when he was a child. He enlisted at Springfield, in May, 1846, in Co. I, 4th 111. Inf., and served thirteen months in the Mexican war; was honorably discharged, and received one hundred and sixty acres of land. He was married in Springfield, August 7, 1854, to Emily Blakely, who was born Sept. 30, 1836, in Cincinnati, Ohio. They have three living children, ANNIE G., MINER VA A. and JOHN W., and reside at Williamsville. By the second wife - WILLIAM C., born August 24, 1833, in Sangamon county, married near Galena to Elizabeth Keithley. They have one living child, CHARLES E., and reside at 522 south Ninth street, Springfield, Illinois.

GREENWOOD, WILLIAM, was born about 1772, near Petersburg, Va. He was there married to Ruth Brooks, and moved to Cabell county, W. Va., where eight children were born. They moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in Oct., 1824, in what is now Curran township. Of all their children -

ELIZABETH, born in 1804, in Va., was married in Sangamon county, 111., to Montague A. Morris, and for a second husband married George Hilyard. She died without children, in Pike county, Illinois.

THOMAS, born Jan. 5, 1806, in West Virginia, was married in Sangamon county, 111., to Ann Lindley. They had eleven children, two of whom died under ten years of age. Of the other nine - ELIZA, married John Mullen, had two children, and she and one of the children died. The other child, HENRY, lives in Decatur, 111. SIMON L., born Aug. 27, 1827, was married, Jan. 16, 1853, to Elizabeth Myers. She died, Dec. 30, 1871, leaving four children, JOHN T., ANN M., BYRON s. and GEORGE w. Simon L. Greenwood died, June, 1874, in LaFayette county, Mo. MARY died in her eighteenth year. RUTH A., born Feb. 27, 1832, was married, Aug. 30, 1855, to Hugh M. Forrest, who died Jan. 7, 1857, and she was married, Jan. 20, 1859, to David E. McGinnis. See - his name. WILLIAM B., born Aug. 28, 1836, married Anna Young. They had three children, and he enlisted in Co. I, 33d 111. Inf., for three years. He was discharged on account of physical disability, and died of disease, at Pilot Knob, Mo., in 1864. SARAH M. married Robert McCartney. They have four children, and reside in Jacksonville, 111. CAROLINE married James M. Coley. See his name. She died six weeks after marriage. SUSAN married Newton Harlan, have three children, and live in Nebraska. THOMAS, Jun., born Nov. 14, 1845, enlisted in Co. I, 73d 111. Inf., and died at Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 17, 1863. Mrs. Ann Greenwood died, Oct. u, 1848, and Thomas Greenwood died, Nov. 7, 1868, both in Sangamon county, 111.

'ANN, born in 1808, in West Virginia, was married in Sangamon county, 111., to Calvert J. Morris. They moved to Missouri, and both died there, leaving three children.

JOHN, born Jan. 3, 1810, in Cabell county, W. Va., was married in Sangamon county, Oct. 20, 1832,10 Eliza Miller. They had three living children. JAMES W., born Feb. 2, 1834, was married, Dec. 1 8, 1856, to Margaret Baker, who was born Oct. 27, 1834. They had five children - JOHN w. died in his tenth year. HARRIET c. died in her third year. NANCY j., JAMES w. and THOMAS SHERIDAN. The three latter live with their parents in Loami township. LEAH M. was married, Jan. 25, 1855, to Fielding M. Neal. See his name. RUTH J. was married, Jan. 3, 1855, to Joel L. Franklin. They have three children, MARY E., JI>J,IA B. and EMILY A., and live near Tolono, Champaign county, 111. Mrs. Eliza Greenwood died, Feb. 10,

1841, and John Greenwood was married, March 10, 1842, to Emily Miller, who died April 21, 1866. John Greenwood resides five miles west of Chatham.

EDMUND was born Jan. 8, 1814, in Cabell county, West Virginia, and at ten years of age was brought by his parents to Sangamon county, 111. He was married Aug. n, 1835, in Springfield, to Jeanette Foster. They had four children in Sangamon county, and in the fall of 1852, moved to Adair county, Mo., where they had one child. Of their children, JAMES M., born Nov. 15, 1836, in Sangamon county, 111. He first attended school at the McGinnis school house, on Lick creek, and at the public school in Loami. He was always noted for his love of fun, and the facility with which he learned all his lessons, generally " working the sums " for all the boys in school. At the age of sixteen - the very time his facilities for education should have been increased - the family moved to Missouri, and the next four years was spent on the farm without entering school : but his ardor for learning could not thus be quenched. He managed to buy an old algebra, geometry, Latin grammar and Butler's Analogy, and studied them of nights, rainy days and Sundays, until their contents were mastered. In the winter of 1855 he taught the first public school ever held in the township where his father now lives, receiving fifteen dollars per month for his services. The next wintei he attended school at Kirksville, Mo. He continued laboring on the farm until September, 1857, when he entered the seminary at Canton, Mo., taking in one year the entire course with the exception of Greek, passing examinations in twenty branches; but nature rebelled against such overwork, and he was not able to graduate, although his oration was ready for delivery. For a year books were thrown aside. From 1859 to 1866 his winters were spent in teaching, and the remainder of each year in farming. In August, 1867, he accepted the chair of Mathematics, Astronomy,

