Sangamon County, Illinois - The whole text, 1876 (part 14 of 31)

MARIA, born Sept. 2, 1822, in Barren county, Ky., was married Jan. 8, 1840, in Sangamon county, 111., to Eri Darwin. She died May 4, 1841, leaving one child, LAURA, who has been twice married, and is now the wife of James Masterson. They live in Washington Territory, and have four children.

FLETCHER born Nov. 5, 1824, in Barren county, Ky., was a soldier in the Mexican war from Sangamon county, under Col. E. D. Baker. He married Lucinda J. Hatler, who died, leaving one child, JAMES WM., who married Susan Kessler, and lives in Taylorville. Mr. F. Haines married Lydia Anderson. They have five children, MILLARD F., ELIZABETH, MARY J., EDITH and SHERMAN, and live near Taylorville.

E., Benettie L., Margaret

JAMES M., born Nov. 23, 1826, in Barren county, Ky., brought up in Sangamon county, was married May 24, 1853, in Christian county, 111., to Mira O. Ricks, who was born Oct. 31, 1835, in Trigg county, Ky. They had six living children in Sangamon county, 111. ALICE E., BENETTIE L., MARGARET E., ULYSSES G., IDA M. and ARTHUR G. reside with their parents, at the homestead settled by Mr. Haines' parents in 1830, in Cotton Hill township, at the Junction of Horse creek and the South Fork timber, ten miles southeast of Springfield, near New City, 111.

D&CIA, born June, 1829, in Barren county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county, 111., to John B. Ricks, who was born Nov. 14, 1831, in Trigg county, Ky.

They have five children: JAMES B., born Dec. 25, 1852, was married Dec. 23, 1872, in Bloomington, to Pammie L. Geltmacher. They have one child, and live in Taylorville. He is a lawyer, and engaged in practice there. HENRIETTA L, LAURA B., MARGARET E. and QUINTUS A. reside with their parents in Taylorville. John B. Ricks has served one term or more as sheriff of Christian county, was a representative of that county in the legislature of 1867, and aided in enacting the law for building the present State House, and is now - 1876 - clerk of the circuit court of Christian county.

FRANCIS A., born March 22, 1832, in Sangamon county, went to Oregon in 1852, returned in 1859, and was married, Jan. 17, 1859, at Princeton, Bureau county, 111., to Zerilcla A. Britt, and now - 1876 - live at New City, Sangamon county, 111.

BENJAMIN K., born Aug. 20, 1834, in Sangamon county, enlisted April 1 8, 1861, for three months, in Co. G, 7th 111. Inf., served until July 25, 1861, enlisted in the 2d 111. Art., for three years, served full term, re-enlisted as a veteran, and served to the end of the rebellion, in 1865, when he was honorably discharged. He was married, June 9, 1873, to Nancy J. Haines, and lives near Palmer, Christian county.

WILLIAM P., born Oct. 23, 1839, in Sangamon county, was married, May 17, 1858, to Burrilla Ashford, who was born March 8, 1840, in Allen county, Ky. Mr. Haines enlisted April 18, 1861, in Co. G, 7th 111. Inf., for three months, served until July 5, 1861, when he was discharged for physical disability. Mr. and Mrs. Haines had three children, THOMAS E., the eldest, died in his fourth year. LENA L., the youngest, died in infancy. ETTA FRANCES, born Aug. 24, 1864, lives with her parents in Springfield, 111.

Halbert, Dr, James

HALBERT, DR, JAMES, was born Aug. 19, 17855 m Essex county, near Port Royal, Va. Nancy Reynolds was born in the same county, and they were married there Dec. 24, 1816. They had six children and moved to Ross county, near Chillicothe, Ohio, about 1831, where one child was born. Mrs. Nancy Halbert died there in Nov., 1834.- The family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving at Springfield in the fall of 1839, and a few weeks later settled in what is now Clear Lake township. Of their eight children -

MART L., born Nov. 15, 1817, in Essex county, Va., married March 31, 1836, in Ohio, to Eli Harbert, who was born Aug. n, 1811, and moved at once to the vicinity of West Point, Tippecanoe county, Ind., where two children were born, and Mr. Harbert died there Nov. 29,

1839. The widow came with her two children to the house of her father, in Sangamon county, in Jan., 1840, where one child was born. Of her three children - SAMUEL M., born May 31, 1837, near West Point, Tippecanoe county, Ind., married in Sangamon county, Dec. 25, 1862, to Serilda Miller, who was born Feb. 14, 1844, in Sangamon county. They have two living children, JOHN and ANNA, and live four miles northwest of Illiopolis. NANCY R., born Sept. n, 1838, near West Point, Tippecanoe county, Ind., married in Sangamon county, Sept. 14, 1858, to Amariah D. Gilbert, who was born April 10, 1828, in Portage county, Ohio. They have three children, ELI j., OLUE M. and FANNIE j. Mr. Gilbert was appointed, April i, 1869, Postmaster at Illiopolis, and continues to hold the office - 1876. ELI C., born Feb. 3,

1840, in Sangamon county, after the death of his father. He enlisted July 25, 1862, in Co. I, H4th 111. Inf., was captured after the battle of Guntown, Miss., June, 1864, and spent six months in Andersonville prison. After that he was in other prisons, and was honorably discharged Aug. 3, 1865. He was married in Sangamon county, Sept. 21, 1870, to Mary E. Griggs, who was born March n, 1849, at Leroy, 111. They have two children, MINNIE PEARL and HENRY OTIS, and live four miles northwest of Illiopolis. Mrs. Mary Harbert was married in Sangamon county to Rezin H. Constant. See his name. She died May 18, 1863.

ALEXANDER S., born June 15, 1830, in Essex county, Va., came with his father to Sangamon county, was educated at Illinois College, in Jacksonville, graduated at Jefferson Medical College, N. Y., and was^married, May 8, 1855, to Marv E. Latham. Dr. A. S. Halbert died Feb. n, 1859, leaving one child, KATIE TODD. His widow and child reside with her mother on seventh street, Springfield.

Dr. James Halbert died Nov. 5, 1858, in Sangamon county. He was a regularly ordained minister in the Baptist church. Dr. Halbert was among the first to introduce sheep raising into Sangamon county, and was the first in Clear Lake township. He was a man of great energy, strong intellectual abilities, and great originality of mind.

HALE, ALBERT, was born Nov. 29, 1799, in Glastenbury, Hartford county, Conn. At the age of fourteen years he became a clerk in a store in Wethersfield, Conn., remaining eight years. During that time he embraced religion. He attended Yale College, and graduated there in 1827, and then commenced studying for the ministry. He next became an agent of the American Tract Society, spending one and a half years in South Carolina, Florida and Georgia, part of the time in Sunday school work among the "Sand hills" of the latter State. He returned , to Yale, was licensed and ordained to preach in 1830, by the New Havan Association East - Congregational. After preaching a few months in the vicinity of Boston, making his home in the family of Rev. Dr. Lyman Beecher, he came west, landing at Shawneetown, 111., Nov. 11, 1831, remained there a few weeks, and went to Greenville, Bond county, and made his home in the McCord settlement, where he labored half the time and spent the other hal" traveling over the State, doing the work of an evangelist, for about eight years. During that time he visited Springfield a few times. He received a call from the Second Presbyterian Church, to become its pastor, and accepting the call, he came and entered upon its duties in 1839. Rev. Albert Hale was married April, 1839, at what is now Godrey, Madison county, 111., to Abiah Chapin, a teacher in Monticello Female Seminary at that place. They had three children, all born in Springfield.

ALBERT F., born Oct. 2, 1844, in Springfield, graduated at Yale College in 1866, studied theology, and was licensed and ordained to preach by Springfield Presbytery in 1871.

Mrs. Abiah Hale died Jan., 1865, in Springfield. Rev. Albert Hale was pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church in Springfield for twenty-seven years, until 1866, when, in consequence of the infirmities of age, he resigned. He continues to preach, both in city and county, as his strength will permit, and resides in Springfield.

25, 1799, in Shelby county, near Shelby - ville, Ky. David Hall and Juliet Owen were there married, Dec. 23, 1823. They had six children in Shelby county, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Sept. 23. 1834, at Mechanicsburg, and soon after settled about four miles further west, in the same township, where five children were born. Of their eleven children -

Georgia E., Charlie B., Ed

DA VID S., born Jan. 9, 1830, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, March 15, 1855, to Elizabeth J. Fullinwider. They had five children. The second, ADA G., died in her second year. GEORGIA E., CHARLIE B., ED-

WILLIAM, born Dec. 22, 1831, in Kentucky, married Sept. 30, 1856, in Sangamon county, to Sarah A. Mantle. They had one child, EVA MAY, who died at seven years of age. Mrs. Sarah A. Hall died in March, 1863, and William Hall was married June 13, 1871, in Shelby county, Ky., to Fannie Saunders, a native of that county. He is a merchant in Mechanicsburg, and resides there.

county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, March 13, 1862, to Rachel A. Mantle, who was born Nov. 3, 1838, in Fayette county, Ohio. They have one child, CARRIE MAY, and reside in Mechanicsburg. Mr. Hall is a merchant there.

PRESTON, born Feb. 7, 1838, in Sangamon county, married March 12, 1867, at Mt. Sterling, Ky., to' Sarah L. Davis, who was born there, August 28, 1840. They had four children, OWEN D., ELIZA E., HARRISON P. and ARVIL C. Mrs. Sarah L. Hall died in 1875, and Preston Hall lives near Mechanicsburg.

HENRT H., born Dec. 13, 1840,' in Sangamon county, studied at the Hahneman Medical College, Chicago, and is a practicing physician at Pana. - 1874.

HATTIE E., born April 12, 1844, in Sangamon county, married May 10, 1870, to John C. O'Conner. They had one child that died in infancy in 1872. J. C. O'Conner was born Feb. 16, 1845, at Fredonia, Licking county, Ohio. He enlisted August 4, 1862, for three years, in Co. C, 1 24th 111. Inf.. at Cairip Butler. In August, 1863, he was detailed to take charge of the regimental medical stores, and was detailed in April, 1865, as Medical dispenser for Post Hospital, at Montgomery, Ala. He was mustered out with his regiment at Chicago, in Sept., 1865. He studied medicine at Ann Arbor, Mich., in 1867 and '8, and is now a druggist at Buffalo.

Hall, Benj. Logan

HALL, BENJ. LOGAN, brother to David Hall, was born Jan. 6, 1806, in Shelby county; Ky. He was there married Jan. 6, 1831, to Eveline Pickrell. They had one child in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in Sept., 1833, in what is now Mechanicsburg township, where ten children were born, three died young. Of their eight children -

OLIVER P., born March n, 1832, in Shelby county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, Jan. 24, 1855, to Susan M. Short, who was born Oct. 14, 1833, in Pickaway county, Ohio, and came to Sangamon county in 1846. They had six children. HARVEY E., the second child, born Oct. 7, 1857, died March 12, 1864. The other five, WILLIAM L., LEWIS B., J. LESLIE, RENA and OSCAR E., live with their parents, one and one-half miles north of Mechanics-

GEORGE W., born Feb. 19, 1836, in Sangamon county, married Jan. 14, 1859, to Eliza G. Hammitt. They had three children, and Mrs. Hall died Nov. 10, 1869. The children, MATTIE B., VIRGINIA M. and ELIZA L., live with their aunt, Mrs. Rev. H. Buck, in Decatur. Geo. W. Hall was married, Aug. 1 6, 1870, to Laura McNeill, in Mechanicsburg, and in August following, moved to Ottawa, Kansas, where Mr. Hall died Jan. 15, 1872. His widow lives in Mechanicsburg.

