Sangamon County, Illinois - The whole text, 1876 (part 20 of 31)

McGRAW, CHARLES G., was born Feb. 13, 1801, in Mason county, Ky., near Washington. His parents moved to Harrison county in 1810 or 'n. He spent a few years, when a young man, in Nashville, Tenn., and St. Louis, Mo.; came to Springfield in March, 1836, and engaged in the mercantile trade, as a member of the firm of Hill & McGraw. C. G. McGraw was married April, 1839, to Vienna Adams, daughter of James

ALIDA, born Feb. 26, 1850, in Springfield, was married in Logan county, 111., Sept. 8, 1869, to Alexander Downey. They had one child, RUSH V., who lives with his mother. Mr. Downey died in Pontiac, March 22, 1872, and his widow was married Jan. 6, 1875, to R. Fenwick, in Bloomington, 111., where they now reside - 1876.

McHENRY, JOSEPH, moved from Kentucky, and settled on Richland creek, among the earliest settlers. He brought seven children, and left one married in Kentucky. His son -

FRANCES married Uriel Greene, had six children, and Mr. Greene died in 1835; and the widow married Alex. Mc- Murphy, had two children, and he died ; and she married Jesse Whitlow, and she died March 2, 1870. Her daughter, Catharine Greene, married Ebenezer Preston, Jun. See his name.

MeKEE, JOHN, was born Jan., 1802, in Harrison county, Ky., came to Sangamon county with his sister and brother-in-law, Ivins Foster. He was married in Sangamon county to Mary Browning, who was born in Boone county, Ky. They had four children, namely -

WILLIAM D., born Sept. 14, 1836, in Sangamon county, married April 23, 1863, to Sophronia Sweet. They have two living children, ELIZABETH D., and MORRIS E., and live near Sweet Home, Nodaway county, Mo. - 1874.

J ' OHN, born Sept. 30, 1844, in Sangamon county, married Sept. 29, 1863, to Caroline Williams, have one child, MARTHA, and live in Loami, Illinois.

MeKEE, JAMES, brother to Mrs. Ivins Foster, came to Sangamon county in 1829, and settled on Lick creek, and now lives in Cooper township, Sangamon county, Illinois.

MeKINNIE, LEWIS, was born Oct. n, 1767, in Virginia; it is believed that it was in Culpepper county. His father was born on board a ship in the Atlantic ocean, while his parents were on the way from Scotland to America. Nancy Saunders was born Oct. 12, 1771, in London county, Va. Lewis McKinnie and Nancy Saunders were married in Fayette county, Ky. They had nine living children there. Some of their children married in Kentucky and preceded him to Sangamon county. He came to visit two of them in 1820, and moved his own family, arriving Nov. 15, 1826, near Springfield. He commenced at once to build a house, and moved into it Feb., 1827. It was four miles northwest of Springfield. Of their nine children -

E LIZ ABE TH, born June 30, 1793, in Fayette county, Ky., married there to John Lanterman. See his name. They came to Sangamon county in 1819.

ANDREW, born Feb. 2, 1795, in Fayette county, Ky., married there to Martha Tomlinson, and came to Sangamon county with Captain Jonathan Saunders in 1824, settling four miles northwest of Springfield. They had one child in Kentucky, and eight in Sangamon county. Two died young. ELIZABETH A., born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to William B. Jones. See his name. REBECCA married John Morgan, and died. ANDREW is unmarried, and lives near Leroy, McLean county, 111. THOMAS married Nancy Little, and died in 1873, leaving a widow and two children, near Leroy. CHARLES A. married Elizabeth Land, has three children, and lives near Farmer City. MARTHA died, aged eighteen year;. SARAH M. married William Morgan, has six children, and lives near Farmer City, Illinois. Andrew Mc- Kinnie died June, 1855, and his widow resides near Farmer City, DeWitt county, Illinois.