Mechanical Philosophy and Logic, in the North Missouri State Normal School, at Kirksville. He rilled that position until June, 1870, when he was elected to the same position in Mt. Pleasant College, lluntsville, Mo. In December following he was re-elected, and accepted his former position in the State Normal School, at Kirksville, Mo., which he held until June, 1874. At the latter date Prof. Greenwood was elected out of seventeen applicants to the position of Superintendent of the Kansas City public schools. After that he was elected Principal of the South Missouri State Normal School, at Warrensburg, also of the Northwest Normal School, at Oregon, Holt county, Mo., both of which he declined, justly regarding his present connection with the Kansas City schools as the second educational position in the State. For the last ten years he has done as much to popularize and defend the cause of education as any man in the State, having delivered upwards of five hundred public addresses to Missouri audiences-on educational topics, besides having written extensively on similar subjects for the leading Journals of the State. He has been and is now an untiring student, not only of the ablest American authors in his favorite department, but also of the best English, French and German writers on the more advanced Mathematics. His mathematical library is said to be the best collection in Missouri. The State University of Missouri, as a slight recognition of his services, conferred upon Prof. Greenwood the degree of Master of Arts. It will thus be seen that what appeared to be the crushing out of his aspirations for education, by removing him from all schools, was only placing him on missionary ground, where he could see the imperative needs of the growing State, and educate himself for the great work before him. I imagine that the early settlers of Sangamon county will take special pleasure in perusing this brief sketch of the trials and triumphs of a son of one of their own families. JAMES M. Greenwood was married Nov. i, 1859, in Carroll county, Mo., to Amanda A. McDaniel. They have three children ADA M , HERVEY v. and NETTIE E., and reside in Kansas City, Mo. RUTH E., born April 5, 1838, in Sangamon county, married March 26, 1857, in Adair county, Mo., to

Mr. and Mrs. Hatfield live near Brunswick, Chariton county, Mo. PEYTON F., born Feb. 12, 1840, in Sangamon county, attended district school with his brother, James M., in his native county, and private schools in Kirksville, Mo. He also spent one year in the Baptist College at Lagrange, Mo. He was married Sept., 1 86 1, to Frances M. Foster, who died in six weeks after marriage. In April, 1864, he married Julia Bryan, and has three children, EVA, SAMUEL E. and GRACE. Peyton F. Greenwood is a practicing lawyer, and resides in Kirksville, Mo. SARAH E., born Oct., 1852, in Sangamon county, and POLLY, born May 5, 1854, in Adair county, Mo., live with their parents. Edmund Greenwood and wife reside near Brashear, Adair county, Mo. The business habits of Mr. Greenwood are somewhat remarkable. He was never sued, nor never sued another, and for nearly thirty years has not given a note or any evidence of indebtedness. His son, Prof. James M., never gave but one note, and paid that within two weeks. Their motto is, "If you can't pay, don't buy."

WILLIAM V., born April 18, 1826, in Sangamon county, was married there, Dec. 4, 1845, to Barbara A. Starr. They have two children. CHRISTOPHER C. enlisted Dec., 1863, in Co. B, loth 111. Cav., served until the close of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged, in Nov., 1865, at Galveston, Texas. He was married Dec. 21, 1875, at Chatham, 111., to Zula Hillerman, and lives in Chatham. GEORGE W. enlisted, Dec., 1863, in the same company and regiment with his brother, and was honorably discharged, on account of physical disability, in 1865. He was married, Dec. 16, 1875, to Emma A. Baker, and lives in Chatham. William V. Greenwood enlisted in Co. I, 73d Reg. 111. Inf., in July, 1862, for three years, was appointed first Duty Sergeant, served until Dec.. 1863, when he was discharged on account of physical disability. He resides in Chatham, Sangamon county, 111.

