Sangamon County, Illinois - The whole text, 1876 (part 19 of 31)

JAMES M., born June 15, 1832, in Licking county, Ohio, married in Sangamon county Feb. i, 1855, to Mary Williams. They had six children, four of whom died under six years. MARY F. and JAMES H. reside with their parents, in Cotton Hill township, near old Rienzi, Sangamon county.

MARTIN, WILLIAM, a brother to George Martin and Mrs. Milslagle, was born in Hampshire county, Va. ; came to Sangamon county in 1834 or '35. He married Nancy, Torrence. They had four children.

14, 1814, in S wanton, Franklin county, Vt. When quite young he went to Buffalo, N. Y., and there joined his bfother, and came from there to Springfield, 111., arriving May 20, 1837. He learned the business of a chair maker in Springfield, and from that worked into the manufacture of cabinet furniture. He retired from business in 1869, with ample means and impaired health. He is not yet married, and resides at Buffalo, Sangamon county, Illinois, but spends much of his time among his old friends in Springfield.

Mass. He was bound to a hard master} ran away, and followed the life of a sailor for about five years. Lucinda Stetson was born June 14, 1782, in Hanover, Plymouth county, Mass. They were married July 15, 1804. Soon after marriage Mr. Mason left on a voyage to China and the East Indies, and was absent twenty-one months. On his return they moved to the vicinity of Belfast, Hancock county, Maine, where they had three children. In 1812 he moved to Madison county, N. Y., thence to Genesee county, in the same State, in 1814, where two children were born. In the spring of 1819 he moved to Olean Point, on the Allegheny river, and in the autumn of 1821 united with two other families in building a boat, in which the three families descended the Allegheny and Ohio rivers, landing in Pope county, Illinois, where another son was born, and they called his name Seth. After remaining two and a half years, the family left for what is now Tazewell county, but on reaching Sugar creek, in what is now Auburn township, April 10, 1824, decided to settle there. Of the six children -

NOAH, Jun., born Feb. 25, 1807, fifteen miles from Belfast, Maine, married in Sangamon county, Feb. 19, 1835, to Martha Nuckolls. They had six children, and Mrs. Martha Mason died, Mar. 24, 1852. Noah Mason, Jun., was married Aug. 9, i$§3, to Elizabeth Talbott. They had one child. Of all his children, GEORGE T., born Feb. 11, 1836, married June 9, 1 86 1, to Anna Brooks. They have three children, and reside in Auburn township. JANE, born July 22, 1837, married William R. Hill, Oct. 8, 1858. They have four children, and reside in Auburn township. JOHN L., born March 15, 1839, has represented Chatham township for several years in the County Board of Supervisors, He was married May 4, 1876, in Springfield, 111., to Mildred Harker, and resides one mile northwest of Auburn, Sangamon county, Illinois. MARY ANN, born Jan. i, 1842, was married Jan. i, 1861, to James M- Stout. See his name. AMANDA died, aged seven years. ELMINA E., born Oct. 4, 1847, was married April 25, 1866, to Ira Ryan. They have three children, and reside in Girard. MARTHA C., born April n, 1849, was married May

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30, 1872, to James P. Brasfield, have one child, NOAH w., and reside at Loami. NOAH D., the only child by the second wife, born Oct. 3, 1854, resides with his parents. Noah Mason, Jun , has met with some narrow escapes from death. He still exhibits a spot on his head, whiter than the rest, as the mark of a severe fall in childhood. Once, in New York, he accompanied his father to the woods, where he was clearing timber from the land, when the weather was extremely cold. Noah became sleepy and sat down under a tree. When his father's attention was called to him he c~ould not be wakened. He was carried to the house, and with the utmost exertion of all the members of the family, he was aroused and his life saved. His first business transaction was in Pope county, 111. He was paddling about in the Ohio river in a boat of his own building, when a stranger hailed him with " What will you take for your boat? " He replied, one dollar. The man handed him a two dollar bill, and Noah, with much running to and fro, returned the change, only to find, after his boat was gone, that the two dollar bill was a counterfeit. From childhood Mr. Mason has been remarkable for presence of mind. While the Mason family were at Olean Point, N. Y., on the Allegheny river, Noah was one day engaged in his favorite amusement of paddling about on a slab in the river, and had gone with the current some distance down the stream, when suddenly he heard a noise, and looking up he saw a tree falling towards him. He was a good swimmer, and quick as thought he jumped off" his slab, diving to the bottom. He heard the tree splash in the water above him, and he came to the surface among its branches, unhurt. Again, his father, with another man, were felling trees, and the limb of one tree had lodged against a knot on another, balancing in mid-air. Noah was trimming the branches from those that had fallen, and unconsciously came under this loose limb, and it fell. He heard it coming, and threw himself down beside a large log, which the limb fell across, immediately over his head, and he escaped with only a fright. Again, he' was hauling stakes for a fence, when he came to the deep ford on Sug«ir creek, Sangamon county. On driving in, the load slipped forward on the horses, and

Noah landed on the wagon tongue. The The horses began kicking and running, and he thought his time had come; but he made one desperate jump, clearing the horses' heels and front wagon wheel, and landed head-first in the water. Fortunately he took the lines with him, which enabled him to stop the horses. When the Masons arrived in Sangamon county, horse-mills were the only kind in use; but soon other kinds were built. Nearly all the bread used was made from Indian corn Mr. Mason, Sen., raised cotton for many years after coming to Sangamon county, and there were two cotton-gins built near him. The nearest carding machine was at Sangamo, and owned by a Mr. Broadwell. After the wool and cotton were carded, the different families manufactured their own cloth, and this constituted the wearing apparel of both males and females. Peaches were almost a sure crop, and Mr. Thomas Black had a copper still attached to his horse-mill; and Noah M., Jun., assisted him in making pure whisky from corn, and pure brandy from peaches. He also cut hickory wood for Mr. Black at thirtyseven and one-half cents per cord, and made rails the summer he was twenty-one years old, for thirty-seven and one-half cents per hundred, and cut corn in the fall, sixteen hills square, for five cents per shock or fifty cents per day. In this way he clothed himself, and had sixteen and one-half dollars - all in silver half dollars - when he started, with a number of others, March 19, 1829, for the Galena lead mines; was there six summers and two winters including the winter of the deep snow. Mr. Mason served in tour different companies during the Black Hawk war. In 1834 he had five eightyacre tracts of land, bought with money earned by himself in the lead mines. The prairie-flies were a great annoyance in summer, and in order to avoid them plowing among the corn was frequently done at night. Whisky was thought to be indispensable in early times in the harvest field, but Mr. Mason proved to the contrary. He threshed his wheat with horses, and cleaned it with a fanning mill. With the help of a boy, one season he prepared one load of wheat per week for four weeks, and sold it in Alton for forty cents per bushel. He has hauled wheat to St. Louis, selling it for thirty-eight cents per bushel. The merchants had their goods hauled on wagons from St. Louis and Chicago. Mr. Mason and nine others brought goods from the latter city for Mr. Bela Webster, of Springfield, at one dollar per hundred pounds, and were three weeks going and coming. Mr. Mason is one of the successful farmers of Sangamon county. He has retired from active business, and now - 1876 - resides in Springfield, Illinois.

LUCINDA, born July 24, 1809, in Maine, married in Sangamon county to B. F. Hutton. They reside in Chatham township, Sangamon county, Illinois.

THOMAS, born Aug. 2, 1812, in Maine, married in Sangamon county to Elizabeth Husband. They had four children, namely - NOAH died, aged sixteen years. EMILY married Jacob Brunk. See his name. ELIZABETH mairied William Epling, who was born in 1840, in Giles county, Va. They have two children, THEODORE ULYSSES and CHARLES w. Mr.'Epling has recently brought from Virginia his two sisters, Adaline and Hesiltine, and his brother, John H. He resides three and one-half miles south of Chatham. WILLIAM T. married Nancy Dodds. They have one child, and live two miles northwest of Auburn, Illinois. Mrs. Elizabeth Mason died in 1851, and Thomas Mason died, Sept. 5, 187 1, both in Sangamon county.

CAROLINE, born Feb. 13, 1819, married in Sangamon county to Madison Curvey. They had four children, and Mrs. Curvey died in the spring of 1854. Her son, ORRIN, married Ann Roberts, and lives in Chatham township.

SETH, born Jan. j, 1823, in Pope county, 111., married, Aug. 21, 1851, to Eleanor Kent, who was born May 28, 1831, in Harrison county, Ohio. They have no family. Seth Mason resides on the farm where his father settled in 1824, in Auburn township. He has in his possession a trunk made of camphor wood which his father brought from China, with a set of table ware made to order there, with the initials of himself and wife (X. L. M.) on each piece. The chest was filled with silks and other rich goods.

MASSIE, THOMAS, was born Dec. 26, 1759, in Albemarle county, Va. He was a Revolutionary soldier, for which he drew a pension near the close of his life. He went to Kentucky after the Revolution, and there became personally acquainted with Simon Kenton, one of the associates of Daniel Boone in the early settlement of Kentucky. Thomas Massie was married to Fanny Hudson, either in Kentucky or Virginia. They had four children, none of whom ever came to Sangamon county. Mrs. Fanny Massie died in Kentucky, and Thomas Massie married Rebecca Collyer, a native of Virginia, also. They had eight children, all born in Montgomery county, Ky., and the family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in 1828, in what is now Curran township. Of their eight children -

JOHN C., born Aug. n, 1795, in Kentucky, married Aug. 13, 1815, in Tennessee, to Elizabeth Freeman. He moved to Sangamon county soon after his father, in 1828, and after a stay of five or six years, moved to Pike county, 111., where Mrs. Massie died. Mr. Massie married again, and died there. His son, MELVIN MASSIE, was a Representative from Pike county, to the Legislature of 1873.

STL VAN US, born Sept. 12, 1799, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, Aug. n, 1829, to Sarah Maltby, and had seven children. He died, June 28, 1856, and his widow lives in Gardner township, Saoigamon county.

Matheny, Charles

MATHENY, CHARLES R., born March 6, 1786, in Loudon county, Va. When a young man he visited his brother at Crab Orchard, Ky., and was there licensed to preach, by the proper authority, in the M. E. church. He went, in 1805, as missionary, under the auspices of that church, to that part of the North- Western territory which afterwards became St. Clair county, Jll. In addition to preaching he studied and practiced law. He was married in 1806, in St. Clair county, 111. to Jemima Ogle, who was born in that county, Oct. 26, 1787. Her father, Captain Joseph Ogle, emigrated from Pennsylvania very early, and was a prominent actor in the Indian wars and other events connected with the early history of the country. Ogle countv,in the northern part of Illinois, was named in honor of his memory. C. R. Matheny was elected in 1817, representative in the Territorial Legislature, which met at Kaskaskia, 111., and was clerk of the House during the winters of 1820 and '21. C. R. Matheny and wife had seven children in St. Clair county, 111., and when the law was enacted for the organization of Sangamon county, he was induced by the tender of the office of county clerk, county auditor, circuit clerk, and some other prospective advantages, to come to Springfield, arriving in the spring of 1821, where four children were born. Of their eleven children -

LUCT, born Mar. 13, 1811, in St. Clair county, was married in Springfield to P. Asbury Sanders, who was born in Loudon county, Va., and came to Sangamon county in 1828. Mrs. Lucy Sanders died, Feb. 8, 1836, leaving one son, CHARLES M., who went to California in 1857, an^ was ^ast heard from by his friends in Springfield in the Union army. P. A. Sanders married Margaret Ogden. They have two sons in Springfield.