GUNNNELL S., born March 26, 1897, in Fayette county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, April 25, 1824, to Elizabeth Little. * They had five children. MARY, born Feb. 21, 1826, married Dec. 5, 1848, to William J. Sinnard. They had seven children, WILLIAM T.,

E-, MARY F. and LEWIS H., and live near Blue Mound, Christian county, Illinois. NANCY, born April i, 1828, married Dec. 10, 1848, to C. C. Hollier. They had twelve children, six of whom died under three years. The six living are: LEWIS s.; MARY E. married Jacob Bliler, have one child, Clarence S.\ -

C. C. Hollier and family reside near Blue Mound, Illinois. LEWIS H., born Sept. 10, 1832, married Feb. 18, 1862, to Margaret J. Fletcher. They had three children, CHARLES A. E. lives with his parents; MARY E. and ALICE T. died young. L. H. McKinnie resides near Blue Mound, 111. SAMUEL H., born Dec. 5, 1834, died March, 1860. ALLISON S., born July 26, 1837, was married Sept. 15, 1863, to Clarissa Reed. They have one living child, BENJAMIN F., and live two miles north of Springfield. Mrs. Elizabeth McKinnie died Aug. 15, 1869, and Gunnell McKinnie died Oct. 14, 1875, near Blue Mound, Christian county, 111.

NANCT, born June 15, 1803, in Fleming county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Hiram Duncan. They moved to soutrfwest Missouri, where three children were born, then moved to the vicinity of Stockton, California, and reside there. - 1876.

MART, born Feb. 8, 1806, in Fleming county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to John Humphrey. See his name. He died, and she married John Branson. See his name.

THOMAS /,., born Feb. 4, 1808, in Fleming county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, August 27, 1840, to Sarah A. M. Jones. They had five children in Sangamon county. MARY E., born Nov. 27, 1841, married Waldermer F. Helvety, and lives near Forsvthe, Macon county, 111. WILLIAM L.', born Feb. 4, 1844, was married Jan. 8, 1874, to Eleanor Hood, and has one child, MAUD E. HENRY H., born March 7, 1846, died March 7, 1860. COLUMBIA A., born April 29, 18^0, married Henry B. Drake. They have one child, MABEL L, and reside near Elkhart, 111. JULIA F., born April 2, 1856, resides with her parents. Thomas L. McKinnie, and his wife reside on the farm where his parents settled in Feb., 1827, four miles northwest of Springfield.

WILLIAM P., born May 20, 1810, in Fleming county, Ky., married May 12, 1839, to Sarah J. Threlkeld, who was born Oct. 16, 1817, in Shelby county, Ky. Her home was in Sanga'mon county from about 1832, but the marriage took place while she was on a visit near Burlington, Iowa. They had ten children, all born in Sangamon county, 111. MARY A., born May 11, 1840, married Nov. 9, 1865, to William A. Montgomery. They had two children. The second, CHARLES F., died young. EDWARD p. lives with his parents, near Assumption, Christian county, III. THOMAS L. S., born June 13, 1841, married Jan. i, 1868, to Harriet Clark, in Springfield. They had two children. GEORGE T. died young. EDWIN E. lives with his parents near Buffalo Hart Station, Sangamon county, Illinois. LUCY J., born Nov. 5, 1842, married Nov. 9, 1865, to Charles H. Judd. They *had one child, FRANCIS E., and Mr. Judd died August 30, 1870. His widow and son reside with her parents. SARAH E., born Sept. 4, 1844, married Dec. 25, 1862, to Joseph E. Cprbin, and have three children, OLIVER E.. WILLIAM and JENNIE B., and live near Rockville, St. Clair county; Missouri.

WILLIAM A., born March n, 1846, was married Sept. 16, 1874, to Emma Marshall, and lives near his father. VIRGIL U., born May 4, 1848, was married Sept. 10, 1872, to Elizabeth Hood. They have two children, and reside near Forsythe, Macon county, 111. NANCY E., born June 7, 1850, married John W. Taylor. See his name. FRANCES M., born March 4, 1852, was married Sept. n, 1872, to Victor F. Hilvety. They have two children, EARNEST and a babe, and live near Forsythe, Macon county, 111. HARRIET M., born Nov. 25, 1855, was married Feb. 12, 1874, to Isaac Hazlett, and live near Farmer City. CHARLES E., born Oct. 13, 1859, lives with his parents. Wm. P. McKinnie and wife reside four miles northwest of Springfield, on the farm where they settled in 1840, and adjoining where his father settled in 1827.