Greening, Thomas

GREENING, THOMAS A., was born Nov. 19, 1796, in Fauquier county, Va. His parents, Reuben Greening and Sarah Allen, were born and married in that county. In 1804 they moved to the vicinity of Cumberland Gap, Claiborne county, Tenn., and in 1808 moved to Clarke county, Ky., where they spent the remainder of their lives. Thomas A. was a soldier from that county in the war of 1812. He was married there, in 1816, to Elizabeth Dawson. She was born Jan. I, 1789. They had six children in Kentucky, moved to Montgomery county, Mo., and from there to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1830, at Buffalo Hart Grove, where they spent the winter of the " deep snow." In the spring of 1831 they moved to what is now Loami township, where they had four living children. Of their children - '

Zachary T., Noah L., George

DAVID, born Sept. 20, 1822, in Clark county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, Dec. 6, 1842, to Mary P. Colburn, who was born March 25, 1827. They have seven children. JAMES enlisted in 1861, in Co. - , 3Oth 111. Inf., for three years; re-enlisted as a veteran, Jan. i, 1864, served to the end of the rebellion and was honorably discharged, July 17, 1865. He was married to Florence Skinner, and has five children, DAVID o., ANNIE E., WILLIAM T., JAMES o. and MINNIE o., and live in Chatham township. MARIA E. married Charles T. Dodd, has one child, WARREN L., and lives in Loami township. ZACHARY T., NOAH L., GEORGE W., WILLIAM D. and ULYSSES TECUMSEH live with their parents in Loami township, north of Lick creek. David Greening remembers that during the winter of the " deep snow " the deer would assemble in the rush flats in Buffalo Hart Grove, beat the snow down, and secure sufficient food to sustain life. He saw twenty-five or thirty deer in an open space with the snow banked up fifteen or twenty feet around them. It had driftecl in that form. The crust was of sufficient strength to bear a man, and they could walk to the brink and look down. Dogs that ventured in were soon killed, and even wolves fared no better, except that some of them burrowed out, in order to escape from the enraged deer.

ABIGAIL, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to A. J. Sweet, had three children, and Mr. Sweet died. She married Levi Church, has four children, and resides at Waverly.

JOHN W., born Sept. 17, 1833, in Sangamon county, married Mahala A. Neal, and have two children. CHARLES W. lives with his parents. CAROLINE married George W. Neal. See his name. John W. Greening enlisted August 9,

1862, in Co. B, 3oth 111. Inf., for three years, was forty-seven days under fire at the siege of Vicksburg, was with Sherman in his march to the sea, served full term, and

1863, to Margaret C. Darneille. They have four children, MARY E., JAMES F., EMMA MAY, HARVEY E. and LAURA EDITH, and live at the homestead settled by his parents in 1831. It is in Loami township.

Thomas A. Greening kept a store for several years where his son, James M., now lives. His goods were all hauled from St. Louis and Alton. He would send teams down loaded with produce, which was exchanged for goods and hauled back. There was no competition nearer than Springfield.

Greening, John

parents, moved, in 1808, to Clark county, Ky. He was married in Bracken county, May 26, 1831, to Elizabeth G. Rose, who was born Sept. 6, 1814, in that county. They had one child in Kentucky, and moved, in the fall of 1834, to Hamilton county, Ind., where they had one living child, and the family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Oct., 1839, on German Prairie, northeast of Springfield, where they had two children, and in Feb., . 1844, moved to Buffalo Hart Grove, where they had four children. Of their eight children -

GERSHOM A""., born May 31, 1841, near Springfield, enlisted July 25, 1862, in Co. I, ii4th 111. Inf., for three years, served full term, and was honorably discharged Aug. 8, 1865, was forty-seven days under fire at the siege and capture of Vicksburg, was with Gen. Thomas at the battle of Nashville, and was at the siege and capture of Mobile, and now - 1874 - lives with his brother Zachary T.

ZACHARY T., born Aug. 3, 1846, in Sangamon county, married Dec. 27, 1871, to Mary Elder. They' have one child, GEORGIE, and live two miles south of Buffalo Hart station.

Green A Walt Jacob

GREEN A WALT JACOB, was born Oct. 27, 1804, in Hardin county, Ky. Mary Bradley was born Aug. 4, 1810, in Larue county, Ky. They were there married, Jan. 29, 1827, and had two children in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Oct., 1830, in what is now Ball township, and the next year moved to Putnam county. The Black Hawk Indian war breaking out, he returned to Sangamon county. After the capture of Black Hawk, he went back to Putnam, but sold out there, and returned to Sangamon in 1836. They had six children in Illinois. Of their children -

JOHN W., born July 23, 1830, married in Sangamon county to Elizabeth A. McAtee. They have four children, JAMES H., SMITH, JOHN T. and LUNETTA F., and live in Cotton Hill township, four and one-half miles north of Pawnee.

SARAH E., born Feb. 24, 1836, in Illinois, married in Sangamon county to Wm. A. Penn, moved to Texas in 1853, aud he was killed at the battle of Pea Ridge. His widow married Mr. McCann, and lives in Texas.