LORENZO DOW, born March 25, 1813, in St. Clair county, 111., studied medicine in Springfield, 111., under Dr. J. M. Early, and served in the Black

Hawk war. He graduated in the spring of 1836, in the medical department of Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, the first native of Illinois to obtain th»t distinction, and the second citizen of Sangamon county to graduate in any medical college, Dr. Geo. M. Harrison being the first. See his name. Dr. L. D. Matheny had just engaged in the practice of medicine under flattering circumstances, when hediedf-Feb. 7» ^37, in Springfield, Illinois.

NOAH W., born July 31, 1815, in St. Clair county, Illinois. He assisted his father in the county clerk's office as soon as he could write. At his father's death Noah was appointed clerk pro tern., by the county court, and in Nov., 1839, he was elected to fill the unexpired term of his father. He was afterwards elected for eight successive terms, of four years each. He was married in Springfield, August 22, 1843, to Elizabeth J. Stamper, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Stamper, of the M. E. church. She was born April 18, 1825, in Bourbon county, Ky. Noah W. Matheny and wife have four children, all born in Springfield. WILLIAM S., SAMUEL O., EDWARD C. and FANNIE, who reside with their parents. Mr. Matheny served as county clerk until 1873. He served ten or twelve years as deputy for his father, and thirtyfour years by election. He is now - 1876 - President of the First National Bank, Springfield, 111., and resides in the city.

JAMES H.f born Oct. 30, 1818, in St. Clair county, was brought up in Springfield. At fifteen years of age he we employed as clerk in the Postoffice and Recorder's office, transacting the business of both offices. The two now have grown to require the services o.f at least twenty men. J. H. Matheny was appointed deputy clerk of the State Supreme Court for 1839 and '40. In 1841 he became deputy in the circuit clerk's office. He was married in Springfield, Feb. II, 1845, to Maria L. Lee, who was born in 1827, in Carrolton, 111. They have seven children, all born in Springfield. LEE is now clerk in the Postoffice, Springfield, 111. EDWARD DOW, born Dec. 4, 1847, studied law with his father, and is a member of the law firm of Matheny, Mc- Guire & Matheny, Springfield, Illinois. LUCY, NORA, JAMES H., Jun.,

RALPH C. and ROBERT W; the five latter live with their parents. J. H. Matheny was a member of the constitutional convention of 1848. He was elected circuit clerk in 1852 for four years, after which he was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel of the i3Oth 111. Inf. After the capture of Vicksburg he was on detached duty, holding military courts u^til 1864, when his regiment was consolidated with another, and he resigned. In Nov., 1873, he was elected Judge of Sangamon county for four years, and resides in Springfield, 111.

In 1840 ten young men, who had been brought up in the vicinity of Springfield, and had not seen much of the world, or heard a great man speak, learned that Henry Clay was to make a speech at Nashville, Tenn., at a certain time. They fitted up an old prairie stage, put on a cover, provided themselves with tents and provisions, and in August, 1840, Benjamin A. Watson, Henry Oswald, Daniel 'Wood worth, Edna Moore, Stanislaus P. Lalumere, John H. Craighead, Oliver P. Bowen, Benoni Bennett, Moreau Phillips and James H. Matheny started in their wagon, drawn by four horses, and driven by Phillips. They camped out at night, did their own cooking, and sung the stirring campaign songs of that year in passing through every town and village. In some places they were applauded, at others jeered, and occasionally they were pelted with stale eggs, but they sang through it all, were on time to hear Clay's speech, and were invited on the platform. They sung some of their spirited songs, creating quite a furore, saw a crowd of forty thousand men, ten times as many as they had ever seen before, and returned home as they went, having been out five weeks, and traveled about one thousand miles. They felt well paid for their time, labor and expense. James H. Matheny delivered the oration at the first meeting of early settlers in Sangamon county, 111. He is the senior member of the firm of Matheny, McGuire & Matheny, of Springfield, 111., and is now '(1876) Judge of the Sangamon county court.

CHARLES W., born Sept. 27, 1820, in St. Clair county, was married in Springfield, Feb. 13, 1845, to Margaret Condell. a native of Pennsylvania. They had three children - HELEN, born Jan., 1846, died Jan., 1864. CHARLES O. and GEORGE H. reside with their parents. Charles W. Matheny was for many years engaged in merchandizing in Springfield, and now - 1876 - resides in the city.

ELIJAH COOK, born June 13, 1826, in Springfield, crossed the Plains in . 1849, and remained on the Pacific coast until 1854, when he returned, and was married Feb. 3, 1857, *n Springfield, to Alletta L. Vannordstran. They had two children, JOHN R. and LOUISA I. Mrs. Matheny died in June, 1864, and he was married, in 1865, to Mrs. Naomi L. Rittenhouse, a native of Pennsylvania, whose maiden name was Schroyer. She has two children by a former marriage, CHARLES E. and LOUIS PERCY Rittenhouse. Mr. and Mrs. Matheny have three children, MIMA, PHILLIPS G., and ADA L., who reside with their parents. E. C. Matheny was deputy United States Marshal about nine years, for the southern district of Illinois, and during that time sold over $2,000,000 worth of confiscated property, at Cairo. He resides in Springfield, Illinois.

Mary, Meredith Helm, Lizzie M., Carrie M., Susie

MARIA C., born Aug. 10, 1829, in Springfield, was married, June 12, 1849, to Stephen S. Whitehurst. They had seven children - MIMI, born April 13, 1854, in Springfield, 111., was marrie there, Jan. 13, 1876, to George H. Helmle, who was born Feb. 5, 1853, in Springfield. G. H. Helmle was elected town clerk, in the spring of 1874, and again in 1875, and was elected assessor in 1876. He is an architect, and resides in Springfield. MARY, MEREDITH HELM, LIZZIE M., CARRIE M., SUSIE M. and REGINALD GWYNN, live with their mother. Stephen S. Whitehurst died, May 19, 1875, and Mrs. Whitehurst and family reside in Springfield, Illinois.

EMILT R., born March 16, 1832, in Springfield, was married there, Sept. 25, 1860, to Benjamin C. McQuesten. They have one child, BENJAMIN, and moved in 1869 to Ottawa, Kansas, where Mr. McQuesten is engaged in banking, and where he and his family reside.

Charles R. Matheny held the office of county clerk until his death, which occurred Oct. 10, 1839. Mrs. Jemima Matheny died Feb. 23, 1858, both in Springfield, Illinois.

MATTHEWS, JOSEPH, was born in Buckingham county, Va., and when a young man went to Fayette county, Ky., where he was married to Tabitha Rutherford, a native of that county. After spending a few years each in Wayne and Cumberland counties, Ky., they moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Oct. 20, 1830, in what is now Cooper township. They had eleven children, some of whom died, and some married and remained in Kentucky and Tennessee.

S ALL T married in Kentucky to Charles Thomas. She died in Mechanicsburg in 1865, leaving one son, ROWLAND D. Thomas, who is married, and lives in Cooper township.

ELIZABETH, born in Kentucky, married there to Dr. Joel Hughes, came to Springfield in 1834, and in 1837 went to Ashley, Mo., where Dr. Hughes died. His widow married in Springfield to Williom Brown, and died Oct. 19, 1859, in Cotton Hill township.

WILLIAM S., born in Kentucky, married in 1833, in Sangamon county, to Mrs. Lucinda Ashley, whose maiden name was Cooper. He died in 1834, leaving one child, WILLIAM S., Jun. He served three years in the i3Oth 111. Inf., part of the time in Andersonville prison. W. S. Matthews, Jun., lives near Edinburg, Illinois.

LO7^ P., born Oct. u, 1811, in Cumberland county, Ky., married in Sangamon county June 28, 1838, to Eliza Forrest, who was born in 1815. They had four children in Sangamon county. SARAH J., born April 30, 1839, married Joseph Breckinridge. See his name. He died, and she married Thomas Pike. LA VINA A. died, aged twentytwo years. JOHN HENRY, born June 8, 1848, is a minister in the Christian church at Toledo, Ohio - 1874. JAMES J., born March 4, 1854, lives at Illiopolis. Mrs. Eliza Matthews died July 13, 1866. Lot P. Matthews lived in Cooper township until the death of his wife. Since that time he has been traveling as a colporteur in the Christian church. - 6 1

JOSEPH H., born Nov. 2, 1813, in. Cumberland county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, Oct. 20, 1843, to Sarah A. Hayley. They had' eight children in Sangamon county. FRANCES A., born July ii, 1844, married Dec. 4, 1859, to Charles H. Bridges. See his name* JAMES F., born Jan. i, 1846, died in his nineteenth year. THOMAS P., born Nov. 1 8, 1848, married Silence A. Pearce, and live in Niantic, Macon county, 111. MARY E. died in her third year. AMELIA and CORLELIA, born July 2, 1854; WILLIAM A., born June 10, 1857, and ALICE, born Dec. 26, 1859. The four latter live with their mother. Joseph H. Matthews died Oct. 16, 1861, in Pawnee, and his widow and children reside in Illiopolis, Sangamon county, Illinois.

Matthews, Schuyler

MATTHEWS, SCHUYLER B., was born Aug. n, 1821, in Greene county, Kentucky, and came to Sangamon county, arriving Oct. 18, 1834, in what is now Island Grove township, two miles east of Berlin. S. B. Matthews and Elizabeth Batty were married in Sangamon county June i, 1854. She was born Oct. 16, 1825, in Lancashire, England. They have three children, JOHN W., WILBER B. and SCHUYLER A.; all reside with their parents, three miles south of New Berlin, 111.