MARIA B, born- June 18,1838, married Nov. 1 6, 1865, to David H. Hall, who was born Jan. 19, 1828, in Shelby county, Ky. They had five children; three died young. EVELYN and FLORENCE, twins, live with their parents in Woodside township, four miles southwest of Springfield.

FRANKLIN, born Aug. 10, 1840, married Sept. 13, 1864, to Cecelia Hanks, in Sangamon county. Thev had one child, and Mrs. Hall died March 23, 1866. F. Hall and Elizabeth Hanks - sister to his first wife - were married Sept. 18, 1867, in Decatur. They have two children, and live in Taylorville.

HARD IN O., born April 2, 1849, married Oct. 18, 1870, near Mexico, Mo., to Irene Lucky. They have one child, ROBERT L., and live three miles northwest of Mechanicsburg.

Hall, Mrs. Elizabeth

HALL, MRS. ELIZABETH, whose maiden name was Foster, was born in Bedford county, Va., and married there to John Hall. They had five children in Va., and moved to Adair county, Ky., where four children were .born, and Mr. Hall died there. His widow and children moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1830, north of Spring creek, and six miles west of Springfield. Mrs. Hall was married there to Samuel Willis, and in 1844 or '5, moved to De Witt county, where Mr. Willis died. She now lives with her son,

JOEL HALL, born Feb. 19, 1821, in Adair county, Ky., came with his mother to Sangamon county in 1830. In 1841 he went to DeWitt county, and was there married to Martha Banta. They moved to Missouri, in 1856, have nine living children, and reside in Eagleville, Harrison county, Mo. Her daughter married Trulove Sparks. See his name.

Hall, Mrs. Hannah

HALL, MRS. HANNAH, whose maiden name was Cunningham, was born in 1798, in Pendleton county, Va. She was married Nov. 3, 1814, in that county, to Dr. Samuel B. Hall, and they had eight children in Virginia. Dr. Hall died Oct. 16, 1827, and Mrs. Hall, with her children, moved to Sangamon county, 111, arriving Nov. 20, 1833, in what is now Chatham township, and the next year moved to what is now Loami township. Of her children -

JOHN C., born Feb. 17, 1816, in Virginia, married in Sangamon county, Feb. 20, 1840, to Susan Cutter. They had six living children. ELIZABETH married John W. Joy, who enlisted in

Co. I, 73d 111. Inf., for three years, was discharged on account of physical disability, and died in 1863. Mrs. Joy married John Brigham, has three children, and lives in Travis county, near Onion creek Postoffice, Texas. Mr. Brigham was a Union soldier also. JOHN C., Jun., enlisted in Co. B, 30th 111. Inf., March 28, 1864, for three years, and was discharged July 14, 1865, at Springfield, 111. He married Catharine Williamson. They have three children, and live near Onion creek, Texas. SETH R. served six months in the Union army, and now lives in Texas. SARAH C. married Newton Young, and lives near Loami. ADA D. and VIRGINIA D. reside with their parents, near Onion creek Postoffice, Travis county, Texas.

WILLIAM C., born May 30, 1819, in Virginia, was married in Sangamon county, April 26, 1849, to Leah Priddy. They had two children, and the parents both died. Their son, SAMUEL B., born Jan. 26, 1850, and LEE, born Oct. 25, 1851, live in Loami township.

JAMES A., born Jan. 23, 1821, in Virginia, was married in Sangamon county, 111., to Elizabeth McGinnis. They had two children, and mother and children died. Mr. Hall was married Dec. 16, 1852, to Margaret Darneille. They had eight children. ELIZABETH and VIRGINIA died under seven years. JEFFERSON died, aged eight years. The other five, LAURA, HANNAH, JOSEPH, JOHN and JAMES, live with their parents, one half mile east of Loami.

SAMUEL B., born July 18, 1824, in Virginia, brought up in Sangamon county, 111., went to California in 1849, returned to Sangamon county in 1874, is unmarried, and lives near Loami.

Mrs. Hannah Hall was married May i, 1835, to Adam Trumbo. See his name. He died, and she died at the house of her son, James A. Hall, Jan. 30, 1872.

John Cunningham, the father of Mrs. Hannah Hall, was a native of Hardy county, Va. He came with Mrs. Hall, in 1833, to Sangamon county, and died a few years later, near Loami.

HALL, HENRY, was born in 1774, near Hagerstown, Md., and married in London county, Va., to Sally Harper, who was born about 1783. They had five children in Pittsylvania county, Va., and in 1816, the family moved to Martin county, Ind., where three children were born, thence to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Oct., 1828, in what is now Loami township. Of their eight children -

NANCY, born in 1801, in Virginia, married William Taylor, and had five children - GEORGE W., married Lucinda Turpin, have five children, and live in Christian county, 111. LOUISA married Wm. Hays, have four children, and live in Shelby county, near Mowequa. SALLY JANE married Peter Workman. See his name. NANCY married Jacob Workman. See his name. MARY married Ezekiel Preston, have five children, and live in Mowequa, 111. Wm. Taylor died Aug., 1830, and his widow married David Hays, had four children, and live in Christian county, near Mowequa.

AARON, born Dec. 25, 1802, in Virginia, married Feb. 10, 1825, to Nancy Hays, in Indiana, had two children there, and came with his father to Sangamon county, in 1828, where they had eight children. Of their children - PRISCILLA A., born Sept. 21, 1825, married Henry Jacobs. See his name. ELIZA J., born Sept. 20, 1827, married William Hays. Mr. and Mrs. Hays died, leaving three children. JEANETTE died, aged fourteen years. ELIZA JANE married Charles I. Turpin, Jun. See his name. CAROLINE K. married Dennis Turpin. See his name. ELIZABETH D. married George Jacobs, and both died, in Christian county. HENRY W., WILLIAM and ALFRED T., died under four years. AARON, Jun., born Aug. 25, 1837, in Sangamon county, married Rebecca Turpin, had five children - ELMER E. 'died young. CHARLES D., THOMP-

SON A., JAMES M. and JOSEPH E., live with their parents near Loami. NANCY married Asa Turney, and lives in Morgan county. JOHN died at two, and SUSAN at eleven years old. Aaron Hall died Dec. 13, 1851. His widow married, July 6, 1852, to Wm. L. Dodd, and live three and one-half miles south of Loami.

WASHINGTON, born May 8, 1809, in Pittsylvania county, Va., married in Sangamon county, Nov. 6, 1831 to Susannah H. Wyckoff. They had nine living children in Sangamon county. JULIA A., born April 23, 1833, married David E. Gibson. See his name. THOMAS M. died in his tenth year. JAMES WARREN, born Oct. 16, 1836, married Nov. 22, 1868, to Mary A. Dodd, who was born Dec. 13, 1842, in Bradley county, Tenn. They live four miles south of Loami. MARY J., born March 27, 1838, married Thomas Baker. See his name. SUSANNAH H. and JOHN W., twins, born Aug. 16, 1841. SUSANNAH H. married, Jan 22, 1858, to Thomas Cosser, a native of England. He went from Sangamon county to Navarro county, Texas, in Feb., 1860, and Mrs. Cosser went in September following. Mr. Cosser went into partnership with Maj. H. P. Darling, in the business of wool growing. Whilst engaged in sheep shearing, at Laredo, near Ft. Mclntosh, Webb county, Tex., in April, 1866, Mr. Cosser, a Mr. Smith and a negro boy were killed by Indians, who made a raid on them and were gone before the soldiers in the fort were aware of their presence. Mr. Darling was killed at the same time, but some miles away. Mrs. Cosser, Mrs. Smith, and a daughter of Maj. Darling, buried the bodies with their own hands. Mrs. Cosser returned to Sangamon county, and was married to Thomas Baker. See his name. JOHN W. enlisted in 1862, for three years, in Co. I, 73d 111. Inf., served full time and was honorably discharged. He was married in Oct., 1873, to Nancy J. Watts. They have one child, FRANK w., and live at Charleston, 111. ALBERT T. died in his ninth year. CYRUS, born Jan. 5, half miles south of Loami, on the farm where he settled in 1832. He was the administrator of the estate of his brotherin-law, Wm. Taylor, in 1830. From that time to 1867 he administered on the estates of at least fifty of his deceased neighbors. He filled many local offices, and during the great rebellion, he three times enrolled the names of those subject to military duty in the townships of Talkington and Loami, for the United States Government.

THOMPSON, born Aug. 19, iSn, in Pittsylvania county, Va., married in Sangamon county, Jan. 17, 1839, to Eveline Jacobs. They had eight children, three died young. 'Of the other five - WILLIAM T., bo'rn Sept. 7, 1841, in Sangamon county, married Nov. 7, 1869, to Jennie Lowry, who was born May 3, 1849, in county Down, Ireland. They have two children, EVA A. and SAMUEL E., and reside four and one-half miles south of Loami. SARAH A. married Wm. G. Miller. See his name. AMANDA married James M. Joy, had two children, WARREN, died in infancy, and IDA E. lives with her parents in Loami township. MARY E. and GEORGE T. live with their parents, three and onehalf miles south of Loami.

SALLY A., born in 1821, in Indiana, married in Sangamon county to Andrew Hays, have eight children, and live in Christian county, near Mowequa.

HENRY, Jun., born in 1823, in Indiana, mnvried in Sangamon county to Erneline WyckofF, had six children, and Mrs. Hall died. Mr. Hall married Margaret .McNeely, had three children, and he died in Loami township.

HAGGARD, HARMON, was bom July 13, i79°i near Bponesboro, Clark county, Ky. Sally B. Steele was born May 26, 1804, in the same county. Their parents moved to Christian county, in the same State, where they were married, Nov. 25, 1822, and had two children there. They moved to Sangamon county, arriving in 1830, in what is now Gardner township, where they had four children. Of their six children -

ROBERT, born August 26, 1833,111 Sangamon county, married Elizabeth Ray. See Ray family. She died, and he married again and lives near Labette, Kansas.

Mrs. Sally B. Haggard died Sept. 3, 1852, and Harmon Haggard married Mrs. Sarah Humphrey, whose maiden name was Worley. He died August 28, 1874, near where he settled in 1830.

HAM, HEZEKIAH, was born Oct. i, 1807, in Nicholas county, near Carlisle, Ky. He came to Sangamon county, 111., in the fall of 1831, and was married Dec. 22, 1837, to Mary A. Arnold. They had six living children in Sangamon county, namely -

JOSEPH C. enlisted in Co. G, i4th 111. Inf., in 1861, for three years. He was mortally wounded at the battle of Pittsburg Landing, April 6, 1862, and died the next day on the battlefield.