MeLOUD, JOHN K., was born in 1809 or '10, in Washington county, Tenn. He came to Sangamon county in 1837 or '8, and was married to Mrs. Margaret McNabb, whose maiden name was Dunlap. They had six children, namely -

Laura B., Nora E., Mary M.

LUZETTA, married Oct. 13, 1863, to Cyrus Lilly, a native of Augusta county, Va. They have four children, LAURA B., NORA E., MARY M. and GRACE M,, and reside three miles west of Sherman, Illinois.

WILLIAM P., born April 9, 1844, in Sangamon county, married March 9, 1871, to Mayne E. Myers, who was born in Licking county, Ohio, Dec. 13, 1849. They have one child, CLARENCE P., and reside at the family homestead, two and a half miles west of Sherman, Illinois. - 1874.

Mrs. Margaret McLoud died April 7, 1860. John K. McLoud resides in Fancy Creek township, two and a half miles west of Sherman, Sangamon county, Illinois. - 1874.

MeMURPHY, DAVID, was born Aug. 20, 1794, in Windsor county, Vermont, married in St. Lawrence county, New York, to Elizabeth WThite, who was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. They had three living children in New York. Mr. David McMurphy visited Sangamon county in 1837, and moved his family, in 1839, to what is now Salisbury township. Of his children -

GEORGE, born Jan. 6, 1823, in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., married at Salisbury, Sangamon county, March 29, 1845, to Mary A. Miller, who was born Dec. 18, 1827. They had eight children in Sangamon county, two of whom died young. ALBERT, born March 29, 1846, at Salisbury, married near Carbondale, 111., to Julia A. Prickett. They have one child, DAISEY IRENE, and reside in Springfield. Mr. Albert McMurphy is engaged in the gi'ocery trade. GEORGE W., born July 31, 1850; WILLIAM H., born Oct. 17, 1853; ISAAC H., born January 20, 1855; SARAH A., born July u, 1860; the four latter at Salisbury. MARY O., born March 3, 1864, in Springfield. The five latter reside with their parents. Mr. George McMurphy moved from Salisbury to Springfield, in 1863, and is in the grocery business, corner of Madison and sixth streets.

WILLIAM //., born Nov. 20, 1826, in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., partly raised near Salisbury, Sangamon county, and married, in 1854, in Mason county, to Lucinda M. Holland. They have three children, JOHN, NELSON ana ) EM - NIE, and reside near Burton View. Logan county, Illinois.

LESTER, born Jan. 28, 1833, in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., married ne:-r Salisbury, Sangamon county, March 13, 1853, to Eliza J. Parvin, who was born March 30, 1830, on the farm where she was married. They had four children, two of whom died young. DAVID V., born May 5, 1856, and CHARLES, born June 22, 1862, reside with their father. Mrs. Eliza J. McMurphy' died in Springfield, March 3, 1865, and Lester

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Me Murphy was married March 26, 1867, in Jacksonville, 111., to Mary E. Gass, a native of that city. They have two children, FRANK P. and HERBERT L., who reside with their parents, in Springfield. Lester McMurphy was acting post master at Salisbury for five years, and came to Springfield in 1860, and from that time to the present has been employed in the Post Office. He is now chief clerk - 1876.

David McMurphy was a practical millwright for many years before coming to Illinois, and he built many mills in Sangamon and adjoining counties.

McMURRY, MRS. ELIZABETH, whose maiden name was Logue, was born Dec 6, 1775, in Virginia. She was married in Botetourt county, Virginia, to Robert McMurry, who was born about 1772 in that county. They had four children there, and in the autumn of 1801 moved to Washington county, Ky., where three children were born. In the autumn of 1810 they moved to St. Clair county, 111., where they spent one winter in camp. In the spring of 1811 they moved to a place called Turkey Hill, near the present city of Belleville. Robert McMurry died there, in Feb., 1812. The Indians were manifesting signs of hostility as the allies of Great Britain, in the war of 1812, and Mrs. McMurry very wisely decided to return to Kentucky with her s'even children. After the war she moved to St. Clair county again, and from there to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the tall of 1821, settling north of Spring creek, and eight milles west of Springfiel.l. Mrs. Elizabeth McMurrry died in 18=57, in Cumin township. Of her seven children -