MATHEW, SIMON, was born Feb. 12, 1787, in Virginia, and was married in Franklin county, Ohio, April 7, 1812, to Anna Deardorff, They had two children in Ohio, and in 1816 or '17 moved to Washington county, Indiana, where they had six children, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Nov., 1833,. in what is now Ball township, where they had o.ne child. Of their children -

JAMES D., born about 1813, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to Dorcas Hamilton. They have ten children, and reside near Chandlerville, Cass county, Illinois.

ty to Mrs. Sarah Crowder, whose maiden name was Woozley. They had five children in Sangamon county. JAMES H., horn Oct. 13, 1838, married March 28, 1860, to Sally A. Handlin. They have two children, EVERETT s. and JENNIE M., and live in Springfield. SIMON T., married Mary A. Clayton. They have three childeen, ETTA E., LUTHER F. and CHARLES CARROLL, and reside in Ball township, Sangamon county, 111. SUSAN ANN, born August 29, 1844, married Marcus D. Clayton, See his name. WILLIAM O. married Mary E. Lamb, have two children, IDA MAY and FANNIE A., and live four miles north of Pawnee, Illinois. LEONARD S., married Sept. 24, 1874, to Alice Galloway. Mrs. Sarah Matthew died, and John M. Matthew married Mary A. Scott. Thev have five children, FANNIE, JOHN M., Tun., LAURA, LUCY and JOSEPHINE, and reside in Ball township, three and a half miles southeast of Chatham, Illinois,

SILAS D.. born in 18-18, in Washington county, Indiana, married in Sangamon county to Ellen DeardorfF, who died, and he married Mrs. Elizabeth Wood. They had five children. Their son, JOHN F., served two enlistments in the army, and died at home of disease contracted in the service. Silas D. Matthew and family reside near Edinburg, Christian county, Illinois.

CATHARINE A., born in 1820, in Washington county, Indiana, married in Sangamon county to John DeardorfF, who died, leaving two children, and she married Daniel Fetters. They have one child, and reside near Macon, Macon county, Illinois.

OSCAR P., born in 1822, in Washington county, Indiana, married in Sangamon county to Margaret Britton. They had nine children. ANNA E. died at seventeen years of age. WINFIELD SCOTT, born May 6, 1848, is now - 1875 - a student in the Senior class of the Northwestern University, Chicago, with the intention of entering the ministry in connection with the M. E. church. JOHN B. married in 1868 to Amanda E, Lawley. They have two children, CHARLES E. and GEORGE R., and live at Mt. Auburn, Christian county, Illinois, REBECCA J. married Daniel Poffenberger. See his name. THOMAS L.

lives with his parents. LOUISA L. died, aged seventeen years. OSCAR M. died young. LAFAYETTE LINCOLN, and MATILDA M. live with their parents. Oscar F. Matthew and wife reside near Cotton Hill Postoffice, Sangamon county, Illinois.

FRANCIS M., born in 1825, in Washington county, Indiana, married in Sangamon county to Nancy VanOsdol. They have five children, and reside at Los Nietos, Los Angeles county, California.

SARAH E., born in 1827, in Indiana, married in Sangamon county to John Smith, who died, and she married Isaac Grimes, and lives near Chatham, Illinois. DA VID L., born in 1829, in Washington county, Indiana, married in Sangamon county to Caroline Matthew, who died, and he married Hannah Conyer, and resides near Chandlerville, Cass county, Illinois.

WILLIAM P., born July 25, 1834, in Sangamon county, married July 14, 1853, to Mary Safley. They have four living children, MARTHA V., STEPHEN L., U. S. GRANT and IDA A., and reside in Cotton Hill township, Sangamon county, Illinois.

Mrs. Anna Matthew died Oct. 24, 1834, and Simon Matthew was married in 1835 to Mrs- Elizabeth DeardorfF. They had three children in Sangamon county -

Matthew, William

Simon Matthew died June 18, 1848, and Mrs. Elizabeth Matthew died Oct., 1849, both in Sangamon county, Illinois. MATTHEW, WILLIAM, was born June 9, 1802, in Bracken county, Ky. He was married Jan. 4, 1824, to Sarah McDaniel, who was born August, 1808. They had six children in Kentucky, and moved to Marion county, Ind., in 1834, and to Sangamon county, 111., arriving October, 1836, in what is now Mechanicsburg township, where two children were born. Of their eight children-^-

Lanham. They have eight children - MARTHA E. married Blackstone Mc- Daniel. See ins n<~me. WILLIAM H. married Edna Vaughn, have one child, ESTELLA, and lives with his father. ELIJAH T., SARAH F., IRENE, HARRIET E. and MARY F., live with their parents. JOSEPH died, aged three years. John W. Matthew has no education from books, but has been a good business man in farming and stock dealing. In 1872 he took an over dose of quinine which totally destroyed his hearing. Not being able to read or write, and knowing nothing of sign language, he is utterly unable to receive or communicate a thought. He lives near Dawson, Illinois - 1874.

Belle M., Robert S., George

NATHANIEL F., born Nov. 4, 1827, in Bracken county, Ky., married Nov. 26, 1856, in Sangamon county, to Mary McDaniel. They had seven children; the first and third, ALBERT and DOUGLAS, died young. OLIVER F., BELLE M., ROBERT S., GEORGE M. and WILLIAM J., live with their parents, four and one-half miles southeast of Buffalo Hart station, Sangamon county, Illinois.

LUANNE, born Dec. 10, 1829, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, Jan., 1855, to A. J. Newhouse, have five children, and live in Marion county, Indiana.

JAMES H,, born March 20, 1832, in Bracken county, Ky., brought to Sangamon county, in 1835, married Nov. 14, 1854, in Hillsboro, to Sarah C. House, who was born Sept. 2, 1835, in Cabarras county, N. C. They have four children, TOHN L., ALICE M., MARY A. and ILLNOY C., and live one-half mile northwest of Barclay, Illinois - 1874.

MART E., born Sept, 15, 1837, in Sangamon county, married, Feb., 1857, to William D. Turner. They have five children, and live in Wayne county, Illinois.

MARTHA 7., born Feb. i, 1840, in Sangamon county, married, Sept., 1857, to John Turner, had one child, and Mr. Turner died. She married John Goodman, has two children, and lives in Wayne county, Illinois.

Maxwell, Archibald

MAXWELL, ARCHIBALD, was born July n, 1808, in Doune, Perthshire, Scotland. He crossed the Atlantic ocean in 1830, first landing at Quebec, Canada, went to Halifax, Nova Scotia, thence to New York city, landing Nov., 1831. He left there in June, 1832, while the cholera was raging. After a short stay in Trenton, N. J., he went to Philadelphia, and spent a whole day trying to find a lodging place. He had plenty of money, and could obtain all the food he wanted, but fear of cholera prevented his finding a resting place; and he was compelled to leave the city for one night, but returned the next day and obtained employment at his trade, stone cutting. In the summer of 1833 he went to Raleigh, N. C., and was employed on the State House, being erected there. From Raleigh he carrie to Springfield, Illinois, arriving in April, 1838, and soon after went to work on the State Capitol, then in course of construction. It is now the Court House of Sangamon county. Margaret Wilson was born Oct. 10, 1818, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, and came to America, with her brother William C. Wilson, landing in New York, in 1836, and came to Springfield, 111., in November, 1837. Archibald Maxwell and Margaret Wilson were married, Nov. 26, 1840, in Springfield. They had nine children in Sangamon county, two of whom died young. Of the other seven children -

MARGARET C., was married July 31, 1866, to Calvin L. Finley, who was born July 3, 1841, in Ohio. They have five children, MARGARET E., ETTA R., ARCHIE C., ROBERT J. and MOLLIE G., and live one mile north of Illiopolis.

ROBERT W., born Dec. 13, 1845, in Sangamon county, graduated March 25, 1874, in the law department of Michigan University, at Ann Arbor. He is now practicing law at Decatur, Illinois.

WILLIAM C., was born Oct. 21, 1850, in Sangatnon county. He graduated, Feb. 26, 1874, at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York city, and commenced practice in Chesnut, Logan county, Illinois. Dr. Maxwell is now practicing in Springfield - 1876.

Archibald Maxwell and wife reside two miles west of Illiopolis. Their marriage and the marriage of their eldest daughter were both solemnized by Rev. John G. Bergen, D. D.

MAXWELL, ELIAS, wasborn in Green county, Ohio. He was there married to Mrs. Nancy Morgan, a native of the same county. They moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, about 1825, and had six children in Island Grove -

WILLIAM, born May 4, 1830, in Sangamon county, married Oct. 27, 1852, to Hannah H. Batty, a native of England. They had eight children; three died young, and WILLIAM H. died, aged twelve years. RICHARD E., JOHN E. and EMMA E. reside with their parents in New Berlin, Illinois.

ANTHONT P., born in Sangamon county, went to the Pacific coast in 1859, married in Oregon to a Miss Powell, has a family, and lives near Salem, Oregon.

GEORGE M., born May i. 1837, in Sangamon county, married March 27, 1860, to Adaline Meacham. They have two children, LUELLA and GEORGE H., and reside one mile north of New Berlin, Illinois.

ABNER, born in Sangamon county, enlisted April, 1861, for three years, in Co. D, 26th 111. Inf., re-enlisted as a veteran, was taken sick in the army, came home, and died in 1864.

MAXCY, JOEL, was born about 1759, in Rockingham county Va. He was a soldier in a Virginia regiment in time of the Revolution, and was in the battle of Guilford Court House. He re mernbered having seen Generals Marion, Morgan, DeKalb and Gates. He was married after the war in Prince Edward county, to Mrs. Susan Hill, whose maiden name was Davis. She had five children by her first marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Maxcy had three children in Virginia; and in 1798 moved to Warren county, near Bowling Green, Ky., where one child was born. Mrs. Susan Maxcy died there Aug. 27, 1812. Of her four children, one only ever came to Sangamon county.

JAMES, born Nov. 17, 1791, in Prince Edward county, Va., and was taken by his parents in 1 798 to Warren county, Ky. He enlisted at Bowling Green, in 1812, in the United States army. His regiment started the day of his mother's death, Aug. 27, 1812, - and returned in tour months. He enlisted again Aug. 2^, 1813. His regiment marched the next day. At Newport, Ky., he was elected Second Lieutenant. The march continued north, and he was in the battle of the river Thames, Oct, 5, 1813, and was honorably discharged in November following. He returned home, and was married Dec. 29, 1813, near Bowling Green, to Maria C. Cook. She was born Feb. 20, 1794, near Danville, Ky. They had four children in Kentucky, and moved to Springfield, 111., arriving May 3, 1834. Of their children - JOHN C., born Nov. 22, 1814, in Bowling Green, Ky., married Sept. 22, 1835, in Springfield to Farnetta C. Lloyd.

They had six children. Of their five living children, MARGARET D. married Charles S. Zane. See his name. JAMES R. was married in Chicago to Harriet Dickson. MARY AGNES was married in -Springfield, 111., to R. D. Lawrence. They have one living child, Susie C., and live in Springfield. MARIA c. married George A. Davis. They have one child, Georgia. ZACH AR Y T., born in 1851, in Springfield. John C. Maxcy has filled several local offices; among others, he has been a member of the Board of Supervisors of Sangamon county, and resides in Springfield, 111. JAMES M., born Sept. 16, 1816, in Kentucky, lived in Springfield from 1834 to 1849, when he went to California. He was Quartermaster in the United States army during the rebellion, and died there in 1866. MARGARET E., died in her fifth year. MARY J., born July 27, 1822, in Kentucky, married in Springfield to Wm. H. Herndon. See his name. Mrs. Maria C. Maxcy died in 1876, and James Maxcy lives in Springfield. He was the first City Marshal of Springfield, and for twentysix years in succession filled some one of the city offices. He is now in his .eighty-fifth year.