JOHN W., born Jan. 8, 1846. He enlisted Dec. 15, 1863, in Co. G., U4th 111. Inf., for three years, served until March 7, 1865, when he was discharged on account of physical disability. He was married August 29, 1867, to Rebecca Yocom. They had two children. CHARLES E. died in his third year. WILLIAM T. lives with his mother, two miles northwest of Dawson. John Ham died in the spring of 1875.

Ham I Lton, George

HAM I LTON, GEORGE K.NOX, was born August 17, 1798, in Davidson county, Tenn. He came, in company with his father, four brothers and two sisters, to Sangamon county, arriving in the fall of 1819, and settled near what is now Bradford Station. He was married March 5, 1823, to Jane Colman. they had three children, namely -

ROBERT F., born Nov. 15, 1824, in Sangamon county, married Oct. 28, 1847, to Tabitha J. Purvines. They had ten children; two died in infancy. FRANCES A. married Abraham Weir. They have two children, NELLIE T. and FRANK MILTON, and reside one mile east of Pleasant Plains. MARY J. married Andrew Zane. See his name. MARTHA E. married Samuel Ayers. SYLVIA H.died April 3, 1876, in her twentysecond year. CLARA M., WILLIAM L., CORDIA A. and KATIE C. reside with their parents, one and a quarter miles northeast of Pleasant Plains. Mr. Robert F. Hamilton has in his possession documents showing that the Richland Primitive Baptist Church was organized Sept. 1 6, 1820, by Robert Brayle, moderator, and Simon Lindley, clerk. It was the second church of any kind organized in Sangamon county; the first having been effected May 15, 1820, by Elder Stephen England. See his name.

MARTHA M., born March 28, 1827, in Sangamon county, married Azro Emery, in Crawford county, Mo., had two children, and died. Her husband and children reside in Missouri.

GEORGE K., Jun., born April 11, 1829, after the death of his father, raised in Sangamon county, married in Crawford county, Mo., to Nancy Anderson. They had three living children, and both died in Cartwright township. Of the children - WILLIAM F. is a clerk in Springfield. ELLA J. and THEODOSIA B. live with their grandmother Purvines,

Robert Hamilton, the father of G. K. Hamilton, was born in North Carolina, married in Tennessee, moved to Pope county, 111., and was one of the early representatives of that county in the State Legislature, came to Sangamon county in 1819, moved to Arkansas a few years later, and died there in 1833 or '4. His sons and daughters, all except Geo. Knox, left Sangamon county many years ago. Some went to Missouri, and three of them from there to Oregon, where two of them have families, and now reside.

Hamilton, William

HAMILTON, WILLIAM S., born in New York - a son of Alexander Hamilton, the distinguised Statesman who was slain by Aaron Burr - came to Springfield when it was regarded as the temporary county seat. He was elected one of the representatives of the county in the State Legislature of 1823-4. He was an advocate of the movement to make Sangamo the county seat. After that he went to Galena and engaged in lead mining. On the discovery of gold in California, he went there, and died.

HAMLIN, HENRY N., was born Jan. 30, 1816, in Oneida co'unty, N. Y. He came to Sangamon county in the Spring of 1837, to assist his uncle, Asa Hamlin, who had a contract to build several miles of the Northern Cross - now T., W. & W. R. R. His uncle died in the fall of that year, leaving his contract unfinished. Henry N. had loaned him all his savings from several years school teaching. He not only lost that, but his wages while he was with his uncle, also. On realizing the situation, he went to Morgan county, near Franklin, and resumed his profession as a teacher. He was there married, Dec. 30, 1838, to Eveline Scott. In March, 1839, they moved to Sangamon county, in what is now Chatham township. He engaged in farming, and taught school in the winter. In the spring of 1840 he returned to Morgan county, and remained there until 1847, when he came back to Sangamon county. They had five children -

Sumner, Lizzie Etta, Minnie

They have five children, CHARLES SUMNER, LIZZIE ETTA, MINNIE ETHEL, SARAH EVELINE and a daughter, and live near Butler, Montgomery county, Illinois.

D WIGHT MONSON, born Oct. 23, 1843, *n Morgan county, enlisted at Springfield, August, 1862, for three years, in Co. D, 1 26th 111. Inf., served to the end of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged in 1865. He was married Jan. 23, 1872, to Anna Chambers, who was born Dec. 6, 1850, near Madison, Ind. They have two children, HENRY NOBLE and CHARLES CARROLL, and live in Springfield.

Henry N. Hamlin died July 30, 1853, in Sangamon county, and his widow resides near the centre of Ball township, four and a half miles southeast of Chatham.

H. N. Hamlin was an ordained minister in the M. E. Church, but never entered into the traveling connection. Emmaus Hamlin, of Mason & Hamlin, Organ Manufacturers, Boston, and W. Hamlin, manufacturer of the George Wood organ, at Cambridge, Mass., are brothers of Henry N.

Hammond, Charles

HAMMOND, CHARLES, was born about 1767, in Virginia, near where the river Rappahannock empties into Chesapeake Bay. He was there married to Nancy Carter, and had two children. About I79S they moved to Woodford county, Ky., where twelve children were born. Their fourteen children grew to be men and women. Two died unmarried, and nine of them married in Kentucky, and remained there. One son moved to Sangamon county in 1825, and a son and daughter came with the parents, arriving Sept. 26, 1839, in Island Grove township. Of the three children who came to this county - moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving about 1825 in what is now Island Grove township, where they had four living children. FLORINDA married William Fink, and lives in Macoupin county. EMILY married Wilson Moore, has one child, and lives in New Berlin. LUCINDA married Jacob Bartley, and lives in Piatt county. JOHN A. -married Miss Hudson, and lives in Piatt county. John Hammond moved, in 1866, to the vicinity of Cerro Gordo, Piatt county, 111.

EMIL Y, born in Kentucky, married John Ryan, had one child, and Mr. Ryan died in Dubuque, Iowa. His widow married William Thorpe, and lives at Kingston, Peona county, 111.

WILLIAM, born June i, 1816, in Woodford county, Ky., married March 6, 1842, in Sangamon county, to Emeline Underwood. They had three children - ARTHUR C. enlisted, Aug. 9, 1861, in Co. B, 3Oth 111. Inf., for three years, reenlisted as a veteran, Jan., 1864, served until July 27, 1865, and was honorably discharged at Springfield. He was musician during the whole time; was with Sherman in his "March to the Sea." He lives in Loami. MARY H. married Oct. i, 1865, to James C. Thralls, who was born Dec. i, 1843, in Vigo county, Ind. He enlisted, in 1861, in Co. B, 2ist Mo. Inf., for three months, enlisted Sept. i, 1 86 1, in Co. B, 3d Mo. Cav., for three years, served until Feb., 1864, when he was honorably discharged, at St. Louis. Mr. and Mrs. Thralls have three children, OWEN P., FRED c. and ARTHUR, and live in Loami - 1874. William Hammond and wife live in Loami - 1874.

Charles Hammond moved from Island Grove to Jacksonville, 111., in March, 1843, and died there, July 4, 1843. His widow died Sept., 1845, at Island Grove.

HARBUR, LEVI, was born Nov. 21, 1797, in Garrard county, Ky. When he was a child his parents moved to Christian county, in the same State. He was there married, June 29, 1817, to Eleanor Ashley, and moved to Madison county, 111., in Sept. following, accompanied by his wife and his brother Samuel. He left his brother in Madison county, and with his wife went to the southern part of Missouri, remaining one and a half years, and had one child there. He returned to Madison county, where Mrs,

Eleanor Harbur died, Sept. 10, 1819. Leaving his child in the care of a friend, he came to what is now Sangamon countv, one and a quarter miles east of the town of Loami. He went eighty miles to Edwardsville, obtained a license, returned to the San-ga-ma country, and was married March 25, 1820, to Mary Sawyers. They had ten living children in Sangamon county. Of his children -

WILLIS, born April 24, 1818, in Southern Missouri, was married in Sangamon county to Elizabeth Darneille. Thev have five children, and live in Scotland county, Mo.

DELILAH, born March 9, 1821, married Benjamin WyckofF, had one child, and Mr. W. died, and she married Peter Ellicott. Thev have two living children, and live in Scotland county, Mo.

ELIZABE7^H, born Sept. 13, 1822, married Joseph Farrer, who died, leaving two children, and she married Lorenzo Garner, had several children, and she died near Warsaw, 111.

MART, born Jan. 8, 1827, married Turner Underwood. See his name. He died and she married Mr. Thompson, and resides at Hamburg, Fremont county, Iowa.

NANCT JANE, born Sept. 6, 1835, married Robert Gray, had three children, and Mr. Gray died, and the widow married Miles Meacham, and lives in Warren county, 111.

MARION D., born Sept. 21, 1842, married Martha Meacham. She died, leaving one child, and he married Sarah Meacham. They haye one child, and live in Warren county, 111.

Levi Harbur says that the snow of 1830-31 was three feet four inches on an average, and that he resolved if it ever went off, Illinois would not hold him long. The snow went off, but he did not. I have measured a stump near where Mr. H. resides. It is white oak, eight feet high and two feet in diameter at the top. Mr. Harbur says he cut it not more than two feet above the snow, so that the snow must have been six feet deep at that place, but that was drifted. It will be seen that the two brothers spell the family name differently ; each claim to be right.

HARBOUR, SAMUEL, was born Sept. 24, 1799* in Garrard county, Ky., and was taken by his parents, in infancy, to Christian county. In 1817 he accompanied his brother Levi to Madison county, 111., and from there he came to what is now Chatham township, Sangamon county, arriving Oct., 1819. He was married March, 1823, to Elizabeth Briscoe. They had one child -

ELIZABETH, born Jan. 26, 1824, married James McBride. They had five children, and she died, April 5, 1854, leaving her family in Brown county, ill.

LEVI, born March 11, 1827, married Jan. 27, 1847, to Cynthia Bilyeu. They have ten children - ANNA married Samuel Workman. See his name. SAMUEL married Mary Workman, have two children, PETER and LEVI, and live in Loami township. PETER married Sally Workman, and live in Loami township. MARY J. married John Brewer, have one child, JESSE, and live in Chatham township. NANCY married Jacob. Workman, have one child, and live in -Loami township. ELIZABETH, DICEY, SALLY, LEVI, Jun., and JOHN

John W., Martha J., Willis

WILLIS, born Oct. 17, 1828, married Oct. 14, 1858, to Matilda L. White. They have five living children, ELIZABETH, JOHN W., MARTHA J., WILLIS, Jun., and BENJAMIN F., and reside five miles southwest of Chatham.

ELISHA, born March 4, 1832, married Manvilla Shelton. They had six children, and Mrs. Harbour died, and he married Tabitha Ribble, and lives in Macoupin county.

George B., Matilda E.

JOSEPH, born Dec. 13, 1833, in Sangamon county, married March 15, 1860, to Rachel L. White, who was born Nov. 10, 1842, in Lafayette county, Wis^. They had nine children, three of whom died under three years of age. Of the other six - EMMA J., RACHEL A., GEORGE B., MATILDA E., CHARLES M. and DAVID F., reside with their parents, five miles west of Chatham.