WILLIAM, born Dec. 29, 1793, in Botetourt county, Virginia, remained with his mother until her return to Kentucky, after the death of his father. He was married Oct., 1817, in Washington county, Ky., to Elizabeth Clampit, who was born March 22, 1801, in Kentucky. They came to St. Clair county, 111., in 1818, where one child was born, and moved, in the fall of 1820, to what became Sangamon county, settling north of Spring -64 creek, and eight miles west of Springfield, where they had nine living children. In 1849 Mr. McMurry moved to DeWitt county, 111. Of his children: JAMES L., born Jan. 31, 1819, in St. Clair county, married three times, without children by either marriage. He was married the fourth time in Iowa. They have two children, WILLIAM and JOSEPH, and live in Urbana, 111. ELIZABETH, born Feb. 17, 1821, was married to Caswell Hall. They had four children. EDITH M. died in 1863. EMMA married Mr. Stout, May 19, 1868, and lives at Leroy, 111. PETER c. is married, and lives at Leroy, 111. WILLIAM lives at Leroy. Mrs. Elizabeth Hall died Oct. 16, 1853, near Clinton, 111. Caswell Hall was married in 1855 to Miss Edwards, and lives at Leroy, McLean county, 111. NANCY, born March 5, 1823, died June 16, 1851. WILLIAM C., born Oct. 2, 1826, in Sangamon county, was married there, April 24, 1850, to Elizabeth J. Cummings. They had four children. ' ANN E. married Joseph Jackson, Feb. 26, 1875. IDA G., MARTHA A. and JAMES M. live with their father. Mrs. McMurry died Oct. 7, 1860, and W. C. McMurry enlisted Sept. 4, 1 86 1, in Co. I, 39th 111. Inf., for three years. He was taken prisoner, May 16, 1864, at Dairy's Bluff, Virginia, and imprisoned one week at Libby, three and a half months at Andersonville, two weeks at Charleston, five months at Florence, South Carolina, was exchanged, and entered the Union lines, Feb. 26, 1865, and was honorably discharged, March 14, same year, being six months and ten days over his full time. He was married Apr. 20, 1865, to Mrs. Lucinda B. Cummings, whose maiden name was McCord. They have one child, TOT, and reside in Farmer City, 111. LEWTIS R., born May 25, 1829, died Sept. 18, 1851. MOSES C., born April 15, 1831, in Sangamon county, enlisted Juue, 1864, for one hundred days, in Co. A, 135th 111. Inf., served full time, and was honorably discharged, Oct., 1864. He was married Nov. 17, 1868, to Almeda Warner, who was born April 30, 1844, in Ohio. They have two children, JAMES o. and OTTO F. M. C. McMurry and family live near Saybrook, Champaign county, 111. SAMUEL B., born Sept. 6, 1833, in Sangamon county, enlisted in 1861, in Co. E, 2oth 111. Inf., for three years, and died at Mound City, 111., March 21, 1862, was taken home, and buried at Clinton. JOSEPH D., born April 7, 1838, lives at Farmer City. ANN J. P., born Fe'b. 29, 1840, in Sangamon county, was married at Clinton, March 5, 1867, to T. H. Benton McElhaney, who was born Feb. 4, 1842, in DeWitt county, 111. He enlisted August n, 1862, in Co. D, K>7th 111. Inf., for three years, served until the close of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged, July n, 1865. Mr. and Mrs. McElhaney have three children, WILLIAM A., LOU c. A. and BENTON M., and live at Clinton, 111. PETER A., born July 14, 1843, in Sangamon county, enlisted June, 1864, for one hundred days, in Co. A, I35th 111. Inf. served full time, and was honorably discharged, Oct. 1865. He was married in June, 1874, to Olie McMahon, and resides at Clinton, 111. Mrs. Elizabeth Mc- Murry died Sept. 17, 1850, and William McMurry was married August 14, 1853, in Sangamon county, to Mrs. Agnes Bryant, whose maiden name was Sims. William McMurry died Feb. 13, 1876, at Clinton, 111., and his widow resides there. SAMUEL, born Oct. 21, 1795, in Botetourt county, Va., was married Nov. 20, 1821, in St. Clair county, to Mary Rittcnhouse. She was born Oct. i, 1800, in Madison county, Va. They moved to Sangamon county in 1823, settling south of Spring creek and eight miles west of Springfield. Thev had nine children in Sangamon county. JOHN D., born Aug. 6, 1824, was married Jan. 9, 1846, to Catharine Bormann, who was born Feb. 14, 1825, in the Kingdom of Bavaria. They had four living children. SAMUEL H., born March i, 1848, was married Sept. 2, 1874, to Matilda Roots, of Mannsville, Taylor county, Ky. They live two miles west of Outran, 111. LAURETTA A., born December 25, 1850, was married February 22, 1872, to George F. Allen. They had one child, Arthur F. Mrs. L. A. Allen died, November 12, 1874.