Joel Maxcy was married in Butler county, Ky., to Mrs. Betsey A. Howard, whose maiden name was Brown. She was born Feb. 14, 1795, in Prince Edward county, Va. She had two children, Mordecai and America Howard, both of whom married and died in Shelby county, 111. Mr. and Mrs. Maxcy had two children born in* Butler county, Ky., and moved to Logan county - same State, - where three children were born; and the family moved to Sangamon county, 111;, arriving Nov., 1827, at Springfield, and soon after moved to Island Grove township, north of Little Spring creek. Of their five children -

NELSON, born Dec. 26, 1814, in Butler county, Ky., married in Sangamon county April 27, 1829, to Mary Campbell. They had one child, ERASTUS, who now resides near Washington, Texas. Nelson Maxcy married, as his second wife, Melinda Maxcy, in Arkansas. They had two children, CYRILDA and IRENE, and Mr. Maxcy died Nov., 1869, near Washington, Texas, leaving his fafnily there.

SAMUEL 0., born Aug. 19, 1825, in Logan county, Ky., married in Sangamon county Nov. 16, 1848, to Nancy Archer. They had two children in Sangamon county. JAMES H., born Sept. 18, 1849, married Feb. 19, 1873, to Alice S. Jameison, who was born April 7, 1846, in Licking county, Ohio. They reside four miles east of Berlin. WILLIAM J., born Oct. 13, 1856, lives with his parents. Samuel O. Maxcy and wife resideon the farm where his father settled in 1827. It is four miles east of Berlin.

Joel Maxcy died Dec. 27, 1827, in Sangamon county. His widow lived with her son, Samuel O., but went to visit her children by the first marriage, and died in Shelby county Feb. 11, 1856.

MAY, WILLIAM L., was an early settler of Springfield, and was a member of Congress from this district, as early as 1836. I am unable to obtain the information for a complete sketch.

McATEE, ANDREW, was born in Kentucky, came to Sangamon county with his brother, Smith, married Mary A. Rape, had two children, and the family moved to Polk county, Missouri.

McATEE. SMITH, was born in 1801 or '2, in Kentucky, came to Sangamon county, about 1825, and entered what is now part of Daniel G. Jones' farm, in Cotton Hill township. He went to Galena and worked in the lead mines until he earned money to make improvements on his land. He was married, in 1829, to Elizabeth Rape, in Sangamon county. She had one child -

1838, married Feb. 26, 1863, to Almyra Marshall. They have three children, NORMAN A., LAURA BELL and EUGENE CARROLL, and live three miles north of Pawnee, in Ball township -1874.

Mrs. Tennessee McAtee died March 9, 1847. Smith McAtee was married, Nov., 1847, to ^rs- Margaret Wall, whose maiden name was Jones. They had two children -

MART, born July 6, 1850, in Sangamon county, married, Jan. 23, 1869, to Henry B. Rose, who was born March 12, 1844, 'n Floyd county, Ky. He was a soldier in Co. C, and transferred to Co. G, i4th Ky. Cav. ; enlisted for one year, served fourteen months, and was honorably discharged. Mr. and Mrs. Rose have two children, EDGAR J. and HENRY E., and reside near Independence, Montgomery county, Kan. - 1874.

Hezekiah McAtee, the father of Smith and Andrew, came with them to Sangamon county, and after tarrying a few days moved on with the other members of his familv, to Pike county, Illinois.

MeBRIDE, JAMES, was born April n, 1782, in Bedford county, Va. He was there married to Elizabeth Boyd, who was born April, 1783, in the same county. They had two children in Virginia, and moved to Madison county, Ky., in 1807, where eight children were born. James McBride went to South Carolina on business, and died there, Nov., 1826. His family moved to Montgomery county, Ky., where two of the children died, and one married and settled there. Mrs. McBride and seven of her children moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in Nov., 1837, in what is now Cooper township, north of Sangamon river. Of her children -

JOHN, born Oct 23, 1803, in Virginia, married in Montgomery county, Ky., to Nancy Pebworth. She died March, 1865, in Missouri. Their only child, JAMES, is married and lives in Indiana. John McBride lives in Illiopolis township with the Gragg family.

C., Samuel J., Noah E., Jesse T.

JEFFERSON, born June 8, 1826, in Madison county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, Jan. 5, 1847, ^° Ann M. Hesser. They had ten children; the eldest died in infancy. ALBERT O., born March 12, 1851, resides *at Buffalo. MARIA L., born April 20, 1853, married August 27, 1872, to Jasper Daley, have one child, arid reside at Moravia, Iowa. GEORGE W., born March 20, 1855, resides with his parents. ELIZABETH E., born April 20, 1857, married Jan. 15, 1873,10 Caleb Duvall, and resides near Asherville, Kansas. FRANCES C., SAMUEL J., NOAH E., JESSE T. and FLORA ANNIE MAY; the five latter reside with their parents at Moravia, Appanoose county, Iowa.

name was McFarren) came from the north of Ireland. They were Protesants, and left their native country during the rebellion of 1798, and were married in America, probahly in Tennessee. They moved with their family from Nashville, Tenn., to Fleming county, Ky., and Mr. McCormack died there about 1815, leaving the family, consisting of the mother, four brothers and three sisters, to the care of Andrew, whose name heads this sketch. He managed to keep them together until they were able to take care ot themselves. Being studiously inclined, he worked in the day and studied at night. He brought his mother and all the children to Sangamon county about 1829, settling on Fancy creek. Shortly after he went to work in the Galena lead mines, and during some Indian troubles there, he was Captain of a company of volunteers. On his return he moved to Springfield, and was married July 27, 1834, on Sugar creek, to Ann S. Short - daughter of James Short, - who was born Jan. 3, 1810, in Green county, Ky. They had ten children, three of whom died in infancy. The eldest died, aged eighteen years. Of the other children -

MARGARET J., born Jan. 10, 1838, in Springfield, was married Aug. 23, 1866, to David Caldwell, who was born Oct. 16, 1839, in Dearborn county, Ind. He enlisted Aug., 1861, in Co. B, 26th Ind. Inf., and served three years. They have two children living, JOHN A. and GEORGE D., who reside with their parents, in Springfield, Illinois.

LUCRE TIA B., born Jan. 6, 1841, was married June 21, 1867, in Springfield, to William C. Poffenbarger, who was born in Sangamon county. They have four children, ELIZABETH A., MARY A., IRA D. and HENRIETTA A., who reside with their parents, on a farm near Taylorville, Illinois.

JOHN A., born July 8, 1845, was married Aug. 10, 1870, in Springfield, to Matilda Morganroth, a native of McLean county, 111. J. A. McCormack is a carpenter, and is now employed at the T., W. & W. R. R. shops. He resides in Springfield, Illinois.

ANN C., born Jan. 14, 1850, was married May 3, 1874, in Springfield, to Henry Schneider, a native of Switzerland. She resides with her mother.

Andrew McCormack was a stonecutter and brickmason. He represented Sangamon county three times in the State Legislature, and was one of the "Long Nine." He was Mayor of the city for 1843 and '44, and was a man of great physical strength, standing six feet two and a half inches in height, and weighing two hundred and eighty pounds. Andrew McCormack's mother died at his house in Springfield, Jan. 21, 1842, and he died January 24, 1857. His widow still resides in Springfield, 111. - 1876.

McCORMACK, JOHN, brother of Andrew, married Miss Sherrill, on Sugar creek, Sangamon county, Illinois, in 1833. He resides at New Buda, Iowa.

MeCORMACK, WILLIAM, brother of Andrew and John, married Miss White, on Fancy creek, Sangamon county, Illinois, moved to Missouri, and died there.

MeCORMACK, ALEXANDER, brother of Andrew, John and William, married in 1834, in Springfield, 111., to Miss Gillock. They reside in Princeton, Missouri.

MeCORMACK, JAMES, brother of Andrew, John, William and Alexander, went to Lexington, Ky., when a young man, and resides there. The sisters of Andrew McCormack are dead.

MeCOY, DAVID, was born in 1790, in the State of Georgia. His parents moved to Tennessee, and both died there when he was quite young. He went with a married sister to Ohio, and from there to Montgomery county, 111. Mary Kilpatrick was born March 29, 1800, in Fayette county, Ky. In 1817 her parents moved to Montgomery county, 111. David McCoy and Mary Kilpatrick were there married in the fall of 1818, and moved to the south side of Richland creek, in what became Gardner township, Sangamon county, arriving in the spring of 1819. They came in company with her brother, Wm. Kilpatrick, and his wife, both couple having just been married. They lived there one year before they had any knowledge of another family coming into that region of country. His improvements were on a piece of school land, which was not for sale when the other land came into market. In the fall of 1823 Mr. McCoy moved five miles south, to the north side of Spring creek, in what is now Carrwright township. They had three children on Richland creek and eight on Spring creek ; two of the latter died in infancy. Of their nine children -

POLL T A., born April 8, 1823, on Richland creek, married in Sangamon county, Oct. 29, 1844, to Elihu Scott, who was born August 18, 1821, in Tennessee. They had six children; one died in infancy. MARY E., born July 30, 1845, married April 16, 1868, to C. Howard Sowle, who was born Jan. 8, 1839, near Rochester, N. Y. They have two children, JOSEPHINE and CHARLEY, and reside one mile northeast of Richland station, Sangamon county, 111. MARTHA J. lives with her mother. JOHN B. resides at Kansas City, Mo, OWEN M. and ELIHU, Jun., live with their mother. Elihu Scott died May 21, 1869, in Sangamon county, and his widow resides one mile northeast of Richland Station, Sangamon county, Illinois. - 1876.

NANCTJsom. Feb. i, 1825, on Spring creek, married Feb. 9, 1843, to R.°Dert Bone. They have a family of children, and live in Menard county, five miles north of Richland station.

THOMAS A'., born in 1827, in Sangamon county, married in 1848, to Margaret A. Kendall, have five living children, and live in Umatilla county, Oregon, near Walla W7alla, Washington Territory.

JAMES P., born July 3, 1832, in Sangamon county, married Jane L. Seeley, had eight children, five of whom are living with their parents in Topeka, Kansas. - 1874.

JOSEPH G., born Dec., 1838, in Sangamon county, married Sarah Epler, had five children; two died in infancy. The three living reside with tneir parents in Kansas City, Mo. - 1874.