WM. JASPER, born Oct. 14, 1839, in Sangamon county, married Mrs. Elizabeth Hayden, whose maiden name was Vancil. He died, leaving a widow and one child. The widow married Absolom Scott, who died, and she lives in Piatt county with her children.

Jacob Greenawalt died Feb. 24, 1863, in Cotton Hill township. Mrs. Mary Greenawait married Michael Fay, and live in Cotton Hill township. See Bradley family in the Omissions.

Greenawalt, Thomas

GREENAWALT, THOMAS B,, was born in 1816 or '17, in Hardin county, Ky., and came with his brother Jacob to Sangamon county, in 1830. David B. and Lewis B. are younger brothers to Thomas B. and Jacob, but have not been in the county sufficient time to be included as "early settlers.,' Thomas B. married in Sangamon county to Mary E. Gatton. They had four living children in Sangamon county, namely:

WILLIAM R., born July 25, 1841, married Mary E. Burtle. They have five children, THOMAS B., JAMES F., MINNIE E., LAURA R., and JOHN E., and live two miles southeast of Pawnee.

GREENSLATE, JOHN, vas born Nov. 18, 1801, near Lexington, Ky., and raised in Greenup county. He was married June 8, 1826, in Portsmouth, O., to Sarah M. Oliver, who was born Feb. 18, 1808, in Lewis county, Ky. They made their home in Greenup county until they had four children, and moved to Louisville, Ky., thence to Alton, 111., and from there to Sangamon county, arriving in May, 1836, four miles northeast of Springfield, where four children were born; two died, each in their eighth year. Of the other six children -

GEORGE, born Sept. 8, 1827, in Greenup county, brought up in Sangamon county, and married in Logan county to Mary J. Iden. They had four children, and he enlisted in 1862, for three years, in the n6th 111. Inf., at Lincoln, and died at Jackson, Tenn., Dec. 8, 1862. His widow married James Broughton,and lives near Mt. Pulaski.

LUCINDA M., born June 12, 1830, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Jackson Kelly, had two children, and Mr. K. died. She then married John Napier, and lives near Camp Butler.

MART J., born April 17, 1832, in Kentucky, married William Scroggins, had three children, and Mr. S. died. She married Benj. Baker, has five children, and lives in Logan county.

JAMES C, born April n, 1842,511 Sangamon county, enlisted in 1861, for three years, in the $2cl 111. Inf., at Springfield, and was killed in battle, April 6, 1862, at Pitsburg Landing, Tenn.

GREEN, GEORGE M., born Dec. 25, 1809, in Prince William county, Va. He was married Dec. 26, 1833, in Loudon county, to Mary Miller. They had two children, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Oct. 2, 1839, near Mechanicsburg, and May 9, 1840, moved south of the Sangamon river into what is now Rochester township, where two children were born. Of their four children -

W., George W., Minnie V.

ANN N., born Sept. 16, 1836, in Loudon county, Va., married Feb. 21, 1856, in Sangamon county, to William H. Rhodes. She died, Sept. 17, 1870, leaving six children, JOHN D., CHARLES W., GEORGE W., MINNIE V., HARRIET E. and MARY O. They live with their father near Rochester.

GEORGE H., born March 5, 1844, in Sangamon county, married in the same county, Dec. 24, 1869, to Catharine Hughes. They have two children, and reside near Coon Creek PostofHce, Barton county, Mo.

W., Mart E., Ida E., Robert

Mrs. Mary Green died Aug. 3, 1848, in her native county of Loudon, where she had gone hoping to improve her health. George M. Green was married Jan. 3, 1849, in Sangamon county, to Harriet Sattlev. They have eight children - 'EMIL T F., ED WARD F., JOHN W., MART E., IDA E., ROBERT W., LE WIS M., and JESSIE L.

Mrs. Margaret Green, mother of George M., John, James and William, came to Sangamon county, with her four sons, in the fall of 1839. Her husband, Rolla Green, and her second son, Sumner, having died in Virginia. She died in Sangamon county, at the house of her son George M.

GREEN, JOHN, born in Loudon county, Va., came to Sangamon county in 1839, with his mother and brothers, and after a few years stay went to the \Vis-

GREEN, JAMES, was born Oct. 9, 1830, in Loudon county, Va., and brought by his mother to Sangamon county, in 1839. He was married in Sangamon county, Feb. 18, 1858, to Caroline Horning, who was born Oct. 29, 1836, in Baden, Germany, and came to Sangamon county in 1857. They have five children in Sangamon county, namely -

GREEN, WILLIAM, born in Loudon county, Va., was brought by his mother to Sangamon county, in 1839, is unmarried, and lives east of Rochester.