their father. Mrs. Catharine B. McMurry died May 31, 1872, and John D. Mc- Murry was married Jan. 7, 1875, in Springfield, 111., to Mrs. Rebecca Mc- Kechnie, who was born in 1826 in Yorkshire, England, and whose maiden name was Snape. They reside three miles northwest of Curran, Sangamon countv, 111. PETER C., born Jan. 29, 1826, married Almeda Davis. They had two children. He died Oct. 22, 1853. Of their children, CHARLES s. and JOHN L. live with their mother, who married W. W. Kelly. See his name. ROBERT T., born Jan. 6, 1828, married Margaret Davis. They have four children. MARY E. was married March 16, 1875, to Boswell Thatcher, of Wayne county, Iowa. SAMUEL o., DAVID L. and JAMES live with their parents, near Bethlehem, Iowa. WILLIAM L., born Jan. -26, 1830, married Barbara A. Bormann. They have seven children. VERLINDA c. married George McComas in 1872, and lives near Bethlehem, Iowa. GEORGE p., LEXORE,

L. live with their father. Mrs. McMurry died June u, 1875, and the family live near Bethlehem, Iowa. ARTHUR B., born Jan. 30, 1832, died, aged ten years. GEORGE L., born Feb. 19, 1834, married Julia F. Head. They have two living children. Mrs. Julia McMurry died Sept. 1 6, 1875. Mr. McMurry and the children live near Bethlehem, Iowa. JAMES O., born March 19, 1837, mar' ried Elizabeth Pearce. They had four children, ROBERT, DEBORAH c., BARTIIENA and JAMES. Mrs. Elizabeth Mc- Murry died April, 1873. He married Matilda Chrisman. They have one child, EARNEST, and live near Bethlehem, Iowa. ELIZABETH E., born Jan. 20, 1839, married Debold Paulen. See his name. MARY J., born Sept. 23, 1842, married George Mentzer. They have

JAMES, born April 5, 1798, in Botetourt county, Virginia, was married in Sangamon county, 111., to Lavina Earnest. They had six children in Sangamon county, and moved to Keokuk, Iowa; from there to Independence, Mo., thence to California, about 1855. Of their children, SARAH married Rev. Mr. James. She died in 1854, leaving one child. MARTHA J. married Inglefield Gregory. ROBERT S. married in 1849, and his wife died Nov. 16, 1863, leaving six children, LUELLA, ALTA, SARAH, MARY L., WILLIAM H. and OLIVE M. THOS.

LE WIS, horn April 15, 1801, in Virginia, came to Sangamon county, 111., with his mother in 1823. He married Leanna DeMula, a French lady of St. Louis, and died there, without children, in 1853.