David McCoy had some experience in breaking prairie before he came to Sangamon county. He was one of the few early settlers who never cleared the timber from his land, but made his farm in the prairie. He brought a plow with him suitable for breaking prairie. He hung it under the axle of his wagon, and thought he could drive the oxen and hold the plow himself, but found that he could not. His wife volunteered to drive while he held the plow, but then another difficulty arose. The baby could not be left alone long at a time. In that dilemma Mr. McCoy made a box similar to a cradle, made it fast on the beam of the plow, put the babe into it, and in that way broke his land. He built a saw mill on Spring creek, about 1825 or '26, and added grinding machinery soon after When that mill was put in operation, there was great joy in the settlement, as it was the only place where grinding could be obtained. He adopted as a rule that a grist belonging to a wridow should never be tolled. He would loan money without interest for the purpose of entering land. Mr. McCoy went annually to St. Louis, with strained honey and deer-skins, and exchanged them for groceries and other necessaries for the family. His daughter, Mrs. Scott, remembers when the first shoes were made for the children. The eldest one was seven vears old.

McCOY, JAMES, was born July 25, 1791, in Nicholas county, Ky. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, from Kentucky, in the Dragoons under Col. Dick Johnson, and was in the battle where Tecumseh was killed. He returned to Kentucky, and was married in Nicholas county, Sept. 15, 1814, to Jane Murphy, who was born in that county, March 29, 1494. They had two children in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1818, on Horse creek, in what is now Cotton Hill township. Mr. McCoy and Levi W. Goodan owned a wagon together, and each had a horse, a wife and two children, and hoth families moved from Kentucky in that wagon together. Their wives were two of the six women who came to Sangamon county that year. The wives of the two Drennans, Joseph Dodds and Mr. Vancil being the other four. Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Coy had twins there, one of whom died in infancy. In the spring of 1819 they moved to what is now Rochester township, where seven children were born. Of their ten children -

CAROLINE M., born July 16, 1815, in Nicholas county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county, 111., August 17, 1834, to Lewis A. Grimsley. They had two children - ELIZA J., born May 19, 1838, was married, June 23, 1857, to Henry Jacoby. They had one child, AMELIA, and Mr. Jacoby died Oct. 3, 1859. His widow and daughter reside in Springfield. WILLIAM P., born May 9, 1840, in Rochester, is now chief clerk in the county clerk's office, Springfield, 111. - May, 1^76. Lewis A. Grimsley died Sept. 23, 1842, in Logan county. Mrs. Caroline M. Grimsley died March 28, 1843, at ner father's house, near Rochester.

SYLVESTER G., born April 28, 1817, in Nicholas county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county, Nov., 1841, to Mary Robinson. They had two children - JAMES B , born Oct. 5, 1842, in Rochester, 111., served in the war to suppress the rebellion, and was honorably discharged. He was married, Jan. 8, 1857 to Nellie Gillett. They had four children, CHARLES A., TAYLOR i., SYLVESTER A. and MARY ARMINTA, who reside with their parents, near Abington, Jefferson county, Iowa. CAROLINE, born Oct. 2, 1844, married Hall McReynolds, Jan., 1870. They have three children, LEE, HILDA and IRA, who reside with their parents, near Maryville, \Vapella county, Iowa. Sylvester G. McCoy died March 5, 1844, in Sangamon county, 111. His widow and children moved to Iowa, in December of that year. She was married, -in 1859,10 P. A. McReynolds, and resides at Abington, Jefferson county, Iowa.

CHILD BORN WITHIN THE PRESENT LIMITS OF SANGAMON COUNTY. He had a twin, who died in infancy. Joseph E. McCoy was married, July 14, 1841, in Sangamon county, to Eveline Jones. They had two children - ELIZA A., born in Sangamon county, is unmarried, and resides in Jewell county, Kansas. JANE E., born in Sangamon county, was married there to James B. Ward. They have two children, ALBERT and OTTO, and reside in Jewell county, Kansas. Mrs. Eveline McCoy died, Jan. 6, 1849, in Decatur, 111., and J. E. McCoy was married, April 22, 1863, in the same place, to Mary F. Hudnut, a native of Washington, Ky. They have two children, JOSEPH E., Jun., and JOHN E. J. E. McCoy and family moved, in 1872, to Jewell county, Kansas, near Cawker city, Mitchell county, where they now reside - 1876. When Joseph E. McCoy and his twin sister were born, there were twins in another family, and triplets in still another, making seven children in the three first births in Sangamon county.

ISAIAH T., born May 16, 1821, near Rochester, married Lucilla Robinson. They had four children. The eldest son, LEWIS GRANVILLE, enlisted in the second Iowa Infantry, and was Orderly Sergeant on Gen. Grant's staff. He was married in Logan county, 111., and resides at Cincinnati, Arkansas - 1874. Mrs. Lucilla McCoy died, April, 1855, *n Rochester. Isaiah T. McCoy married Helen Thompson, and she died in less than a year. He then married Isabel Kinney. They have five children, and reside near Lincoln, Logan county, Illinois.

MILTON />., born Oct 16, 1823, near Rochester, was married in Sangamon county, 111., March 29, 1848, to Malcina A. Cooper. They had seven children, all born near Rochester. The fourth one, VALMORE B., died Sept. 25, 1857, in his third year. Of the other six - csYLVESTER J., born May 3, 1849, was married, Jan. 8, 1874, to Pauline Abel, and resides in Macon county, near Warrensburg. JACOB C., born Oct. 19, 1850, resides near Cawker city, Mitchell county, Kansas. LOUVILTA JANE, JESSE K., MARY M. and LILLIE

JAMES M., born March 6, 1830, was married, in 1850, to Louisa, sister of O. N. Stafford. They had three children. MALCINA married John McBride, and resides near Kansas City, Missouri. CHARLES C. resides near Mt. Pulaski, and JAMES M., Jun., lives near Rochester. James M. McCoy died in September, 1855. His widow married James Huston, and reside near Carroll on, Missouri.

JOHN W., born Feb. 19, 1832, enlisted, in 1861, in the yth 111. Cav., for three years; served more than his full time, and was honorably discharged in 1864. He married Deborah McBride, and mother and child died. He was married, in 1869, to Minerva Kearns; each marriage occured near Broadwell, Logan county. They have two children, and reside near Cawker City, Kansas.

James McCoy died March 25, 1844, and Mrs. Jane McCoy died Jan. 22, 1852, both on the farm where they settled in 1819, adjoining Rochester on the east.

James McCoy bought the first full sack of salt ever sold in Springfield. He paid for it in coon skins. Salt was brought in sacks of about four bushels. His brother, Joseph E., says that he assisted in catching the coons, and it took all winter to procure a sufficient number to buy that sack of salt. This occurred in 1821 or 1822.

MeCOY, JOSEPH E., born Oct. 5, 1797, in Nicholas county, Ky. ; came to Sangamon county, arriving at the house of his brother James in 1821. He was a soldier from Sangamon county in the Black Hawk war of 1831-2. He never married, and resides with his nephew, Isaiah T. McCoy, near Lincoln, Logan county, Illinois.

McCOY, HAMILTON, was born March 22, 1815, in Mason county, West Virginia; came to Sangamon county (Cotton Hill township) in 1836; was married Jan. 3, 1838, to Mrs. Maria Cooper, whose maiden name was Lewis. They had ten children, - two died young. Of frh'e other eight children -

S AM UJBL, "born, in Sangamon county, enlisted in Feb., 1862, in the 33d 111. Inf., and was discharged on account of physical disability, Sept. 1862. Enlisted in 1863 in the i6th 111. Cav.; was captured in Virginia, taken to Libby prison, exchanged, and died in Baltimore, Md., from the effects of his prison treatment.

ALFRED, born in Sangamon county, served a term in the loth 111. Cav., and was in Washington at the time of President Lincoln's assassination. He married Jane Rhodes, and lives at Columbus, Ohio - 1874.

Mrs. Maria McCoy died Sept. 14, 1872, in Sangamon county, and Hamilton Mc- Coy resides near the old Brecken ridge mill, in Cotton Hill township, Sangamon county, Illinois.

MeCONNELL, JAMES, was born in 1789, near Belfast, Ireland. Sarah Smith was born at the same place, in 1787. They were married in i8ii,and soon after embarked for America, landing in New York City. In a short time he went to Belleville, New Jersey, where he labored in a powder mill three years, without losing a day. The war with England, from 1812 to 1815, was then in full force, and caused a great demand for powder. Mr. McConnell having learned all the processes of manufacturing the same, and was an especial adept in the most difficult part - that of refining saltpetre. He went to Madison county, New York, and established works on his own account, and continued to manufacture powder there, seven or eight years, when he turned his attention to farming and raising fine stock in the same countyk After making several trips to Kentucky, selling stock, he was advised to take some to Illinois. Acting upon this advice^ he embarked at Pittsburg with a lot of jacks and jennets, landed them at Shawneetovvn, and drove them from there to Springfield, arriving in the fall of 1840, He had no thought of making his home here, but was so well pleased with the country that he bought the land about three miles south of Springfield, making part of the farms on which two of his sons now reside. He went back to New York, settled up his business, and came with his family the next year. His removal was the cause of several other families coirting, also. Mr. McConnell brought a flock of about two hundred fine merino sheep, and at the same time some thorough-bred Berkshire hogs. His son, Edward F., brought a flock of merino sheep, also. This was about the first effort to introduce fine blooded sheep and hogs into Sangamon county.

MART,\>Gv\\ in 18 [2, in New Jersey, married in New York to John Buck, and died there. Mr. Buck married again and resides in Auburn, Illinois.

EDWARD F., born April 30, 1816, in Madison county, N. Y., married there to Ann M. Hoppin. They had one son. JAMES S., born Feb. 9, 1843, at the home of his grandfather, near Springfield, 111., married June 21, 1866, in Galesburg, 111., to Laura Lavinia Pike, who was born Feb. 18, 1845, at Middleburg, Elkhart county, Indiana. They had two children, EDWARD PIKE and MARY I.AVINIA; the latter died Dec., 1875, in her sixth year. James S McConnell, son and wife reside near Chatham, 111. Mrs. Ann M. McConnell died June 14, 1853, near Chatham, aged thirty-two years. Edward F. McConnell was married March 13, 1855, at Eaton, N. Y., to Mary P. Hoppin. They have no living children, and reside two miles southwest of Chatham, Sangamon county, 111. E. F. McConnell has, from the time he came to the county, been engaged in farthing, making wool growing a specialty. Previous to 1866 the McConnell and Hoppin flocks of sheep had been developed and brought up to a standard of excellence not equaled in any of the older eastern States for weight of carcass^ length of staple^ density of fibre, and average weight of fleece per head, These essential merits were brought forth by the highly nutritious grasses and fattening properties of the corn raised in Sangamon county. Mr. McConnell was Major in the New York State Militia previous to his removal west. When he came it was by private conveyance, that being before the days of railroads. He has since returned in as many hours as it required days to travel over the route the first time.