LAV IN A J., born Dec. n, 1835, married Oct. 19, 1856, to Jasper Harbour. Mr. H. died Nov. 25, 1869, in Barton county, Mo., leaving a widow and three children, who live in Chatham township.

HARDIN, ASA, born Nov. 22, 1785, in Adair county, Ky., was married there, Feb. 4, 1813, to Elizabeth Taylor, who was born Feb. 29, 1790, in Orange county, Va. They had ten children in Kentucky, and moved to Morgan county, 111., and two years later to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1832, at Island Grove. Of their children -

JAMES T., born Dec. 3, 18:3, in Adair county, Ky., came to Sangamon county, with his parents, and was married May i, 1843, in Iowa, to Mary A. Pitzer. She died, leaving two children - OLIVIA died young. BEN is a teacher, and lives with his uncle, William Stitt, in Sangamon county. James T. Hardin

NANCY y.y born April 29, 1815, in Adair county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county, 111., to George Crane. They have five children, and live at F airfield, Iowa.

SARAH P., born Nov. 25, 1816, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, 111., Aug. 14, 1834, to Greenburv Rucker. They had two children. MYRA married James Phillips. They have two children, and live at Centre Ridge, Woodson county, Kansas. MARY lives with her uncle, William Stitt. Mr. Rucker died in 1846, and Mrs. R. died in 1854; he in Morgan county, and she in Sangamon county, 111.

STEPHEN, born March 25, 1818, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, Dec. 25, 1844, to Elizabeth C. Parker. They had five children. ALICE died, aged seventeen. VIRGINIA died in her twentieth year. JULIETTE and CLARA live with their uncle and aunt Stitt. CHARLES is a member of Co. G, ist United States Dragoons now - 1873 - and stationed in California.

MARY, born July 5, 1819, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county to John R. Reagor, who died, leaving four children. Mrs. Mary Reagor married M. D. Archibald. They had two children, and she died in Iowa.

JOHN J., born Nov. 25, 1820, in Adair county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county, Sept. 12. 1855, to Mrs. Frances C. Butler, whose maiden name was Brown. They have one living child, J. DICK. Mr. Hardin was 'elected city assessor and collector of Springfield, in 1864, elected clerk of Sangamon county, in Nov., 1873, and resides in Springfield.

E VAN T., born Dec. 23, 1822, in Kentucky, brought up in Sangamon county, was married there Jan. 29, 1852, to Leutha A. Boynton. They have seven children. Evan T. Hardin and family live near Calhoun, Harrison county, Iowa.

HARMON, MRS. CATHARINE^ whose maiden name was Sears, was born about 1755, in North Carolina. She was married to George W. Harmon, and had three children in North Carolina. They moved to Simpson county, Ky., where they had six children. Mr. Harmon died there about 1825. Mrs. Harmon, with eight of her children, moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1827, in Island Grove. One of her children married in Kentucky and came later.

A DAM, born in 1780, in North Carolina, came to Sangamon county in 1847 or '8, and married Mrs. Polly Weaver, whose maiden name was Donner, daughter of George Donner. See his name. They had two children, and he died in 1853. His family moved to the vicinity of Fairfield, Iowa.

JACOB, born in North Carolina, married in Kentucky, to Esther Imler, came to Sangamon county, had three sons, and moved to Fairfield, Iowa, where Mr. H. died. His sons went to Lone Tree, Oregon, and reside there.

FRANCES, born in North Carolina, married in Kentucky to David Charlock, came to Sangamon county in 1827, and had four children. Their eldest and youngest sons went to Mason county, and died there. ABSOLOM P., born Jan. i, 1829, in Sangamon county, married Jane Foster, have eight children, MARY F.,

John W., Sarah L., Roxana, Maria

MARTHA, MINNIE and ROSABEL, and live near Berlin. Absolom P. Charlock enlisted Aug., 1862, in Co. A., io6th 111. Inf., for three years, served full term, and was honorably discharged. ELIZABETH, born April, 1830, married James Walker, and lives in Berlin. David Charlock died in 1842, and his widow resides in Berlin. - 1875.

MAR T, born in Kentucky, married in Island Grove to Jacob Sears, and she died in 1849, *n Sangamon county. He went, in 1855, to Missouri, and was then nearly one hundred years old.

ABSOLOM S., born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Elizabeth Donner, daughter of George Donner. They had eight children in Sangamon county, and Mrs. H. died May 16, 1850. The family moved to Libertyville, Iowa, where Mr. Harmon died, April, 1871.

HENRT M., born May 4, 1805, in Simpson county, Ky., married Dec. u, 1828, in Island Grove, to Mary A. Foutch. They had eight living children in Sangamon county. CAROLINE, born Dec. 20, 1829, married June 4, 1852, to Joel Ellis. See his name. GEORGE W., born Oct. n, 1831, married Dec. 30, 1858, to Nannie H. Taylor, who died Sept. 23,

1860. He enlisted August, 1862, in Co. A., io6th 111. Inf., for three years, was commissioned ist Lieutenant at the organization of the company, promoted to Captain, April, 1863, anc^ resigned in Oct., 1864, after which he spent four years in the gold diggings of Montana. He was married Dec. 31, 1871, to Mrs. Almira E. J. Melvin, whose maiden name was James. She was born Jan. 29, 1842, in Rockbridge county, Va. G. W. Harmon and wife reside in Berlin. CATHARINE, born Dec. 27, 1833, married Dec. 25, 1866, to John W. Bucher, have four children, and live in Island Grove. JOHN W., born Dec. 23, 1835, married March 23, 1862, to Isadora Montague. They have three children, and live near Riverton, Fremont county, Iowa. THOMAS W., born March 14, 1838, enlisted Aug.,

Mrs. Catharine Harmon moved to Iowa in 1854, and died near Liberty ville, Jefferson county, in the summer of 1860, aged about one hundred and five years.

Harnsberger, Jacob

HARNSBERGER, JACOB, was born in 1781, in Rockingham county, Va., and was there married to Catharine Harnsberger. They had two children in Virginia, and moved to Clarke county, Ohio, where seven children were born, and from there to Clinton county, Ind., where one child was born, and Mrs. Harnsberger and one child died there. The eldest son went to Wisconsin, married, had one child, and died there. Two sons and thi-ee daughters remained in Indiana. Mr. Harnsberger and three sons came to Sangamon county, arriving Aug. 29, 1839, in what is now Cartwright township. Of the three sons -

HENRT M., born Feb. 2, 1823, in Clarke county, Ohio, married Feb. 18, 1846, in Sangamon county, to Melinda A. Harrison. They had four children - JOHN J. married Nancy C. Campbell, has one child, CARRIE, and lives in Menard county, near Pleasant Plains. G. LEONARD, S. AMANDA C. and M. A. VIRGINIA, live with their parents. Henry M. Harnsberger and wife reside three and one-half miles northeast of Pleasant Plains - 1873.

Harrison, Ekekiel

HARRISON, EKEKIEL, was born Oct. 6, 1752, in Rockingham county, Va. Sarah Bryan was born July 31, 1753, in the same county. They were there married in 1775, and had nine children in Virginia. The family emigrated, about 1816, to Christian county, near Hopkinsville, Ky. Mr. H., with his wife, three spns and one daughter, moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Nov. 4, 1822, north of Richland creek, in what is now Cartwright township. Of the four children -

JESSE, born May 24, 1777, married in Virginia to Rachel Harrison, moved to Christian county, Ky., and from there to Sangamon county, and after a stay of but two years, moved to Missouri. , His first wife died in Missouri. He married again, had five children, and died on the evening of Dec. 31, 1872, at Mexico, Audrain countv, Mo.

REUBEN, born June 12, 1779, in Rockingham county, Va., married there, May 1 6, 1804, to Parthenia Harrison. She had one child, and died in Virginia. Mr. H. was married Nov. 29, 1810, to Barbara A. Harnsberger. They had three children, and moved, in 1818, to Christian county, Ky., where one child was born, and came to Sangamon county, 111., in company with his father, arriving Nov. 4, 1822, on Richland creek. Of his five children: LEONARD C., the only child by the first wife, was born Feb. 4, 1805, in Virginia, entered the ministry in the M. E. Church at eighteen years of age, was married in South Carolina, moved to Summerfield, Alabama, and died there, in 1867, leaving a widow and eight children. Of the children by the second wife, GEORGE M., born March 20, 1813, in Virginia, came to Sangamon county with his parents in 1822. He studied medicine in Springfield under Dr. Jacob M. Early, rode on horseback to Virginia, sold his horse there and went by stage to Philadelphia, and graduated in April, 1840, at Rush Medical College. He was the second graduate in any medical college, from Sangamon county, Dow Matheny being the first. Dr. George M. Harrison was married May 28, 1840, near Harrisburg, Rockingham county, Va., to Maria B. C. J. Houston. They came at once to Sangamon county, and he engaged in practice on Richland creek, where they had three living children, namely: ANN AMANTHA, born August 13, 1841, in Sangamon county, 111., was married June 7, 1866, in Virginia, to Frank W. Elliott. They have three children, Irene H., Charles E. and William H., and livejn

Cartwright township. REUBEN n., born Nov. 9, 1842, in Sangamon county, enlisted in 1862, for three years, in the H4th Reg. 111. Inf., served full time, and was honorably discharged in 1865. He was married in the spring of 1875, in Nebraska, to Mary J. Hendrickson, and resides on land received for his services in the army, situated near York Center, York county, Nebraska. SARAH B. c., born May 8, 1844, married Thomas Cummings. See his name. Mrs. B. C. J. Harrison, died Jan. n, 1845, an^ Dr. "- M. Harrison was married Nov. 25, 1847, *° Mary A. Megredy. They had nine living children: EMMA E., born April 27, 1849, was married March 28, 1872, in Sangamon county, to Philip Oscar Hodgen, who was born Nov. 19, 1845, near Burlington, Iowa. They have two children, William O. and Clara J/., and reside in Petersburg, Menard county. 111. M. JENNIE, born May 22, 1850, was married Dec. 26, 1872,10 George S. Beekman. They have one child, Harry ^., a/id live in Tallula, Menard county, 111. JULIA s. was married Jan. i, 1874, in Sangamon county, to William E. Beekman. They had one child, Edward ^., and Mrs. Julia S. Beekman died June 18, 1875. ABBIE, and HENRIETTA live with their mother. Dr. George M. Harrison died Sept. i, 1873. He had been to the house of a neighbor on business, and was returning late in the evening. His horse arriving at home without a rider, search was instituted, and his body found at the crossing of a sharp ravine, where it was thought the horse had tripped arid thrown him over its head. His widow resides on the farm where he commenced practice in 1840. It is north of Richland creek, and two and a half miles west of Salisbury. JOHN H., born April 6, 1815, in Rockbridge county, Va., raised in Sangamon county, and married in Menard county, May 17, 1843, *° Sarah A. Conover, who was born March 15, 1825, near Princeton, N. J. They had eight living children. PARTHENIA E. F., died Feb. 2, 1862, in her seventeenth year. CHARLES H. lives in Kansas. SUE, SAM. H., GEORGE R., HOAT and v ANNIE live with their parents. John H. Harrison resides on the farm where his grandfather Harrison settled in 1822. From that to the present time (1873) his home has been on the same spot, included within an area of four rods square. SARAH U., born Dec. 20, 1817, in Kentucky, married Feb. 14, 1849, to Daniel Megredy, and died July 4, 1849, less than five months after marriage. MELINDA A., born March 20, 1820, in Christian county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Henry M. Harnsberger. Sec his name. Mrs. Barbara A. H. died Aug. 23, 1842, in Sangamon county, and her husband, Reuben Harrison died May 3, 1852, at Summerfield, near Selma, Alabama.