ARTHUR B., born Nov. 7, 1807, in Washington county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county, 111., to Sarah Enyart. They had six children. ROBERT died in his twenty-first year. MARTHA J. married Robert Elder, and live in Butler county, Neb. ELIZABETH A. married Wesley Huggins, and died June 12, 1862. MARY F. married John F. Crowder. See his name. She died in June, 1873. LEWIS S. married Melissa Griffin. They have three children, and reside in Butler county, Neb. SARAH M. was married in 1866 to Dr. Charles Kerr. They had four children, the latter died in infancy. Mrs. S. Melissa Kerr died March 22, 1876, in Pawnee, and was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery. - See Dr. Kerr's name with E/isha Satiders. Arthur B. McMurry died Feb. 28, 1855, and his widow was married June 7, 1875, to William Parkes. See his name.

LOGAN, born March 22, 1810, in Washington county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county Dec. 22, 1831, to Melissa Robison, who was born Nov. i i, 1813. They had ten children in Sangamon county!! EDWARD S., bom Nov. 13, 1832, was married Jan. 10, 1858, to Susan Reid ; have four children, j. j., ANNA, MAKTHA E. and G. E. LEWIS, and live at Leghorn, Kansas. E. S. McMurry is Postmaster there. JOHN L., born Mar. 31, 1835, died in his third year. MARY E., and MARTHA J., twins, born July 10, 1838. Mary E. was married July 26, 1868, to Hiram F. Robbins. born in Warren county, Penn. They have three children, SANDFORD L., FANNIE A. and ANN IK M., and reside near Maple Grove, Pottawatomie county, Kansas. Martha J. was married July i, 1868, to James Sidclens, who was born in Putnam county, Indiana, February 9, 1836. They have three children, IDA B., SADIE M. and MARY F., and reside near Westmoreland, Pottawatomie county, Kansas. ANGELINE, born May 23, 1841, died in her second year. ELIHU J. L., born Aug. 9, 1844, enlhted in Capt. Pratt's Co., 1 30th 111. Inf., Aug. n, 1862, for three years. The company disbanded, and he joined Co. B, loth 111. Cav., in October of the same year. Served three years and three months, and was honorably discharged. GEORGE F., born Aug. 21, 1847, resides near Westmoreland, Pottawattomie county, Kansas. SARAH A., born June 20, 1850, EMILY F., born March 5, 1854, and ROSELLA, born March 21, 1858, all reside with their parents, half a mile south of Farmingdale, Sangamon county, Illinois. MeNABB, WILLIAM, was born about 1760, in Ireland, and emigrated to America before the Revolution. The family settled in that part of Amherst which is now Nelson county, Virginia. He was there married to Mary Crawford, a cousin of Win. H. Crawford, of Georgia, who was one of the four candidates for President, in 1824. Mr. and Mrs. McNabb moved from Virginia to Green county, Ky., where they had six children, and moved to Illinois, in 1819, first stopping in Logan countv, and in 1820 moved to a point about three miles west of Springfield, and settled the farm now owned by .Washington Rickard. Of -their six children - 4

SAMUEL, born in Kentucky, married there, came to Sangamon county about 1826, and in the spring of 1831 moved to the vicinity of Petersburg, 111. and died there in 1872.