ANDRE WB., born Jan., 1819, in Madison county, N. Y., was married there to Augusta Rogers. They have eight children born in Sangamon county, namely : MERCY ADELIA married DeWitt Smith. See his name. FRANK R., married Belle Merriman, has two children, and lives near Victoria, Victoria county, Texas. EDWARD O. married Luella Patteson, has one child, and lives at Bates, Sangamon county, 111. SARAH A. married S. Willis Merriman, has one child, and lives near Victoria, Texas. JOHN D., WILL A., AUGUSTA and ANDREW ; the four latter reside with their parents. A. B. McConnell was elected President of the Illinois State Agricultural Society four years in succession, i865-'66-'67 and '68. In 1870 he was elected Sheriff of Sangamon county for two years. He resides now - 1876 - three miles south of Springfield, on part of the land purchased by his father in 1840.

JOHN, born Dec. 5, 1824, in Madison county, N. Y., married in 1848, at Chatham, Illinois, to Elizabeth Parsons, who was born March 10, 1831, in Connecticut. They have two sons born in Sangamon county, SAMUEL P., born July 5, 1849, married Feb., 1876, in Chicago, to Sarah Rogers, daughter of Judge J. G. Rogers. S. P. McConnell is a practicing lawyer in Chicago, and resides there. JAMES H. is engaged in business in Springfield. At the beginning of the rebellion John McConnell raised a company, which was assigned us Co. A, 3d 111. Cav. He was promoted, Sept. u, 1861, to Major of the regiment, with which he served until until March 18, 1863, when he resigned. While connected with the Third Cavalry, Major McConnell commanded the only cavalry engaged in the battle of Pea Ridge, Mar. 6, 7 and 8, 1862. Col. G. M. Dodge, of the Fourth Iowa Infantry, commanding the brigade, in his report says: "Where so many fought gallantly, it would be hard to distinguish; but I noticed the daring bravery of Major McConnell, of the Third Illinois Cavalry, who supported me on my right." Gen. E. A. Carr, who commanded the Fourth Division, in a letter dated April 14, 1862, after apologizing for the delay on account of a wound in his right hand, says:v "Otherwise, I should have taken the liberty of writing to you long before this, to congratulate you on having such a noble man for a husband. His conduct on the day of battle, and all other days, was admired by everyone. With about two hundred and seventyfive men he kept back a line of the enemy four or five deep and three-quarters of a mile long, comprising several thousand, and prevented them from getting around so as to fall on our flank and rear. Tell his father that he has great reason to be proud of such a son." Major McConnell was appointed, June 15, 1863, Colonel of the 5th 111. Cav. He was physically unable for duty until May 27, 1864, when he was mustered in and took command, the regiment then being in Mississippi. Col. McConnell was appointed, March 13, 1865, to Brev. Brig.-General. His commission was issued April 14, 1865, having been signed on the morning of that day by President Lincoln, being one among the last acts of his official life, as he was assassinated on the evening of that day. Gen. McConnell's regiment was assigned to the First Brigade, Second Division, Major-Gen. Custer commanding. They moved by way of Red river to Hempstead, Texas, where they remained from August to October 6, and then moved to Springfield, 111., where Gen. McConnell was mustered out with the - Fifth Cavalry, Oct. 27, 1865. Gen. John

JANE, born April 15, 1829, in Madison county, N. Y., married in Sangamon county, in 1842, to Franklin Fassett, a native of Ohio. They have two daughters, SARAH E. and JENNIE, and reside on south Sixth street, Springfield, 111. Mr. Fassett is a farmer, and is engaged in business in Springfield.

Mrs. Sarah McConnell died Jan. 17, 1855, and James McConnell died Jan. 7, 1867, both in Woodside township, three miles south of Springfield, 111.

In consequence of his efforts to introduce improved stock, and his advanced ideas generally on the subject of cultivating the soil, James McConnell was by common consent assigned an honorable position among the farmers of Illinois. He was one of the earliest farmers who were in favor of forming a State Agricultural Society, and was president of the convention assembled in 1852, in Springfield, that organized the Illinois State Agricultural Society, now called the Illinois State Board of Agriculture.

born about 1775, in Pennsylvania, and went to Fleming county, Ky., and from there to Ohio, where he was married Sept. 9, 1804, to Mary Jameison, who was born in Fleming county, Ky. They had two children in Ohio, and returned to Kentucky, where six children were born. The family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1830, and settled five miles southeast of Springfield. Of their eight children -

DANIEL, born about 1812 or '13, in Fleming county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Margaret Clark. They had three children, and he went to California in the early gold-digging times, and his family went to him. His daughter MARY J., married John Spence. He served three years in a Wisconsin regiment; was starved in Andersonville prison, and died after coming home. His widow lives in Springfield. CHRISTIANA married Thomas Petty, and lives near Sangamon station. Daniel McClees lives in Washington Territory, near Puget Sound.

LOUISA, born about 1815, in Fleming county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to John Lewis, who died, and she married Peter Carril, and had one child, JAMES T., who is married, and resides near Quincy, Mo. Peter Carril died, and his widow lives with her sister, Mrs. Law.

JAMES, born Oct. 17, 1820, in Kentucky, went from Sangamon county to California soon after the discovery of gold, and has not been heard of since about 1850.

Mcclelland, Robert

was born about 1789, in Ohio. His mother died when he was quite young, and his father died a few years later. He went to White county, 111., when he was a young man. Charlotte Council was born about 1797, near Tarboro, N. C., and was taken by her parents to White county, 111. Robert McClelland and Charlotte Council were there married, had two. children in that county, and moved to what became Fancy Creek township, Sangmon county, Sangamon county, arriving in Aug., 1819, where ten children were born. Of their children -

ELIZABETH, born in White county, 111., married in Sangamon county to Conrad Crawley. They had four children, and moved to St. Joseph, Mo., and from there to Liberty, Mo , where Mrs. Crawley died. Mr. Crawley returned to Sangamon county with their children. Their son, JAMES M. Crawley, married Miss Shoup, and resides half a mile east of Crow's Mill. See Shoup family. Thomas died early in 1872, at the house of his brother, James M.

JAMES, born in 1818, in White county, 111., married in Sangamon county to Mary Brown. She was born Dec. 25, 1818. They had nine living children in Sangamon county. ROBERT married Ann Groves. They have one child, MINNIE, and reside two and a half miles northeast of Williamsville. THOMAS L. enlisted Aug. 12, 1862, for three years, in Co. C, ii4th Jll. Inf. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Guntown, Miss. June n, 1864. Spent four months in Andersonville prison, and was I'educed from 160 to 100 pounds bystarvation. He was taken to Millen, Ga., and remained two months. He was paroled and exchanged Dec., 1864; served his full term, and was honorably discharged Aug. 12, 1865. He was married to Nancy J. Jones. They had three children, CHARLES B., NOAH F. and IRWIN S., and reside two miles north of Williamsville. MARTHA J. died, aged eleven years. JOHN W., married Susan Grove^s. They have one child, MABEL, and reside three-quarters of a mile southeast of Williamsville. CHARLES lives with his mother. NANCY A. married Walter S. Redford, and lives in Illiopolis. GEORGE, MARY and JAMES live with their mother. James McClelland died Sept. 25, 1865, and his widow resides one and a half miles northeast of Williamsville.

WILLIAM born Jan. 19, 1820, in Sangamon county, married Aug. 29, 1844, to Margaret Sales. She was born Aug. 10, 1829, in Sangamon county. They have nine children. MARY E. married Homer N. Bryant. He served three years in the I I4th 111. Inf., and was honorably discharged. They reside at Lone Tree. Neb. LUCINDA J. married David F. Hurst. He was a soldier in a Pennsylvania regiment. They live near Elkhart, 111. GEORGE married Mary E. Shively, and live near Lone Tree, Neb. THOMAS lives with his mother. MELISSA married March 12, 1872, to Asa Canterberry, and live near Athens, 111. EMMA, EDGAR, WILLIAM,and FLORENCE live with their mother.

McCrea, who was born in 1818, in Penn. They moved to Beardstown, and resided there until two children were born. JAMES E., born Jan. 4, 1847, unmarried, and resides at Long Valle}, California. MARY F., born Dec. 3, 1849, married William F. King. See his name. Charles McCrea went to California in 1849, was about starting for home when last heard from in 1855, and it is believed by his friends that he was murdered for his money. Mrs. McCrea was married in 1856 to John W- Beck. They had three children, HARRY, ANNA and EMMA. Mr. Beck died in 1868, and his family reside in Petersburg.

, born in Sangarnon county, married Stephen Brittin. They had six children. CHARLOTTE married John Lake. EVANS married Catharine Lake, and reside in Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Brittin both died in Fancy Creek township.

JOHN, born Sept. i, 1824, in Sangamon county, married Oct. 12, 1848, to Elizabeth Mitts. They have seven children. JANE married S. Sanford Turley. They have four children", NORA L , I.UELLA, JOHN E. and OLLIE M., and reside one and a half miles south of Williamsville. Mr. Turley enlisted in Co. B, nth Mo. Inf., in July, 1861; served full term, and was honorably discharged Aug. 4, 1864. ROBERT E. is a practicing physician. MARTHA E\, CHARLOTTE F., ANNIE and ALICE, twins, and MARY L., are unmarried, and reside with their parents, at Williamsville - 1874.

George A., William H., Kate

ROBER7\\>Q\-n April 17, 1827, married Nov. 23, 18^4, to Martha Mitts. They have five children, MARIETTA, GEORGE A., WILLIAM H., KATE and LEWIS, and reside two and a half miles northwest of Williamsville.

GEORGE W., born Feb. 27, 1832, in Sangamon county, married Dec. 21, 1858, to Mary C. Brown, who was born July 20, 1837. They have four children, FREDERICK, FRANK, PAUL and ARTHUR, and reside three miles northwest of Sherman.

THOMAS, born March 26, 1835, in Sangamon county, married Oct. 2, 1860, to Sarah J. Brown, who was born Nov. 3, 1839, in Sangamon county. They had three children. MINNIE K. died in her fourth year. CHARLIE B. and EDWIN live with their mother. Thos. McClelland died April 24, 1876, on his farm, six miles southeast of Springfield, 111., where his family reside.

MeCOLLY, JOHN, a native of New York, was married in St. Lawrence county to Sarah Bryant, a sister to Mrs. Isaac Bates, and cousin to William Cullen Bryant. They came to Sangamon county in 1837, with tne family of Isaac Bates, settled in Fancy creek township, raised a family, and in 1856 moved to Lynn county, Iowa.

MeCOMAS, ELISHA, was born March 25, 1803, in Cabell county, West Virginia. He was there married, March 30, 1825, to Sophia Shelton, who was born there, Oct. 9, 1809. They moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving April 30, 1825, in what is now Curran township. They had nine living children in Sangamon county, namely -

DIKE, born April 18, 1827, married May, 1848, in Sangamon county, to Nancy Murphy. They moved to Wayne county, Iowa, in April, 1853. He was killed March 6, 1856, by the fall of a tree, leaving a widow and three children, two of whom have since djed. The living child, GEORGE, married Lorena McMurray, and lives in Wayne county, Iowa. His mother is married, and lives in the same county.