EZEKIEL B., born July 19, 1786, in Virginia, married Ann Bell. They had six children in Kentucky. One, a twin, died when they were moving to Illinois, and they had four children in Sangamon county. Their son, MILTON B., married Mrs. Martha Sutton, whose maiden name was Hunter. They have one child, MARTHA H. AN ABEL, and reside in Petersburg. LUCINDA P. married Enoch Megredy. See his name. Mrs. Ann H. died, and Ezekiel B. Harrison married Elizabeth Stewart, and he died in June, 1851, at Petei'sburg.

LUCINDA B., born March 13, 1792, in Virginia, married in Sangamon county to Rev. Theophilus Sweet. See his name. She died August 20, 1873, at the house of her nephew, J. H. Harrison.

Harrison, Fielding

HARRISON, FIELDING, was born about 1777, in Rockingham county, Va. Anna Quinn was born about 1779* m Culpepper county, Va. They were married in Culpepper, and made their home in Rockingham county, until they had one child. They moved about 1805 to Christian county, Ky., where they had five children, and from there moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Nov. 1822, at the north side of Richland creek, in what is now Salisbury township. Of their six children -

PEYTON L., born Sept. 7, 1804, in Rockingham county, Va., married Nov. 13, 1827, in St. Louis, Mo., to Eliza B. Cartwright, both of Sangamon county. They had nine children .in Sangamon -county. FRANCES A., born Nov. 27, 1828, married William H. Purvines. See his name. WEALTHY M.J., married

Nathan S. Purvines. See his name. SARAH M. married, Feb. 22, 1854, to Amos Ely, a native of Philadelphia. They had two children. HARRY died, aged six years. ALBERT lives with his parents in Chicago. P. QUINN, born May 20, 1837, married June 4, 1867, to Emeline L. Lamothe, who was born Dec. 12, 1843, in Alton. They have one child, LUELLA, and live two miles east of Pleasant Plains. CATHARINE married William P. Crafton. See his name. PETER L. married Elizabeth F. Cartwright. They have two children, and live near Pleasant Plains. EMILY W. married Benjamin Berry, of Morgan county, 111. They have one child, WILLIAM PEYTON, and live at Pleasant Plains. CAROLINE A. married Josiah W. Owen, and live five miles west of Pleasant Plains. VICTORIA M. married Dr. James T. Logan. They have one child, EVA MAY, and live at Tolona, 111. Peyton L. Harrison remembers seeing sixteen hundred Pottawattomie Indians camped about one mile north of where he now lives. They were about leaving the country, in the winter of 1823 or '4. While the Indian.s were there he fired into a herd of deer and killed one. Some of the Indians saw him, and he feared they would take his .game, but his fears were soon dispelled by their expressing admiration for the young hunter, in saying boy ! boy ! then pointing to the deer they said, buck! buck! Pevton L. Harrison and wife reside one mile west of Pleasant Plains.

JOHN F., born Feb. 5, 1807, in Christian county, Ky. - the day was long known as the cold Friday - He married Parthenia Harrison (a sister to Milton B. Harrison of Petersbui'g.) They had six children, and live in Petersburg.

PEACHY A., born Nov. 19, 1809, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Robert Harrison. They had nine children. Of their children - FIELDING T. lives in Alton. CASTLE R. lives in Jacksonville. JOHN H. lives in Taylorville, 111. SIMEON B lives at Morrisonville, 111. JAMES married and lives in Kansas. Robert Harrison died in 1855 or '6, and Mrs. Peachy A. Harrison died in 1866, both in Alton.

SIMEON j^., born Sept. 27, 1816, in that part of Christian which is now Trigg county, Ky., married in S'angamon county to Mary A. Renshaw. They had five living children. ROBERT P. married Almeda J. Bone. ANNIE Q., born May 26, 1848, married, Jan. 19, 1870, to Dr. Joseph B. Cloud (son of Rev. Newton Cloud, of Jacksonville, Illinois.) He died Dec. 31, 1872, in Pleasant Plains. Mrs. Cloud lives with her father - 1873 - JENNIE E., born Dec. 19, 1850, married Dec. 24, 1868, to Frank Cassell. They have one child, s. QUINN, and live in Pekin. Mr. Cassell is a practicing lawyer. MARY R., IDA V. and SUE A., reside with their parents, two miles northeast of Richland station, Sangamon county.

MARTHA J., born Jan. 31, 1820, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to James Harrison. They had four children. James Harrison died July 8, 1873, near Shullsburg, Wis., and his widow resides there. Their son, Dr. W. H. Harrison, lives at Warren, 111. - 1873.

HARROWER, WILLIAM, born Aug. 20, 1808, in Stirling, Scotland. In 1833 he came to New York city, and returned to Scotland in about three years, and came back in company with a number of Scotch people ; his future wife being of the party. He was married, May 9, 1838, in New York city, by Dr. Brownlee, to Janette Blacklock, who was born June 18, 1809, in Lockerbie, Scotland. They at once moved to Springfield, 111., arriving in the fall of 1838, where they had four children.

A GNESy born June 2, 1842, in Springfield, was married Oct. 12, 1864, to James B. Smith, son of Rev. James Smith, D. D. J. B. Smith was born June 3, 1840, in Nashville, Tenn, graduated at Cincinnati Medical College, in 1865, and practiced medicine in Cerro Gordo and Dawson, 111. Dr. J. B. Smith and wife had four children, BRAINARD HAR-

Rower, Nettie E., Annie F.

ROWER, NETTIE E., ANNIE F., and JAMES B. L. Dr. J. B. Smith died Dec. 30, 1869, in Springfield. Mrs. Agnes Smith and children reside with her mother.

William Harrower died July 27, 1869, in Springfield. His widow resides on eas,t Monroe street, Springfield, 111. Mr. Harrower was a stone mason, and worked on the Capitol which he found in course of construction by the State of Illinois. He completed it by building the porticos. He was an earnest, consistent member of the Presbyterian church, and as such won the esteem of the community generally. He served several years as a member of the city council of Springfield.

HARGIS, THOMAS, was born in 1775? in West Virginia, and was married there about 1800 to Susan Riley. She was born in 1782. They had two children in Virginia, and moved to Cumberland county, Ky., where they had eight children, and then moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1830 in what is now Fancy creek township. Of their ten children -

ELIZABETH married Spencer Stone, had nine children, and Mr. S. died. Two of their children - JEFFERSON married Sarah Moran, and lives one mile east of Athens. SARAH married James B. Glascock. See his name. Mrs. Stone lives at Wapella, 111.

WILLIAM married Nancy Strode. They had nine children, and moved to Doniphan county, Kan., in 1857, and he died there, One son, THOMAS J., was living in Sangamon county in 1862, and enlisted in Co. K, n5th 111. Inf., for three years. He was wounded at the battle of Chicamauga, and discharged on account of physical disability. He was married, while a soldier, to Harriet Judd, and resides three miles east of Springfield. The -46

Thomas Hargis established a pottery soon after he came into the county. He was a local preacher in the M. E. church in Kentucky, and joined the traveling connection in Illinois. He was in charge of a circuit at the time of his death, which took place in Fulton county in June, 1850. His widow died there in 1860.

HARPER, JAMES, was born Jan. 3, 1801, in Tennessee. He was marmied there to Elizabeth Cochran, who was born Oct. 7, 1801. They had five children in Tennessee, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving June 10, 1831, where they had three children. Of their children -

LAFAYETTE, born Aug. 9, 1827, in Tennessee, raised in Sangamon county, was a soldier, from Galena, in the Mexican war, married, Sept. 18, 1847, to Martha J. Smith, have eight children, and live near Osage Mission, Kansas.

HARLAN, JpHN C., was born April 18, 1815, in Cecil county, Md.; came to what is now Ball township, Sangamon county, April 2, 1839. He remained one year, returned to Maryland, came to Sangamon county the second time, traveling all the way in a wagon, and most of the time alone. He was married in Ball township, east of Chatham, July n, 1843, to Lydia A. White, who was born Sept. 3, 1825. They moved to the vicinity of Waverly, Morgan county, and had nine living children there. Of their childi-en -

HARLAN, SILAS, was born Jan. 5, 1781, in Berkley county, Va. He went to Christian county, Ky., and came to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in 1827. He entered about one thousand acres of land, and improved a farm, three and a half miles south of Chatham. Elizabeth Messick was born March 26, 1809, in Rockingham county, Va., and her father moved the next year to Christian county, Ky. In 1827 Elizabeth came to Sangamon county with the family of John French. Silas Harlan and Elizabeth Messick were married Sept. 10, 1829, and had nine children in Chatham township, some of whom died young. Of their children -

RA CHEL, born in 1839, in Sangamon county, and married James Irwin. He enlisted July, 1862, for three years, in the Springfield Light Artillery, was promoted, June 28, 1864, to Second Lieutenant; and Oct. 4, 1864, to First Lieutenant. He served until the end of the rebellion, and was mustered out with the battery at Springfield, 111., June 30, 1865. Mr. Irwin is a farmer, and resides three miles south of Chatham.

Silas Harlan died Nov. 9, 1844, and his widow married Sept. 8, 1846, to George Roberts, who was born Oct. 2, 1818, in Jefferson county, N. Y. They had six children in Sangamon county, namely -

George Roberts enlisted Sept. 21, 1861, for three years, in Co. B, loth 111. Cav., re-enlisted as a veteran Jan. i, 1864, and was honorably discharged with the regiment at San Antonio, Texas, Nov. 22, 1865. He was appointed train master April I, 1862, and was company farrier during the whole term of his second enlistment. Mr. Roberts resides three miles south of Chatham.

HARRIS, JOB F., was born Sept. 19, 1798, in Rockbridge county, Va., and was taken by his parents to Barren county, Ky., in 1806. He was apprenticed to learn the business of cabinet making, and moved to St. Louis, in 1816. Business being dull, his master released him, and he spent some time on the lower Mississippi, and went from New Orleans to the Rocky mountains, with a company of trappers, returning in the fall of 1818. In the fall of 1822 he came to Sangamon county, in what is now Ball township. In 1827 he enlisted in a Sangamon county company to fight the Winnebago Indians, but the campaign ended without fighting. Job F. Harris was married, May 24, 1844, to Mrs. Mary Phillips. They had two children -

Mr. Harris voted for Abraham Lincoln every time he was a candidate for any office, from Captain of a military company to President of the United States for the second time.