GREEN, GEORGE, was born about 1 800, in Lexington, Ky. He was married in Kentucky to Nancy Danley, and had three children there. They moved to Sangamon county, 111., about 1830, and settled in what is now Clear Lake township, where they had four living children. Of their seven children -

ELIZABE7^H, born in Kentucky, came with her parents to Sangamon county, went to Missouri on a visit, and was there married to William Lee, and died there, leaving several children.

MELINDA A., born in Sangamon ' county, married Cyrus Sponsler. She died Sept. 9, 1860, in Sangamon county, leaving one child, ALICE, who resides with her father, in Iowa.

GEORGE W., born in Sangamon county, married Lydia Turner, in Macon county. Mr. Green died March 5, 1874, leaving a widow and ten children at Harristown. G. W. Green was a soldier in the loth 111. Cav.

MART S., born Oct. 6, 1839, in Sangamon county, married Sept. 2, 1860, at the residence of Rev. Albert Hale, in Springfield, to Henry P. Hankins, who was born Oct. 31, 1831, in Mercer county, N. J. They had four children. AMELIA T. and IDA MAY died in infancy.

HENRY T. died Nov. 4, 1871, in his ninth year. IRVIN T. resides with his parents at Illiopolis. Mr. Hankins is a manufacturer of and dealer in cabinet furniture.

Mrs. Nancy Green died Oct. 9, 1839, and George Green died Nov. 17, 1862, both in Sangamon county. George Green was a soldier in the Black Hawk war.

GREEN, JOSIAH, was born in 1800, in South Carolina. Rebecca Long was born in South Carolina also. The father of each of them were Baptist preachers. Josiah Green and Rebecca Long were married in Kentucky. They had six children there, and the family moved to Sangamon county, arriving in 1828, in what is now Mechanicsburg township, where five children were born. Of their ten children -

JOHN L., born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, July 28, 1848, to Martha D. Giger. He was a traveling preacher in the M. E. Church for seven years, and died Feb., 1850. His widow married Lewis Eyman. See Giger family.

WILLIAM H., born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Sarah E. Burch. They have one living child, LULU, and reside at Kearney Junction, Nebraska.

LEANDER, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, Nov. 5, 1852,10 Mary E. Baker. They have two living children. Mr. Green served three years as Lieutenant and Quartermaster in the 4ist 111. Inf., and now resides at Medoc, Missouri.

SO WEL M., born in Sangamon county, spent several years in California, returned, and was married in Sangamon county to Eliza Keller. She died June u, 1864, leaving one child. Mr. Green was married in 1867 to Mary Powell. They have three children, and live in Sullivan, Moultrie county.

MARTHA A., born August 9, 1835, in Sangamon county, married at Mechanicsburg, Jan. 9, 1856, to Samuel K. Skeen, who was born Dec. 31, 1828, in Rockbridge county, Va. They have four children, namely: ARABELLA, born Feb. 24, 1857, married Dec. 28, 1873, to Samuel Hearing, a native of Reading, Pennsylvania. They live in Springfield. ELLA M., ROLVIN B. and JENNIE MAUD reside with their parents, at Illiopolis. Mr. Skeen is Station and Express Agent of the T., W. and W. R. R. at that place.

FRANCIS M., born May, 1839, in Sangamon county, married in Moultrie county to Caroline Steutsman, and she died in 1860. He enlisted in 1861 in the 7th 111. Inf., for three years; served full term. He then raised Co. I, 415! 111. Inf., .was commissioned ist Lieutenant, and promoted to Captain. Served to the end of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged. He was married Sept., 1865, in Smithland, Ky., to Hannah Richardson. They have four children, and his family reside near Hutchison, Kan.

Mrs. Rebecca Green died Aug. n, and Mr. Green married March, 1848, to Mrs. Eliza Smith, whose maiden name was Burch. She died, and Josiah Green died August ir, 1855, all in Sangamon county.

GREGORY, GEORGE, was born Jan. 7, 1808, at Ripley, Derbyshire, England. Sarah Knowles was born Sept. 15, 1 8 10, at Brackenfield, and they were married, June 6, 1830, at Matlack, all in Derbyshire. They had one child at Brackenfield, and Mr. Gregory came to America alone, landing at Philadelphia, in March, 1832. After about fourteen months spent in building steam engines, he returned to England, to learn that his family had already sailed for America. He came back at once to Philadelphia. They had two children in Chester county, Penn., and came to Sangamon county, 111., arriving late in the fall of 1836, at Springfield, where they had one living child, and the family moved to a farm he had previously purchased, five miles west of Springfield, and north of Spring creek, where they had six living children. Of the ten children -

GEORGE, ]nn., born Feb. 2, 1832, at Breckenfield, Derbyshire, England, was killed Jan. i, 1842, by a horse running away with him while he was riding from Springfield to the farm.