Featherston. She had three children, and died in Missouri. Mr. F. and two children live in Curran township, Sangamon county. The other child lives with her aunt, Mary E. Davis, in Wayne county, Iowa.

McCOMAS, DAVID, a brother to Elisha, born about 1813, in. Cabell county, West Virginia, came to Sangamon county in 1827, was married in the spring of 1831, to Nancy Shelton. They had seven children. The father died in LaSalle county, and the mother in Iowa. Their daughter -

MeCUNE, GAVIN, was born July 7, 1788, in Pennsylvania, and was taken by his parents in 1796 to Nicholas county, Ky. He was there married to Hannah Ardry, a native of that county. They had six children in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1832 in what is now Cooper township. Of their six children -

JAMES M., born Feb. 27, 1817, in Nicholas county, Ky., married in Sangamon county Feb. 24, 1842, to Nancy Whitford. She was born June 15, 1823, in Wayne county, Illinois. They had eight children in Sangamon county.

WILLIAM, born Dec. 29, 1842, enlisted Aug., 1862, for three years, in Co. I, i I4th 111. Inf. ' He was captured June 10, 1864, at the battle of Guntown, Miss.; spent nine months in a rebel prison in Alabama, exchanged at Vicksburg, and honorably discharged at the end of the rebellion. He was married Jan., 1870, to Mary E. Frankeberger; have one child, and live near Nashville, Barton county, Mo. HENRY C., born Feb. 3, 1844, married June 7, 1865, to Margaret Thompson, who was born April 26, 1841, in Fairfax county, Va. They have two children, ALMA and IONA, and live five miles east of Rochester. ELMIRA J., born June 3, 1847, married Sept. i, 1864, to Charles Flagg; have two children, and live near Nashville, Mo. CHARLES A. lives at Decatur, 111. MARY A., AMANDA A. and ROBERT W. live with their parents. JOHN W. died Sept. 23, 1875. James M. McCune and family live three miles east of Rochester, Sangamon county, Illinois.

JOHN M., born May 20, 1820, in Nicholas county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, Jan. 25, 1844, to Jane Baker. They have five children. CAROLINE, born Nov. 19, 1844, married Aug. 28, 1866, to Robert Martin, who was born July 3, 1840, in county Do\tn, parish of Killylaigh, Ireland; came to America and to Sangamon county in 1856; enlisted July 25, 1862, in Springfield, in Co. I, H4th 111. Inf.; served three years, and was honorably discharged July, 1865. Mr. and Mrs. Martin have three children, JOHN w., CHARLES E. and JAMES A., and reside eight miles due east of Springfield. MARY E., born Aug. 3, 1848, married April 7, 1867, to William J. Nutt, who was born July 10, 1841, in Orange county, N. Y.; came to Sangamon county in 1857: enlisted July 25,. 1862, for three years, in Co. I, ii4th 111. Inf.; served to the end of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged Aug. 3, 1865, with the regiment. Mr. and Mrs. Nutt have three children, CHARLES E., OTHO L. and ROBERT E., and reside eight miles east of Springfield. ELIZA A., born March 3, 1851, married Sept. n, 1873, to David H. Gobin, who was born Oct. 8, 1844, in Shelby county. 111.; came to Sangamon county in 1856: enlisted Oct. 8, 1862, as musician in Co. I. ii4th 111. Inf.; served three years, and was honorably discharged Oct. 8, 1865. Mr. Gobin is a preacher in the United Brethren church, and resides at Taylorville, Illinois. LUELLA A., born June 16, 1858, and IDA B., born Jan. 9, 1865, reside with their parents, three miles east of Rochester, Sangamon county, Illinois.

McDANIEL, HENRY, was born May 20, 1781, near Harrisburg, Pa., and about 1786 he was taken by his parents to Clark county, Ky. In 1809 he entered the ministry in connection with the M. E. church. From that time until 1822 he gave his entire time to preaching, so far as his health would permit. He was stationed at Georgetown, Lexington, Louisville and Danville, respectively. His wife died in Kentucky without children, and he came to Sangamon county in 1834, returned to Kentucky, and brought out some of his brothers in 1836. He was married in 1838, in Sangamon county, to Amanda Carrico. They had five children -

CATHARINE, born Feb. 22, 1839, married Thomas Hunter. They had two children. FRANCES E. lives with her mother, and CLARETTA lives with her grandmother McDaniel. Thomas Hunter died in 1866, and his widow married Austin Phelps, and lives in Spi'ingfield.

CHARLES B., born Feb. 7, 1845, in Sangamon county, enlisted in 1862, for three years, in Co. A, 73d 111. Inf., was wounded at the battle of Stone's river, Dec. 31, 1862, recovered, and was transferred to Bat. G, First Mo. Art., was with Sherman in his march to the sea, and was with the force that liberated the last of the Union men from Andersonville prison. He was honorably discharged, in 1865, was married, Jan. 22, 1866, in Springfield, to Martha E. Matthews, have three children, JOHN L., JENNIE F. and HENRY H., and live in Mechanicsburg, Illinois.

The mother of Henry, James, William, Jonathan and Robert McDaniel, came with her two youngest sons to Sangamon county, and died, aged near one hundred years.

McDANIEL, WILLIAM, was born Oct. 20, 1786, in Clarke county, Ky. He was married there to Margaret McDonald. They had twelve living children in Clark and Harrison counties. The family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in Nov., 1833, and setlled near Mechanicsburg. Of their children -

LUANNA, born March 22, 1809, in Clark county, Ky., married there May 15, 1828, to Thomas Sparks, and came with her parents to Sangamon county, in 1833. They had seven children - MARY E., born March 8, 1829, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Solomon Lanham. See his name. MARGARET A. married James Lawyer, and lives in Salisbury. CYNTHIA A. marrisd George Bowers. EMILY W. married H. H. Clemons, and lives near Dover, Shawnee county, Kansas. JOHN W., born June n, 1838, served three years as a Union soldier, from Illinois, about one year in rebel prisons. He was married to Mrs. Sarah Myers, whose maiden name was Curry. They have two children, MARY c. and SARAH M., and live near Dawson, 111. MARTHA died, in 1865, aged twenty-two years. HARRIET B. married D. W. Walters, had one child, MATTIE E., and Mrs. Walters died, Feb. 2, 1872. Thomas Sparks died, Feb. 14, 1851, in Sangamon county, and Mrs. Luanna Sparks died, June 22, 1873, in Missouri, caused by an accident while riding in a spring wagon.

ELIZABETH, born in 1811, in Kentucky, married there to Frederick Sutcliffe, and came with her parents to Sangamon county, had three children,

ROBERl^ P., born Sept. 4, 1819, in Harrison county, Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, Jan. 18, 1844, to Elizabeth R. Correll. He died, Aug. 5, 1851, leaving two children - RUFUS died, aged eighteen years, and ROBERT W., aged two years. His widow married James H. McDaniel. See his name.

JAMES H., born May 12, 1827, in Harrison county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, Nov. 3, 1853, to Mrs. Elizabeth R. McDaniel, whose maiden name was Correll. They had three children - IRVIN died, aged four years. JENNIE and LIZZIE live with their parents, two miles south of Dawson, Sangamon county, Illinois.

McDANIEL, JpNATHAN, was born April 8, 1796, in Clark county, Ky. He was married March 23, 1820, in Harrison county, Ky., to Elizabeth Correll. They had five living children in the latter county, and the family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1835, in what is now Mechanicsburg township, where they had two children. Of their children -

MARTHA, born August i, 1825, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to John Langley. She died in 1850, and Mr. L. married Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, whose maiden name was Huckleberry.

ELIZABETH, born Sept. 23, 1834, in Harrison county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, April 9, 1861, to Jacob Myers, who was born Oct. 22, 1831, in Berks county, Pa. He has three children by a former marriage, WILLIAM, ELI and MARIA, and by the present wife, EDWIN, OLIVER and LENA. Mr. and Mrs. Myers reside three miles north of Illiopolis, Sangamon county, Illinois.

Jonathan McDaniel died Jan. 1868, in Sangamon county, and Mrs. Elizabeth McDaniel resides with her daughters, Mrs. Myers and Mrs. North. - 1876.

MeDANIEL, JAMES, an elder brother to Robert, was born Sept. 2, 1781, in Pennsylvania. His father, Robert Mc- Daniel, was a Revolutionary soldier, served three years and six months, and was present when Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, Va. When James was a child the family moved to Stroude's station, Clark county, Ky. He was there married to Mary Matthews. They had one child there, and moved to Bracken county, where they had three living children, and the family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving, in 1838, at Buffalo Hart Grove. Of their four children - JEPTHA, born in 1806, in Clark county, Ky., married in Bracken county, and came to Sangamon county with his father in 1838. They had one child in Kentucky and seven in Sangamon county. ELIZABETH married Levi McDaniel. See his name. MARY married William Matthews, have five children and live in Buffalo Hart township. MARTHA married Oliver McDaniel. See his name. JOHN T., unmarried, is a teacher. Mrs. Sarah McDaniel died in 1852, and Jeptha

LUANN, born March, 1810, married Glover Matthews, and had eleven children. He died August, 1855, and his widow resides in Buffalo Hart township.

MeDANIEL, ROBERT, was born Feb. 14, 1799, in Clark county, Ky. He was married in Bracken county, March 25, 1825, to Jemima Correll. She was born July 10, 1799, in Montgomery county, Ky. They had five children in Bracken county, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1835, m Mechanicsburg township, and the next year to Buffalo Hart grove, where one child was born. Of their six children -

GEORGE, born June 9, 1826, in Bracken county, Ky., married Oct. 31, 1854, in Sangamon county, to Louisa J. Constant. They had two children, EDWIN A. and ELMER W.,and live three miles southeast of Buffalo Hart Station, Sangamon county, Illinois.

JOSEPH, born Dec. 12, 1830, in Kentucky, married Feb. 16, 1864, in Sangamon county, to Mary E. Furrow. She was born August 7, 1836, near Piqua, O. They live in Buffalo Hart township, Sangamon county, Illinois.

HARRISON, born June 2, 1835, in Bracken county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, Feb. 6, 1868, to Clarrissa M. Priest, who was born Oct. 20, 1846, in St. Lawrence county, N. Y. They had three children, two of whom died in infancy. ROBERT F. resides with his parents, one mile east of Buffalo Hart Station, Sangamon county, Illinois.

OLIVER, born Dec. 27, 1837, in Sangamon county, married July 16, 1867, to Martha McDaniel. They have three living children, BERTHA MAY, GRACE LOU and JOSEPH A., and live in Buffalo Hart township, Sangamon county.

McDANNOLD, MRS. ELIZABETH C., whose maiden name was lies, a sister of Elijah and Washington lies, was born Dec. 16, 1802, in Bath county, Ky., and married there Oct. 8, 1822, to John E. McDannold, who was born Nov. 7, 1795, in Kentucky. Mr. McDannold died Nov. 6, 1833, in Kentucky, leaving five children. Mrs. Mc- Dannold came with her family to Springfield, 111, in Oct., 1836. Her daughter -

PARTHENIA, born July 6, 1823, in Mount Sterling, Montgomery county, Ky., was married April 9, 1845, to Gen. James W. Singleton. They have two children, LOUISA E. and JAMES J., and live at Quincy, Illinois.