HARVEY, ABNER, was born April 13, 1804, in Adair county, Ky. Eliza A. Davis was born May 9, 1809, in Kentucky. They were married, had one child in Kentucky, and moved to what is now Irish Grove, Menard county, and from there to what is now Gardner township, Sangamon county, arriving in the spring of 1831, where five children were born. Of all their children -

JOHN F., born Dec. 10, 1831, in Sangamon county, married at Irish Grove, Nov. n, 1857, to Lydia J. Stone, who was born there, July 25, 1835. They have five living children: MAUD O., HALLECK, AGNES, WILLIE and CORA, and reside in Urbana, Illinois.

ELIZABETH J., born Oct. 15, 1835, in Sangamon county, married Dec. 19, 1856, to Sylvester M. Bailey, who was born Oct. 19, 1834, in Fairfield county, Ohio. They had seven children. MARION E. died in his second year. EVA MAY died in her ninth year. WALTER H., THERESA A., WILLIAM A., SARAH L. and MAUD E. The five latter reside with their parents. S. M. Bailey enlisted August, 1862, for three years, in Co. K, ii5th 111. Inf., was commissioned ist Lieutenant at the organization of the company, and acted as Captain, but never was mustered, as he was soon after wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863, while in command of his company. He has since served three years as a member of the Sangamon county Board of Supervisors

OLIVER G., born July 20, 1838, in Sangamon county, married Josephine Reeves. They have three children, LILLIAN, FRANKLIN C. and PAUL CLIFFORD, and reside at Cantrall, Sangamon county.

HARVEY, WILLIAM, was born in Harrisburg, Pa., and when a young man went to Washington county, Md. He was there married, in 1 829, to Eliza Rice, who was born Nov. 9, 1804, in Chambersburg, Pa. They had three children in Maryland, and came to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in Nov., 1835, at Springfield, where they had two children. Of their five children -

Williamsport, Washington county, Md., married in Springfield, March 9, 1853, to William Stadden, who was born March 9, 1826, in Licking county, Ohio. They had six living children. CLARA M. died, aged seven years. WILLIAM H. and RICHARD M. live near Sanford, Orange county, Fla., engaged in the cultivation of oranges and lemons. GEORGE B., EDWIN L. and EVA DELL, live with their mother. William Stadden died Oct. 23, 1873, and his widow resides in Springfield.

Mr. Stadden was for twenty-five years connected with the Auditor's department of the State of Illinois. After that he was for several years Superintendent of Insurance, and died in office.

WILLIAM R., born Oct., 1835, in Williamsport, Md., and raised in Springfield. At the beginning of the rebellion he was in New Mexico, went with a frontier regiment of the Union army, and was never heard of after.

William Harvey was elected Sheriff of Sangamon county, in 1846, serving one term. He died Sept., 1854, and Mrs. Eliza Harvey died Sept., 1870, both in Springfield.

Hathaway, Wesley

HATHAWAY, WESLEY, was born Dec. 2, 1814, in Boone county, Ky. His parents moved to Montgomery county when he was about twelve years old. He came to Illinois in May, 1831, first stopping at Jacksonville. Mr. Hathaway returned to Kentucky in 1832, and remained two years at Sharpsburg and Mt. Sterling as a clerk. He came back to Morgan county, 111., in 1834, and in 1835 went to the Job settlement in Mc- Donough county, and engaged in merchandising as a partner of Dr. George B. Rogers, with whom he came to the State in 1831. He closed his business there, and came to Mechanicsburg, Sangamon county, in 1838, and first engaged in teaching. A year or two later he commenced merchandising with B. Logan Hall. Wesley Hathaway and Mary M. Hall were married Sept. 1 8, 1845, *n Sangamon county, where they had seven children, namely -

ALICE 0., born Dec. 30, 1847, married May 9, 1872, to Joseph H. Grubb, who was born Nov. 21, 1848, in Perry county, Pa. He enlisted at Springfield for one year, March 2, 1865, in Co. I, H4th 111. Inf., served in that regiment until it was mustered out in July, 1865, when he was transferred to Co. D, 58th 111. Inf., served full term, and was honorably discharged March 2, 1866. Mr. and Mrs. Grubb live at Illiopolis.

Walter A., Luella B. David Z., Mart Augustus

WALTER A., LUELLA B., DAVID Z., MART AUGUSTUS and ANNA MA T, live with their parents in Buffalo, Sangamon county, 111. Mr. Hathaway is a merchant there.

HATLER, JAMES, was born March 23, 1800, probably in Tennessee, and taken by his parents to Allen county, Ky. He was there married to Nancy Dean, Jan. 30, 1823. She was born in that county. They had five children, and came to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1834, in what is now Cotton Hill township. The next year three members of the family died, including both parents, namely : Mrs. Nancy Hatler died July 9, 1835; their daughter, Rebecca, died July 14, aged eleven years; and James Hatler died Sept. 4, 1835. That broke up the family, and the four children were taken to Greene county, and raised by their grandfather and uncle. Of the children -

Lewis J., John H., Mary E.

GRANVILLE, born Sept. 14, 1825, in Allen county, Ky., married Oct. 22, 1846, in Greene county, 111, to Sarah Finley, who was- born in that county, Nov. 17, 1828. They have nine children; one born in Greene county, and eight in San - gamon, namely : JAMES H., born Jan. 17, 1848, in Greene county, married, Nov. ID, 1871, to Salome Bomhoff, who was born in Sangamon county, Nov. 30, 1851. They reside in Cotton Hill township. The third child, NANCY J., born Oct. 22, 1851, married Silvan Williams. See his name. The other seven children, LEWIS J., JOHN H., MARY E., ROSA M., EMMA J., EFFIE and RUFUS CARROLL, live with their parents, in Cotton Hill township. Granville Hatler owns and lives on the farm purchased by his father on coming to the county in 1834.

GILBERT, born Jan. 20, 1828, in Allen county, Ky., married in Greene county, 111., to Delilah Finley. He died April 13, 1872, leaving a widow and five children - SARAH J., JOSEPHINE, NANCY E., ALBERT and DAISEY. The family live in Cotton Hill township.

FRANCIS M., born Feb. 28, 1833, in Allen county, Ky., married in Greene county, 111., to Sarah Overbey, have three children, and reside near Athensville, Greene county, 111.

Hawley, Eliphalet

HAWLEY, ELIPHALET, was born Dec. 17, 1782, either in New York or one of the New England States. He was married Aug. 24, 1815, in Albany, N. Y., to Elizabeth McMurdy, who was born there Feb. 26, 1 797, of Scotch ancestors. Mr. and Mrs. Hawley had two living children in Albany. In September, 1821, they left for the west, the family traveling in a carnage, and hauling their household goods in wagons. When they arrived at Olean Point, on the Alleghany river, they transferred their goods to a raft and floated down to Pittsburg, where they remained until the next spring. One child was born there. Mr. Hawley and Mr. Wheelock united in purchasing a boat, in which their two families descended the Ohio river to Shawneetown, arriving in April, 1822. Mr. Wheelock settled in Atlas, Pike county, and Mr. Hawley came to Sangamon county, arriving in April or May, 1822, in what is now Fancy Creek township, in the same carriage, and drawn by the same, horses, they started with. Mr. Hawley had soldiers' claims, and located them in the military reservation west of the Illinois river, and began improving a farm on Spoon river, in Fulton county, five miles northwest of the present town of Havana. He was returning to his family on horseback, and, in attempting to swim his horse across Salt creek, in Mason county, was drowned, June 21, 1822. The horse came home, and upon search being made, the body was found a week later and interred. It was afterwards moved to Indian Point, in Menard county. The widow and children removed to Springfield the next winter. William S. H. Hamilton (See his name) was then a practicing lawyer in Springfield. The court appointed him guardian of the three orphan children. James Adams (See his name) was appointed administrator of the estate. Of the three children -

ELIPHALET B., born May 30, 1816, in Albany, N. Y., raised in Sangamon county, and married in Springfield, July 12,. 1838, to Mary D. Sayre, who was born June 26, 1815, in Lebanan, O. They had four living children in Springfield, namely: MARY E., born July 19, 1839, in Springfield, married James M. Gai'land. See his name. ISABELLA G., born July 21, 1843, in Springfield, married Aug. 4, 1862, to George M. BrinkerholF, who was born Aug. 20, 1839, in Gettysburg, Penn., graduated at Pennsylvania College in the class of 1859, and soon after came to Springfield. Mr. and Mrs. BrinkerhofF have four children, JOHN 11., c., and reside in Springfield. Mr. Brinkerhoff is Secretary of the Springfield Iron Company, and one of its stockholders. MARIA D., born June 22, 1848, in Springfield, married in her native city, July 10, 1872, to Edward B. Springer, who was born July 15, 1847, in N,ew

York city. They have one child, GEORGE HAWLEY. Mr. Springer is connected with the firm of Keith Brothers, merchants- of Chicago, and resides in that city. BENJAMIN died Sept. 9, 1864, aged twelve years. Eliphalet B. Hawley, when quite young, entered a dry goods store in Springfield as clerk, and thus qualified himself for mercantile pursuits. .He was in that business about thirty years, the greater part of the time on his own account. He retired a few years ago, but still resides in Springfield. He has for many years been a Ruling Elder in the Second Presbyterian church of this city.

ISAAC A., born Nov. 26, 1819, in Albany, N. Y., brought up in Sangamon county, married in Springfield April 30, 1851, to A. Eliza McCauley, who was born Jan. 13, 1828, in Washington county, Penn. They have one daughter, ADDIE E., living with her parents in Springfield. Isaac A. Hawley commenced as a clerk, and from 1837 to ^57 was a dry goods merchant in the same building, southwest corner of Adams and Sixth streets. In 1864 he was elected Treasurer of Sangamon county, serving two years. He is now - 1876 - engaged in the insurance business.

ISABELLA G., born Nov. 28, 1821, in Pittsburg, Penn., brought up in Springfield and educated in Monticello Female Seminary, at Godfrey, 111. She made teaching her profession until her health failed. She died April 15, 1845, in Schuyler county, 111.

HAWN, FREDERICK, was born June 5, 1810, at Indian Castle, now Danube, Herkimer county, New York. His ancestors were of German origin; his grandfather, Conradt Hahn, was born in the kingdom of Bavaria, and married there to a Miss Windacre. They emigrated to America about 1765, and settled in Canajoharie, Tryon county, now Montgomery county, New York. Mrs. Hahn died in 1775. Conradt Hahn was a soldier in the Revolutionary army, and was killed in battle at Oriskany, Oneida county, New York, leaving four children. The eldest, Conrad, married Catharine Young. Frederick, whose name heads this sketch, is their son. By assimilation with the

English language the name was changed from Hahn to Hawn. Frederick Hawn studied civil engineering, and was thus employed on the first railroads constructed in the States of New York and Pennsylvania. He came to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in Oct., 1835, where he was married, Nov. 9, 1837, to Abigail Cutter. See Cutter family . Mr. and Mrs. Hawn had two children in Sangamon county? and in 1-843 m°ved to Weston, Platte county, Missouri, where they had one child. Of their children -

MARIA G., born Sept. 9, 1838, in Springfield, 111., was married in Weston, Missouri, Nov. 4, 1857, to Joseph C. Hemingray, a native of Pittsburg, Penn. They have two children, REUBEN PHELPS and LILEON KERR, and reside in Leavenworth, Kansas. Mr. Hemingrav is a practicing lawyer.