ISAAC, born Nov. 6, 1834,511 Pennsylvania, was married in Sangamon county, in 1856, to Susan Ray. They had four children, SAMUEL, ISAAC and THOMAS, twins, and ALBERT. Mrs. Susan Gregory died, and Isaac Gregory married Delia V. Moore. They have one child, FANNIE, and live near Macon, Macon county, 111.

SAMUEL, born Sept. 30, 1836, in Pennsylvania, married in Sangamon county to Harriet Wardaugh. They had two children, and Mrs. Harriet G. died. Mr. Gregory was killed, Jan. n, 1868, by being thrown from a horse, in Macon county. His two children, SARAH and EMMA, live with their grandfather Gregory-

ELIZABETH, born Jan. 25, 1844, in Sangamon county, married April 26, 1862, to William Day, a native of Louisiana. They have three children, EDWARD, ORLAND and SUSAN, and live with her parents.

MART, born April 25,1848, in Sangamon county, married Benjamin Wallace. They have two children, GRACIE and STELLA, and live in Keokuk, Iowa.

George Gregory commenced work in Philadelphia, in the machine shops belonging to the State of Pennsylvania, in connection with the first railroad built in that State, which is now the Pennsylvania Central Railroad. He assisted to remove the first five locomotives that came from England, from the ships, and put them to work on the road in 1832. The people were afraid of the engines, and when the first eighty-two miles . were built, from Philadelphia to Columbia, the passenger trains were run by horses; locomotives being used to draw the freight trains only. Parties interested in stage lines, taking advantage of the general distrust, caused placards to be published, with cuts representing the blowing up of locomotives, with the air full of legs and arms of human beings. Mr. Gregory remembers that a stage overturned, and killed foui passengers, between Lancaster and Harrisburg. They were members of the Legislature, and their bodies were put on board a freight train, at Lancaster, and taken back to Philadelphia for interment. Mr. Gregory grimly remarked that they were the first passengers ever drawn by a locomotive over that road.

After working three years in connection with that road, rather than submit to a reduction of his wages, from $80 per month, Mr. Gregory came to Springfield, in 1836, and engaged in blacksmithing on his own account, running six fires. He was afterwards induced to take charge of the engines on the Northern Cross, now part of the Toledo, Wabash & Western railroad. He ran the roud for about three years, and in the capacity of engineer, with T. M. Averitt as fireman, ran a locomotive from Jacksonville to Springfield, arriving Feb. 15, 1842, being the first railroad engine that ever entered the Capitol of the State of Illinois. Mr. Gregory long since abandoned railroading, and has for many years been a successful farmer. He resides five miles west of Springfield.

GREGORY, JAMES, was born about 1784, in New York City, and was married to Mrs. Abigail Johnson, whose maiden name was Carter. She had six children by her first husband. JOEL JOHNSON, of the Revere House in Springfield, is the only one of them that ever came to Sangamon county. See his name. Mr. and Mrs. Gregory had four children in New York, and in 1819 or 20, moved to Gallatin county, 111., and from there to Sangamon county, arriving Dec. 31, 1824, in what is now Rochester township. Of their four children -

DELIA ANN, born Sept., 1808, in New York, married in Gallatin county to Nelson Alley. They moved .to Sangamon county in 1829, had five children,

CLARA ANN, born April 2, 1810, in New York, married in Sangamon county to Henry C. Stafford. See his name. He died, and she married David Crouch. See his name.

WILLIAM, born Oct. 12, 1812, in New York, married in 1837, in Sangamon county, to Martha Asbury, had four children, and he died March 8, 18=55, near Rochester. His family moved to Missouri.

GROESBECK, CORNELIUS, was born March i, 1817, in Renssellaer county, N. Y. He was there married, Feb. 14, 1838, to Rebecca Brown, who was born Jan. 13, 1817, in New York also. They moved to Springfield, 111., arriving Oct. 25, 1839, had three living children in Springfield, namely :

Mr. Groesbeck has three brothers who were early settlers in Sangamon county. Nicholas and Stephen live in Utah City, Utah Territory, and Jacob lives in Missoui'i.

GROVE, JOHN R., was born August 28, 1805, in Montgomery county, Ky. Maria L. Grooms was born Feb. n, 1812, in the same county. They were married in Mt. Sterling, Ky., Feb. 14,

1832, and had two children in Bath county. The family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving late in 1835, in what is now the northeast corner of Chatham township, where they had two children. Of their four children -

SARAH* B., born Jan. 11, 1835, in Bath county. Ky., married in Sangamon county to William O. Jones. They had five children: CHARLES L., FRED- .ERICK O., MARIA L., ALBERT

LOUISA y., born April 17, 1837, in Sangamon county, married about 1860, in Decatur, to Noah Matkin. They had two children, OTTO and JOHN. Mr. Matkin died in 1868, and his family reside in Greencastle, Ind.