McELVAIN, SAMUEL, was born Feb. 22, 1794, in Augusta county, Va, Arriving at manhood, he went to Adair county, Ky. He enlisted in the army against Great Britain, and was in the battle of New Orleans, Jan. 8, 1815. Returning to Adair .county, after the war, he was married Jan. 4, 1816, to Penelope Abell. They had five children, and the family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Sept.. 1828, in what is now Auburn township. Of their children -

HARRIET N., born Oct. 23, 1816, in Kentucky, married May 4, 1844, 'n Sangamon county, to Harvey Walker, of Cass county, and died while on a visit to the old homestead, in Sangamon county, June 17, 1849, leaving three childien, viz: SUSANNAH married a Mr. Wood, of Iowa. They have six children, and live at Indianola, Warren county, [owa. WILLIAM studied law, and died in 1868. HARRIET N. finished a collegiate . course, and died Sept., 1874.

WILLIAM A., born Dec. i, 1822, in Kentucky, married Nov. i, 1853, in Sangamon county, to Angeline A. Sowell. They have six children, namely : HOWARD A., SAMUEL S., JAMES W., XELLIE J., MARGARET A. and LIZZIE G. W. A. McElvain resides one and a half miles southwest of Auburn, Sangamon county, 111., near where his father settled in 1828.

JAMBS E., born Nov. 16, 1825, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Nancy Sowell, and moved to Missouri in Oct., 1857, and from there to Butler county, Neb., in March, 1871. They have eight children, - seven sons and one daughter. WILLIAM married Miss Richardson, of Missouri, in 1871, and resides near Hiawatha, Butler county, Neb. The other seven live with their parents, near Hiawatha, Butler county, Nebraska.

THERESA, M. H., born Nov. 7, 1827, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county Oct. 18, 1849, to B. M. White. They had eight children, - five sons and three daughters, and live at Fountain, Miami county, Kansas.

Samuel McElvain died April i, 1848, and his widow died Sept. 28, 1855, both in Sangamon county. Mr. McElvain and his wife united with the First Presbyterian church, Springfield, in 1829. It was then in charge of Rev. John G. Bergen. Dr. Bergen organized a Presbyterian church at the residence of Mr. Mc- Elvain, in 1830. It was composed of twelve members. Mr. McElvain was elected one of the Ruling Elders, and continued to discharge the duties of his office to the end of his life.

in 1798, in Mercer county, Ky. He was married Dec. 24, 1820, in Boone county, to Eliza Gibson, a native of that county. They had three children in Boone county, and Mr. McGinnis visited Sangamon county, in the fall of 1826, selected a location for a home, returned to Kentucky, and brought his family, accompanied by his brother, G. Dawson, arriving Nov. 18, 1827, in what is now Island Grove township, where six children were born. Of all his children -

Bernard A. Vanderen. See his name. She died, Aug. 5, 1842. Her only living child, JOHN D., is married, and reside in Labette county, Kansas.

WILLIAM, born July 7, 1823, in Boone county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, June 19, 1845, to Lorinda Darneille. They -had three living children - ZACHARAY T. married, Nov., 1871, to Fannie Wright, daughter of Dr. N.Wright, have two children, JENNIE B. and a babe, and live in Chatham, 111. EMMA was married, Dec. 24, 1874, to Jacob Staley. CHARLES lives with his parents, five miles southwest of Chatham, Sangamon county, Illinois.

JOHN J., born Feb. 8, 1832, in Sangamon county, married, July 16, 1855, to Elizabeth Green, who was born Feb. 5, 1838, in Owen county, Ky. They had two living children, DAVID R. and WILLIAM, who reside with their mother. John J. McGinnis died Feb. 15, 1866. His widow and child reside where his father settled in 1827, in a brick house he built in 1836. It is four miles southwest of Curran, Sangamon county.

ELIZABETH J., born March 29, 1840, married April 2, 1867, to John J. Green, who was born Oct., 1842, in Owen county, Ky. They had two children, DAVID M. and JOHN M., and she died, Feb. 3, 1873. Mr. Green and the children live at the David McGinnis homestead.

Mrs. Elizabeth McGinnis died, Nov., 1844, and David McGinnis was married, in 1^51, in Warsaw, Ky., to Mrs. Sally M. King, whose maiden name was Spencer. David McGinnis died, July 2, 1867, from the effects of being thrown from a buggy by a runaway horse. His widow

David McGinnis stall fed about sixty bead of cattle, in 1838, which was the first thing of the kind done in the county, so far as my informant knows. He drove them to St. Louis, and sold them for $18 per head. They averaged 1600 pounds each, so that they brought a little more than one dollar per hundred pounds. The money was brought home in silver, kept for months in an old business secretary, without locks on that or the house. The doors of the desk were often open so the money could be seen, and several hired men were about, and there never was a dollar stolen. The brick house built by David McGinnis, in 1836, in what is now Island Grove township, is in a good state of preservation. It was about the first, if not the first, brick house built in Sangamon county outside of Springfield.

William McGinnis remembers that his father, two hired men and himself, each put a sack of corn on a horse and rode to a water mill on Spring creek, eight miles distant. This required the labor of four men .and four horses a whole day to get about ten bushels of grain ground. That was the prevailing custom. It was thought to be an almost unpardonable innovation when a Yankee came in and would put more grain in his wagon, and with two horses and one man accomplish more easily what had required four men and four horses.

David and William McGinnis were the inventors of a device for guiding prairie plows by wheels and a lever. They put it in operation in the summer of 1829. It was adopted throughout the prairie country, and might have made them a large amount of money, but it was never patented.

McGINNIS, GREENBERRY DAWSON, brother to David and William. He was born Feb. 16, 1800, in Mercer county, Ky. Sally Barkley was born August 7, 1806, in Bracken county, Ky. Her parents moved to Boone county. G. Dawson McGinnis and Sally Barkley were married in Boone county, Ky., Sept. 13, 1827. A few weeks later they moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Nov. 18, 1827, in what is now Island Grove township, and soon after into Curran township. He prepared his logs and hauled them together to build a house. By that time all his money was gone except one quarter of a dollar. They did not like to part with their last cent, not knowing where the next was to come from, but it was the universal custom to have whisky at their house raisings. The raising was delayed, hoping to find some way to obtain the whisky and save the money. The thought was entertained for a time of inviting their neighbors to assist without the accustomed stimulant. It was doubtful if they would come, but the husband and wife held a consultation, and decided that even though they responded to the call and helped them, he would always be regarded as the stingiest man in the whole county, and that it would be better to part with his money than to have such a name. The whisky was purchased and the house raised. That house was less than one-fourth of a mile north of the Lick creek timber. His neighbors wondered at his going so far from timber, and assured him that he could never raise any except muley cattle, because the weather would be so cold out on the prairie that it would freeze the horns off. They had nine living children at that place, namely -

DA VID ER VIN, born August 24, 1828, married August i, 1850, to Matilda Miller. They had four children, PERMELIA A., the third child, died in her eighth year. The other three, WILLIAM 'j., GREENBERRY D.' and ROBERT E. live with their father. Mrs, Matilda McGinnis died May 3, 1858, and he was married Jan. 20, 1859, to Mrs. Ruth A. Forrest, whose maiden name was Greenwood. Thev have six children, SCOTT, THOMA*S H., JEROME, CAROLINE, CLIFTON and a boy babe. David E. McGinnis resides in Loami township, three miles southeast of Bates, Sangamon county, Illinois.

W. WASHINGTON, born March 15, 1830, married April 2, 1857, to Charlotte Jacobs. They have five living children, TABITHA, TEDORSIS, ULYSSES GRANT, LUTHER and a babe. W. W. McGinnis lives at the family homestead, where he was born. - 1874.

PEYTON M., born August 9, 1833, married Oct. 22, 1857, to Caroline Neal. She was born April 18, 1840. They reside in the southwest corner of Curran township, Sangamon county, Illinois.

ROBERT SMITH, born July 23, 1841, enlisted August 13, 1862, at Springfield, for three years, in Co. B, i3Oth 111. Inf., served full term, and was honorably discharged at Springfield, August 30, 1865. He was married Nov. i, 1866, to Mary E. Bacon, a native of Ohio, and resides one and a half miles south of Bates, Sangamon county, Illinois.

Greenberry Dawson McGinnis died Jun. 29, 1869, of heart disease, and his widow resides with her son W. Washington Mc- Ginnis, at the homestead settled by herself and husband in 1827. It is four miles southwest of Curran, Sangamon county, Illinois. - 1874.

McGINNIS, WILLIAM S., was born March 30, 1810, in Mercer county, Ky.; came to Sangamon county, 111., -in 1827, with his brothers, David and G. Dawson. He was married the latter part of 1833 to Mary M. Kelly. They had one child.

JOHN G.} born Dec. 4, 1834, in Sangamon county ; raised in Jasper county, Mo., and married there July 10, 1860, to Sarah F. Vestal, who was born Feb. 24. 1843, in Hardin county, Tenn. They had two children. LAURA E. died in infancy. DELILAH MAY lives with her parents in Chatham township, two miles east of Loami.

Mrs. Mary M. McGinnis died August, 1835, and W. S. McGinnis married Alta M. Kelly, a cousin to his first wife. They had one child in Sangamon county, and the family moved, in 1837, to what was Barry, but is now Jasper county, Mo., where five children were born. William S. McGinnis died Oct. 20, 1845, and his

McGINNIS, SMITH, born and married in Mercer county, Ky., came to Sangamon county, stopping a short time with his brothers, David, G. Dawson and William S., and moved to Adams county, 111.; thence to Andrew county, Mo. His daughter is the wife of Dr. E. Artzman, of Springfield.

McGRAW, ABSALOM D., brother to Charles G., was born May 30, 1812, in Harrison county, Ky. At twentyfour years of age, he left his native county, and came to Springfield, 111., arriving Nov. 28, 1836, just in time to encounter the "sudden change" of Dec. 20, 1836. He was married April 30, 1839, in Springfield, to Rebecca Hunter, who was born July 17, 1815, in Hardin county, Ky. They had seven living children -

OR VILLE //., born Oct. 15, 1841. in Springfield, married March 4, 1868, to Annie Gourley. They had one child, MINNIE F.> and Mrs. McGraw died Jan. 5, 1872. He was married July 3, 1873, to Abbie V. Mason, and lives in Decatur. He is so severely crippled as to lose the use of one arm, and nearlv lose the use of one leg.

DALLAS y., born April 12, 1845, *n Springfield. He was injured by a railroad accident March 31, 1871, and died April 9, 1871, at Brownsburg, fourteen miles west of Indianapolis, Indiana.