MARTHA, born Feb. 17, 1842, in Sangamon county, 111., was married June 21, 1875, in Leavenworth, Kansas, to Charles H. Lamar, a native of Tennessee. They live near Weston, Platt county, Missouri. Mr. Lamar is a farmer. Mrs. Hemingray and Mrs. Lamar have for many years been active members of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Leavenworth.

LAURENS, born Sept. 4, 1847, at Weston, Missouri, graduated at Cornell University, Ithica, New York, in the class of 1875. He is now - 1876 - studying law in Leavenworth, Kansas.

Frederick Hawn was professionally engaged in the earlier public improvements of Illinois. After his removal to Missouri he was the civil engineer in the construction of the Hanibal & St. Joseph Railroad, and in the geological survey of the State of Missouri. In 1860 he moved to Leavenworth, Kansas, and was connected with the survey of the United States lands, and later was engaged in the geological survey of the State of Kansas. He has written extensively on the natural resources of the latter State, and climate of the west. Frederick Hawn and family reside in the city of Leavenworth, Kansas.

HAZLETT, ROBERT, was born Dec. 20, 1799, in Stokes county, N. C. Rebecca Daigh was born Dec. 12, 1802, in Bath county, Va. They were married March 29, 1820, in Virginia, had three children there, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1828, at Springfield. In the spring of 1831 they moved to what is now Cooper township, where they had three children. Of the six children -

WILLIAM P, born Nov. 29, 1821, in Bath county, Va., married in Sangamon county, Oct. 19, 1843, to Zerilda Haggard. Thay had ten children, three of whom died under three years. Of the other seven - SARAH R. married Dec. 24, 1863, to Brice A. Patton, has three chilpren, and lives in Lawrence county, Mo. ROBERT H., born July 6, 1847, is a graduate of the Law School of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor. He resides in Springfield, and is one of the law firm of Hazlett & Kane. ELIZABETH A. married Feb. 23, 1870, to Henry Spengler. They have one child, LOURETTA B., and live two miles southeast of Farmingdale. WILLIAM J., MARTIN M., CHARLES E. and AMELIA B., reside with their parents, three-quarters of a mile east of Bradfordton.

JOHN A., born Feb. 9, 1823, in Mason county, Va., was married in Sangamon county, 111., to Mary J. Drennan. They have nine living children, and live five miles north of Edinburg, 111.

ELIZABEJ^H A., born Feb. 14, 1828, in Sangamon county, was married, Feb. 13, 1851, to Henry W. Neeley. They had one child, and moved to Grimes county, near Anderson, Texas, in 1852, where they had five living children. JOSEPH W., born in Sangamon countv, married .Sept. 8, 1870, to Frances C. Criger, and live near Anderson, Texas. REBECCA L., born in Texas, married Nov. 30, 1871, to Daniel McMahon, and live near Anderson, Texas. GEORGE L., ELIZA A. and ADA E., live with their mother. H. W. Neeley died July 3, 1871, near Anderson, Texas, and his widow and child reside there.

Robert Hazlett died Aug. 15, 1835, and his widow married Joseph Firey, of Christian county. They had two children; both died young. Mr. Fiery died, and his widow resides near her son, John A. Hazlett, in Christian county.

HEDGES, JOS I AH, born about 1788, in Maryland, and was taken to Virginia, and from there to Grayson county, Ky., when he was about twelve years old. Anna Brown was born Dec. 25, 1798, in Davis county, Ky. Josiah Hedges and Anna Brown were there married and made Grayson county their home until they had three children, and then moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1826, at the north side of Island Grove, two and a half miles northwest of the present town of Berlin, where two children were born. Of their five children -

LUCINDA, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Henry Hawkins. They have nine children, and live near Beatrice, Gates county, Nebraska.

CALEB, born July 4, 1828, in Sangamon county, married Jan. n, 1866, to Theresa Dunlap, who was born May 30, 1841, in Knox county, Ky. They have three children, HARDIN W., LOGAN H. and DORA BELL. Caleb Hedges lives on the farm settled by his father in 1826, and where he was born. It is two and a half miles northwest of Berlin.

ELIZABETH A., born April 4, 1833, in Sangamon county, married Nov. 18, 1863, to George W. Dunlap. He was born March 29, 1829, in Knox county, Ky. They have four children, IRVIN T., SARAH A., WILLIE H. and GEORGE A., and live north of Island Grove, and two and a half miles northwest of Berlin.

Mrs. Anna Hedges died June 9, 1872, and Josiah Hedges died August 29, 1872, both on the farm where they settled on coming to the county in 1826.

Mr. Hedges moved from Kentucky with an ox team. One of his oxen was trained to work in shafts. He made a light wagon all of wood, and with that ox did all his marketing after coming to the country. When he came he brought money to enter forty acres of land. By industi'y and economy he became the owner of nine hundred acres of the richest land in the county.

HELM, MEREDITH, was born March 2, 1802, at Williamsport, Md. His father died when he was quite young, leaving ample means for his education. After graduating in his literary studies, he attended the Baltimore Medical College, graduated there also, and entered on the practice of medicine in his native town. Elizabeth Orendorff was born in 1805. Her mother died when she was quite young, and she was raised by an aunt who is yet living (1873) near Hagerstown, aged more than one hundred years. Dr. M. Helm and E. Orendorff were married in 1824. They had two living children in Maryland. Dr. Helm traveled on horseback in the summer of 1833, visited Springfield, and returning to Maryland, brought out his family in the summer of 1834. He bought land and tried farming near Rochester, but soon abandoned it, returned to Springfield and practiced medicine to the end of his life. They had two living children in Sangamon county. Of their four children -

THOMAS M., born Jan. 22, 1829, in Williamsport, Md., studied medicine under his father in Springfield, and attended lectures in Chicago during the winter of 1849 and '50. He also attended lectures in the winter of 1852 and '3, at the University of St. Louis, where he graduated. Since that time he has been engaged in practice. Dr. Thomas M. Helm was married March 12, 1857, to Henrietta B. Jones. They have two living children, CHARLES W. and LULU, and reside at Williamsville.

DA VID, born Feb. 22, 1832, in Maryland, qualified himself for, and engaged in, the practice of medicine in Springfield. He was soon after thrown from a sulkey by a fractious horse, which caused his death, in August, 1857.

WILLIAM McK., born in 1836 in Sangamon county. At sixteen years of age he went to California, and was with the Walker (Nicaragua) expedition. Returning home he studied medicine, graduated at the McDowel Medical College of St. Louis, and is now a practicing physician. Dr. William McK. Helm married Harriet Wilson. They have four children, and reside at Mt. Auburn, Christian county.

Hendrix, Anthony

HENDRIX, ANTHONY, was born Dec. 19, 1789, in Fleming county, Ky., and married there to Nancy Dean, who was born in Clark county. They had six children in Kentucky, and the family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1830, first in Williams and then in Clear Lake township, where four children were born. Of their ten children -

AMY, born in Fleming county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Charles Kinnaman. She had three children, and died in Clear Lake township. Her son, ANTHONY W., married "Emily Blue, and lives in Logan county. ANDREW J. married Miss Hendrix, and lives in Clayton. CELIA J. is unmarried and resides in Williamsville.

SAMUEL W., born March 29, 1822, in Fleming county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Mary E. Neville, Jan. 28, 1845. They had seven living children. HIRAM A. married Nancy Blue, have four children, and live in Logan county. CYNTHIA A. married Henry Marshall, have four children, and live near Barclay. MARY E. married Felix Jones, and lives near Barclay. IRENA C. and HERSCHEL V. live with their mother. Samuel W. Hendrix died Feb. 13, 1874, and his widow lives at Barclay.

ELIZABETH, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to John Smith. They had three children, namely : SUSAN married William Smith, had one child, and died. ALICE A. married William T. Ham. See his name. JENNIE married George Strawn, and lives in Williamsville. John Smith died, and his widow married Stephen King. See hi<> name.

JOHN, born in Sangamon county, Sept. 19, 1835, married Caroline Taylor. They have three children, EMILY F., NANCY A. and MARY J., and live in Illiopolis township.

HENKLE, JUSTUS, was born about 1775, in Virginia. Elizabeth Judy was born about 1778, in Randolph county, Va. They were married in Randolph county, and had eleven children in Virginia, and moved from there to Belleville, 111., in the fall of 1817. They moved from there to the San-ga-ma country, arriving about the middle of March, 1818, at the west side of Horse creek, in what is now Pawnee township, about one 'mile north of Pawnee. Mr. Henkle made improvements there, and entered the land when it came into market. Of their children born in Virginia -

ELIJAH married Polly Funderburk. They never had any children, but adopted and raised Marshall Henkle, who lives in Christian county. Elijah Henkle died there.

JACOB, born July 25, 1812, in Randolph county, Va., served three months in the Black Hawk war, from March, 1831. He was married in Sangamon county, Nov. 20, 1836, to Nancy Hatchett. They have ten children, all born in Sangamon county. DICEY E. married Samuel N. Galloway, April 14, 1853. He was born Oct. 28, 1821, in Bath county, Ky. They have one child, JAMES ALPHEUS, and live in Cotton Hill township, Sangamon county, 111, JOHN Y. married Dulcina Lockridge. They have one child, ADA. DIANA F., born April 23, 1842, was married April 7, 1863, to Michael Baker, who was born Sept., 1830, in Prussia. They have one, child, GEORGE c., and live three-fourth of a mile south of Pawnee. MARTIN'V., born Aug. 12, 1844, mar' ried March 13, 1867, to Sarah E. Hoover, who was born in Christian county, Aug. 22, 1849. They have two children, CHARLES M. and NANCY L., and live near Pawnee. SARAH J., born April, 1847, married Aug. 15, 1869, to Charles H. Willison, who was born Dec. 15, 1830, in county Tyrone, Ireland. He had previously married Sarah O'Neal. See Samuel O'Neal, They had one child, LAURA BELL, and .live one mile east of Pawnee. ELVIRA, HARRISON H., MARY A., AMANDA and LAURA A., reside with their parents, two miles north of Pawnee. Jacob Henkle remembers that when his father moved from St. Clair county, it was with the following named families : John Neeley, from Tennessee; Henry Funderburk, of South Carolina; Joseph Dixon, of St. Clair county; Robert Davis and a Mr. Short, both from the south, numbering in all fifty-three persons. They were the first settlers in that part of the country, and they kept as close together as possible for protection against the Indians. They were Kickapoos and Pottowattamies, and were friendly with the whites; but it was not pleasant to be alone and know that you were in their power.