GROVE, HENRY, born Oct. 20, 1784, at Ephrata, Lancaster county, Penn. His father, Jacob Grove, moved to Dauphin county, Penn., nine miles east of Harrisburg, about the year 1800. The ancestors of this family came from Germany and settled at Ephrata, Lancaster county, Penn., about 1725. They spelled * their name Graff, and were seventh day Baptists. As early as 1728, there was a church of that order established at the aforesaid place, as the church records still show. There are deeds of land at Ephrata, bought by Abraham Graff, dated 1760. lie had five children, and died in Lancaster county in 1 788. His son Jacob, born in 17515 wrote his name Groff, and there are many of his descendants still living in Lancaster county, Penn., who adhere to that spelling. He married Nancy Kneisley, of Ephrata, about 1780, They had sixteen children, one of whom was Henry, the subject of this sketch. He spelled his name Grove, and the change to Groves has since been made. Henry Grove was married in Hummelstown, Dauphin. county, Penn., June 7, 1808, to Eve Hammaker, who was born Jan. 9, 1791, in that county. They had twelve living children there. He and his family moved to .Springfield, 111., arriving Nov. i, 1836, and in March, 1837, moved into what is now Williams township. Of their twelve children -

ADAM, born March 16, 1809, in Pennsylvania, was married at Xenia, Ohio, to Sarah A. T. Horn, and came to Springfield, 111., in 1830, preceding his father six years. They had seven children, and Mr. G. died at Athens, 111., in 1851. His widow married John England. See his name. One only of Adam Groves' children reside in Sangamon county, viz - JOHN H., born in 1837, in Springfield, is unmarried, and resides at Williamsville.

JA COB, born in 1811, in Pennsylvania, was married about 1847, 'n Harrisburg, Penn., to Barbara Phillips. They came to Sangamon county, where they had one living child, LYDIA A. She married Robert McClelland, Jun. See his name. Jacob Groves died about April, 1865, and his widow died in the autumn of 1870.

JOHN,\)orn Feb. 27, 1817, in Dauphin county, Penn., was married Nov. 9, 1865, at Williamsville, to Pauline Keck, who was born in 1843. They have two children, HENRY C. and BARBARA C., and live at Elkhart, Logan county, 111.

HENRY, born in 1819, in Pennsylvania, married Feb., 1844, to Sarah Fleming, of Scott county, 111., and died in June, 1844, leaving a widow without children.

ELIZA, born Dec. 27, 1820, in Pennsylvania, was married Dec. 23, 1847, 'n Sangamon county, to Andrew Lester. Mr. Lester died in 18^9, and his widow died in 1866, both in Williamsville.

GEORGE, born Sept. 22, 1822, in Hummelstown, Penn., was married Nov. 26, 1844, in Fancy Creek township, Sangamon county, to Jane Brown, who was born April 29, 1826. They had six living children: JAMES H., born Oct. 8, 1847, was married March, 1871, in Williamsville, to Mary A. Constant, daughter of G. W. "Constant. See his name. They have one child, FRANK, and live near Williamsville. JOHN W., born June 13, 1849, was married in Williamsville, Dec. 24, 1875, to Isabel J. Shick. They live in Chicago. GEORGE A., born April 19, 1851, lives in Williamsville, 111. ISAAC F., MARY E. and EDWIN L. reside with their parents, in Chicago, 111.

SARAH, born Jan. i, 1828, in Penn., was married in Sangamon county, Aug. 12, 1849, to James Lester. They had ten living children - HENRIETTA, MATTIE, the latter was married, in 1872, to Edward Van meter. See his name. BARBARA A., ANDREW J.. GEORGE W., CLARA B., LYDIA A., JAMES N., WALTER S. and ELMER G. James Lester and family reside one mile northeast of Williamsville.

ISAAC, born Jan. 25, 1830, at Harrisburg, Penn., was married June 5, 1851, in Sangamon county, to Lucinda Alexander, daughter of Henry Alexander. They had six children, three of whom died young.1 SUSANNAH, born May 31, 1854, was married Feb., 1872, in Williamsville, to John McClelland. They have two living children, and reside near Williamsville. HENRY A. and ISAAC N. live with their parents, at Chicago, Illinois.

AFFINDA, born July 28, 1833, in Pennsylvania, was married Oct., 1861, in Sangamon county, to Alanson Albright. They have seven children, SUSAN, GEORGE, CHARLES, CATHARINE, FREDERICK, AARON and MARY, and live near Rosevjlle, Vermilion county, 111.