HENKLE, JASON C., was born Oct. 10, 1820, in Pendleton county, Va., and came to Springfield July 8, 1838. He was married April 16, 1849, in Clarksville, Mo., to Kate Travis, who was born Nov. 25,^1825, in Calhoun county, 111. They had nine living children in Springfield -

George E., Charles C.

Mrs. Kate Henkle died Jan. 26, 1871, and Jason C. Henkle resides in Springfield. He has been for many years in the mercantile business, and is now a member of the firm of Woods & Henkle. For ten years he has been a director of the First National Bank of Springfield.

HENRY, JAMES D., was a native of Pennsylvania, but the exact date and place of his birth is not known. His earlier years being devoted to manual labor, he was barely able to read and write when he arrived at the age of manhood. In 1822 he came to Edwardsville, 111., where he labored as a mechanic during the day, and at night attended school. He next engaged in merchandising there, and moved to Springfield in 1826, where he continued in the same business, and was soon after elected Shei'iff of Sangamon county. While discharging his duties as Sheriff, the Winnebago war of 1827 came on. A battalion of four companies was raised, and under command of Col. Tom M. Neale, with Sheriff Henry as Adjutant, started in pursuit of the savages. Six of the leaders gave themselves up, and thus ended the campaign.

When the Black Hawk war began in 1831, Adjutant Henry was appointed to command the first of the two battalions from Sangamon county. The Indians re- treated before the soldiers across the Mississippi river, and the chiefs returned and made a treaty of peace June 30, 1831. In the spring of 1832, when the chief Black Hawk again commenced hostilities, Col. Henry was once more appointed to command abatallion; but before meeting the enemy, the term of enlistment of the whole eighteen hundred men in the field expired. A regiment was immediately organized of those among the disbanded forces who were willing to volunteer for the purpose of holding the savages in check while more permanent forces could be raised. Col. Henry acted as Lieutenant-Colonel of this temporary organization. Three thousand two hundred men were raised, and Lieut.-Col. Henry was appointed General of the third brigade of twelve hundred men. Gen. Henry commanded in the battle of Wisconsin, July 2ist, and the battle of Bad Axe, Aug. 2, 1832, winning both battles, which terminated the war. (See account of the Winnebago and Black Haivk wars, pages jj and 54?) He had achieved these victories against not only the wishes, but machinations, of the officers of the regular army.

On his return from the scene of conflict, the citizens of Springfield gave him a public reception in recognition of his services; but owing to his extreme sensitiveness in presence of the ladies, he never entered the apartment presided over by them. The exposures and hardships of the campaign brought on disease of the lungs, and he went south, hoping by spending the following winter in a warm climate to avert its effects; but it was too late. He died March 4, 1834, in New Orleans. Such was his singular modesty, that those in whose hands he fell for the closing scenes of his life, did not know until after his death that he was General Henry, the hero of the Black Hawk war. Gov. Ford, in his History of Illinois, speaks of Gen. Henry as the idol of the people, and says : "- If he had lived he would have been elected Governor of the State in 1834 by more than twenty thousand majority : and this would have been done against his own will, by the spontaneous action of the people."

HENTQN, WILLIAM, was born Oct. 22, 1807, in Green county, Ky., taken by his parents to Washington county, Indiana, and from there to Bond county, Illinois, in 1818. In 1828 he came to Sangamon county, and was married Aug. 16, 1832, to Pauline Short. They had seven living children in Sangamon county, namely -

JAMES J., born Sept. 30, 1835, married Janette Barger, who died Nov. 21, 1864, leaving four children. Mr. Henton is married again, and lives near Linden, Kan.

CATHARINE A., born Feb. 19, 1840, in Sangamon county, is unmarried and lives - 1873 - at the old homestead of her grandfather, Caleb Short. It is two and a half miles north of Curran.

HENTON, ALLJE M., was born June 16, 1814, in Shelby county, Ky., came to Springfield in the fall of 1829, and lived in the family of her uncle, Andrew Laswell, until the marriage of her brother William, in whose family she lived until she was married to Daniel K. Callerman. See his name.

HENSLEY, SIMON, was born Feb. 26, 1785, in Washington county, Va. He was married Feb. .2, 1820, near Dayton, Montgomery county, Ohio, to Mary Arnold, who was born Aug. 24, 1792, in Ohio. They had two children in Ohio, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1823, in what is now Island Grove township, north of Spring creek, where two children were born. Of their four children -

JOHN, born Jan. 20, 1821, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county, Thursday, between Christmas and New Year, Dec., 1 86 1, to Leanah Lynch. She was born Jan. 12, 1841, in Pickaway county, Ohio. They had six children - MARY and

GEORGE, born Dec. 13, 1825, in Sangamon county, married, in 1857, to Calista Huber, a native of Ohio. They have three children, MARY J., HORACE and BELLE, and live near Topeka, Kansas.

JACOB KIRKPATRICK, born Oct. 5, 1828, in Sangamon county, married Huldah Atkinson. They have three children, HENRY, WILLIAM and MARY, and live - 1873 - near Roseville, Warren county, 111.

MART A. KIRKPATRICK, born Aug. 19, 1831, in Sangamon county, married Dr. Remer Sanders. They have two children, MARINDA and CLARA, and reside near Avon, Fulton county, 111. Dr. Sanders is a practicing physician, now - 1873 - on a tour to Europe.

Henwood, Be'Rry

MAN, was born July n, 1821, in Cabell county, West Va. He came to Sangamon county, stopping with his uncle, Berrvman Knight, near Chatham. He was married to Sarah Jordan. They had three children in Sangamon county -

MARGARET E, born Jan. 18, 1843, in Sangamon county, married Aug. 15, 1856, to John McLaughlin. They had two children, ELIZABETH A. and JOHN B., and Mr. McLaughlin died Nov. 28, 186 1, in Arkansas, and his widow married George W. Saunders. See his name,

HERMON, DAVID H., was born Jan. 12, 1805, in Wilkes county, North Carolina. His grandfather was German and his grandmother English. Sally Mitts was born Feb. n, 1811, in Grant county, Ky. They were married in that county, August 27, 1827, had one living child there, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving Oct. 26, 1830, in what is now Ball township. They lived in a cabin one mile west of Sugar Creek timber, and spent the winter of the "deep snow" there. But one other family lived away from the timber. The recollection of Mr. Hermon is that rain fell for a day or two until the earth was saturated. The day before Christmas the rain turned to snow, and by night it was about six inches deep. Snow continued to fall almost every day for six weeks. Feb. n, 1831, was the first time he saw the sun, and then it was partially eclipsed. He burned all the rails and loose timber of every kind near his house, and it was all he could do to keep himself and family from freezing. Mr. and Mrs. Hermon had four children in Sangamon county. Of their children -

MART A., born August 26, 1829, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county to Green Ray. They had three living children, GEORGE R., REZIN L. and DAVID. Mr. Ray died, and Mrs. Ray was married June 28, 1855, to T. Stopperun. They had two children, FREDERICK and LIZZIE. Mr. Stop' perun died, and his widow married Thomas McCallum. They live in Chicago.

JOHN H., born Nov. 12, 1831, in Sangamon county, was married May 8, 1856, to Nancy Drennan, who died, and he was married Oct. 15, 1872, to Mrs. Gracie Smith, whose maiden name was Levi. They have one child, FLORENCE M., and live in Chatham.

PRTOR J., born Dec. 22, 1833, in Sangamon county, near Chatham. He attended the district school until he was twenty years of age, after that the Springfield University one winter, and spent much of his time in teaching until May i, 1855, when he entered the office of Dr J. N. Wright, of Chatham. He graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, Jan. 21, 1863, and was married to Eliza A. Neale, April 15, 1863. They have

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DA VID C, born April 24, 1838, in Sangamon county, was married April 4, 1861, to Lousetta Shidy. They have two living; children, EMMA F. and MILDRED L., and live in Chatham.

GEORGE W., born May 17, 1840,111 Sangamon county, was married Feb. 26, 1863, to Sarah Childers. They have four children, NORA E., EMMA D., AUGUSTA M. and LENA P., and live near Raymond, 111.

HERRI N, JAMES, was born April 6, 1802, in Harrison county, Ky., was married in that county Aug. I, 1833, tp Mary A. McDaniel, and soon after started, in company with her parents, to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Nov. 14, 1833, in what is now Clear Lake township, east of the Sangamon river. They had four children, all born in Sangamon county, namely -

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DA VID C., born May 25, 1834, married May 22, 1862, to Sarah J. North. They have five children, ROBERT E., JAMES W., GEORGE E., DAVID A. and JESSE LEE, and reside three quarters of a mile northwest of Lanesville, Wheatfield Postoffice, Sangamon county, Illinois.

WILLIAM F., born Nov. 18, 1836, married Sept. 10, 1863, to Mary A. North. They have four children, BELLE N., JAMES E., CHARLES F. and BURT A., and reside one and a half miles east of Buffalo, Sangamon county, Illinois.

was born in New Jersey. They have three children, MARY FRANCES, IMLA and JOHN E., and reside in Menard county, one and a half miles north of Ashland, Cass county, Illinois.

Mrs. Mary A. Herrin died March 25, 1868, in Clear Lake township, on the farm where they settled in 1835. James Herrin resides with his son, William F., near Buffalo, Sangamon county. Illinois.

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HERNDON, ARCHER G., born Feb. 13, 1795, in Culpepper county, Va., went to Greensburg, Green county, Ky., when he was about ten years old, and was there married, in 1816, to Mrs. Rebecca Johnson, whose maiden name was Day. Her father was a revolutionary soldier. Mr. and Mrs. Herndon had one child in Kentucky, and they moved to Troy, Madison county, 111., where one child was born ; from there they moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the spring of 1821, settling on what is now German Prairie, five miles northeast of Springfield, where two children were born, Of their four children -

WILLIAM H., born Dec. 25, 1818, in Green county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county, March 26, 1840, to Mary J. Maxcy, who was born July 27, 1822. They had six children. JAMES N., born April 26, 1841, in Springfield, 111., married Mary Dunlap, and lives in Fancy creek township. ANNIE M., born April 9, 1843, in Springfield, was married June 26, 1863, in her native place, to Frank Fleury, who was born Sept. 28, 1840, in Meadville, Penn. They have one child, ANNIE MAY. Mr. Fleury was city clerk during 1868, '69, '70 and '71. He is now engaged in the drug business, in Springfield, where he resides. BEVERLY P., born Dec. 30, 1845, lives in Colorado. ELIZABETH R., born Nov. n, 1849, married, Aug. 27, 1867, to James S. Cooper, who was born July 16, 1842, in Belleville, St. Clair county, 111. They live in Springfield, 111. LEIGH W., born Oct. 22, 1852, lives with his father. MARY, N. lives with her. sister, Mrs. Fleury. Mrs. Mary J. Herndon died Aug. 18, 1860, and W. H. Herndon was married July 31, 1861, to Anna Miles, who was born March i, 1836. They have two children, NINA BELLE and WIL-

LIAM M., and live in Fancy Creek township, six miles north of Springfield, Illinois. Win. H. Herndon was for many years a practicing attorney in Springfield, 111., and was the law partner of Abraham Lincoln, from 1848 to the death of Mr. Lincoln.