GRUBB, SAMUEL, was born July 23, 1819, in London county, Va. He went to Catawba, Clarke county, Ohio, in 1838, and to Sangamon county 111., in the fall of 1839. After one or two visits back to Virginia, and three years spent in California, Samuel Grubb was married Nov. 19, 1853, in Rochester, to Adaline E. Lock. They have eight living children -

Samuel C., Jessie A.

SAMUEL C., JESSIE A., RACHEL J., ALBERT C., WILLIAM O., OSCAR B., C ROM ARTIE J. and JOHN TRACT, and reside two miles northeast of Rochester.

GRUBB, SAMUEL, born May 1 6, 1794, in Chester county, Penn., was married in Perry .county, Penn., to Ann Rogers, who was born about 1798 in the same State. They had six living children there, and moved to Madison county, 111., in 1836, and to Springfield, May 10, 1838. Of their children -

HENRT B., born July 31, 1820, was married in Sangamon county, July 3, 1850, to Sarah A. Constant, daughter of Rezin H. Constant. They had six living children: WILLIAM R., AMANDA P., ROBERT, GEORGE and HARLAN R. H. B. Grubb is a bridge builder, and resides in Springfield.

RICHARD R., born Jan. 31, 1824, was married in Springfield, May 13, 1852, to Catharine Hawker. She died Dec. 2. 1852, and he was married May 8, 1854, in Sangamon county, to Matilda Rusk, a daughter of Benj. F. Rusk. Richard R. Grubb died Jan. 28, 1862, and his widow died March 30, 1871, leaving one child, MARGARET J., who lives with her aunt, Jane Beam.

SAMUEL, was married April 27, 1855, in Springfield, to Elizabeth Drennan. They had two living children, namely: SAMUEL, is a clerk in the Postoffice in Springfield. FLORA lives with her mother. Samuel Grubb died Dec. 3, 1873, and his widow and children reside in Springfield, 111.

MART A., born April 16, 1834, was married about 1854, in Springfield, to Willis H. Whitehurst, a native of Kentucky. They had one child, WILLIAM H., who is a railroader, and lives in Rock Island.

Mrs. Ann Grubb died July 14, 1873, in Springfield, 111. Samuel Grubb was a Fife Major in the war of 1812. He built many bridges in Sangamon and adjoining counties, and had the reputation of being a skillful workman. He died August 26, 1875, m Springfield, Illinois.

EXPLANATION: - For the convenience of those consulting this volume, the explanation is again inserted, .by which it may be known what generation of a family any person belongs to, by the kind of type used in printing his or her name. Original earlv settlers or heads of families are in LARGE LETTERS; second generation, ITALIC CAPITALS; third, in CAPITALS; fourth, in SMALL CAPITALS; fifth, in Italics.

was born July 4, 1795, in Russell county, Va. His parents soon after moved to Allen county, Ky. He was married in that county, Oct. 12, 1815, to Myrah Gatewood, who was born June 9, 1797' m Alabama, and partly raised in Georgia. They had two children in Allen, and moved to Barren county, where five children were born, thence to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Oct. 22, 1829, in what is now Cotton Hill township, where they had three children. Of their ten children -

JOHN G., born Jan. 5, 1818, in Allen county, Ky., was married in Springfield, Feb. 20, 1840, to Mary A. Palmer, who was born March 5, 1820, in "East St. Louis. Her parents came from Oswego, N. Y. She was educated at Rock Spring Seminary, 111., and came to Springfield in Jan., 1835. They had eight children, five of whom died under five years of age. HESTER A., born July 29, 1841, was married May 22, 1859, to A. J. Maxfield, who was born July 29, 1837, at Cambridge, Ohio. They have two living children, WILLIAM o. and VIRGINIA T., and live in Cotton Hill township. DOCIA C., born April 15, 1843, was marrie(l Oct. 6, 1866, to John R. Moore. She died Jan. 8, 1873. MARTHA J., born Jan. 15, 1854, was married June 12, 1873, to A. B. Allen, and live at Roodhouse. Mrs. Mary A. Haines died Jan. 31, 1874, and John G. Haines was married, Sept. 7, 1874, to Eliza P. Criteser. They have one child, WINFORD i. J. G. Haines enisted in Springfield, 111., April, 1861, in the

7th 111. Inf., for three months, and was discharged at Paducah, Ky., re-enlisted in 2nd 111. Art., served one year and one day. He and his family live in Cotton Hill township, ten miles southeast of Springfield. He has served eight years as Justice of the peace.

SAMUEL, born July 5, 1820, in Barren county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county, 111., May 10, 1842, to Mrs. Matilda J. Stout, whose maiden name was Willian. They had six children; two died in infancy. THOMAS M. died August 28, 1868, in the twentieth year of his age. He was a member of the High school in Springfield at the time. SAMUEL G. died in his fifth year. MARY P. and SARAH V. reside with their parents, in Springfield, Illinois.