HESTER, born Dec. 10, 1789 in Green county, Ky., married there to Robert White, July 17, 1806, and came to St. Clair county, 111., in 1814, and in 1818 came to what was afterwards Sangamon, and still later Menard county, and settled near what is now Athens. Mr. White was born Oct. 1 8, 1779. They had five children, namely: MARY P., born in Green count v Ky., married Mr. Miner, who lived hut \\ few months, and she married William McDougal in 1827. Thev had thirteen children, all except one lived to maturity: ten of whom are yet living, and have families. Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Dougal reside near Athens, Illinois. ELIZA, born in 1810, in Green county, Kentucky, married near Athens, Illinois, March 15, 1834, to Jacob C. West, a native of Tennessee. They had eight children, five of whom died young. Of the other three - WILLIAM F., born June 19, 1835, married Miranda England, and had three children, all of whom died young. Wm. F. West was a graduate of the Missouri Medical College. He was appointed, Sept.. 1861, Assistant Surgeon, and soon after promoted Surgeon of the 28th 111. Inf. He served until June, 1863, when he resigned on account of impaired health, and died March 27, 1864, near Athens. JOHN M., born Dec. 22, 1836, became first Assistant Contract Surgeon to the 28th 111. Inf., in April, 1862, and in December of the same year resigned, in consequence of impaired health. He completed his medical course, and gradu-» ated in February, 1864, at Rush Medical College, Chicago. He was married, Feb., 1863, to Harriet L. Bishop, at Williamsville, 111. She died, June 7, 1875, leaving one child, J. Hial. Dr. West was married, Feb. i, 1876, in Pittsburg, Penn., to Susie Lockwood, a native of Norwalk, Conn. Dr. J. M. West is a practicing physician, in Springfield, 111. JACOB B., born in 1848, lives with his parents. Jacob C. West and wife reside near Athens, 111. JOHN R., born in Green county, Ky.,. died near Athens, aged twenty*two years. WILLIAM H., born in Kentucky, married near Petersburg to Elizabeth Bone. They had seven children, four of whom are yet living. Mrs. White died, and Wm. H. White married Mrs. Elizabeth Sewell. They had three children, and he died Nov., 1864, near Athens, 111. ROBERT F., born near Athens, 111., married in Morgan county to Rachel Roach, daughter of Rev. N. Roach. They had seven children, four of whom died early in life. MARY E. and JOHN R. live with their parents. ESTHER married William Moore, and lives in Dewitt county. Rober F. White and wife reside near Athens, 111. Robert White died Nov. 27, 1847, ant^ Mrs. Hester White died April 2, 1867, both near Athens, Menard county, Illinois.

MARTHA, born in Kentucky, married John Jeneson, near Springfield, raised a family of six children, and both died, near Petersburg, Illinois.

JAMES CRA WFORDMcNABB, born Dec. 27, 1800, in Green county, Kv., married in Sangamon county, Nov. 8, 1825, to Ann R. Watson. They had four children in Sangamon county - EVELINE, born Sept. 15, 1826, married, Oct. 24, 1843, to John G. Elkin. See /it's name. ADELAIDE C., born March 4, 1829, married, in 1847, to Henry Beers. See his name. Mr. Beers died, August, 1851, and she married, Oct. 28, 1858 to Adolphus Rogers. They have two children, HENRY c. and ADELAIDE, and reside in Cincinnati, Ohio. JAMES H., born Sept. 17, 1831, in Sangmon county, went to California in 1849, and was married there, in 1859, to Mary Scudder, a native of New Jersey. They have three living children, ADELAIDE, JAMES and MARY L. James H. McNabb was twelve years editor of the l^etalouma Argus, was State Senator, from 1862 to 1868. He is now - 1876 - and has been for the last five years, deputy collector in the United States Custom House, at San Francisco, California, and resides there. LUCILLA H. died, aged nine years. James C. McNabb died, January, 1835, in Sangamon county, and his widow resides in Mechanicsburg, Illinois.

MeNEILL. - The origin of this family in America was with two brothers, John and Archibald McNeill, who emigrated from Scotland in 1770. Archibald was a physician, and settled in Georgia. John was a General in the British army. He took leave of absence, and settled in Kent county, Maryland. W'hen the war began, which ended in the American Revolution, General McNeill was ordered home to duty, but refused to go, his sympathies being with the colonists. He aided them all he could without entering the army. At one time some

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American officers were at his house in consultation. Gen. McNeill discovered a man at the window eavesdropping. He walked back and forth by the window, and at a favorable moment plunged a cane through the glass into the face of the eavesdropper, who escaped with the loss of an eye. Gen. John McNeill had two sons, Archibald and John, the latter of whom had two sons, who were among the early settlers of Sangamon county, and are the subjects of the following sketches: -

McNEILL, FRANCIS A., born Jan. i, 1809, in Allegheny county, Md. He was baptized in infancy by Rev. Francis Asbury, the first Bishop of the M. E. church in America. He was converted in early life, and at twenty years of age was in the ministry and stationed at Frederick City, Mel. His health failing, he commenced the study of medicine, and in 1834 graduated at the University ot Maryland, in Baltimore, and located at Shepherdstown, Va. He was married Feb. i, 1830,111 Frederick City, Md., to Mary E. Cronise, who was born there, March 4, 1812. Dr. McNeill and wife moved from Shepherdstown, Va., to Springfield, 111., in the spring of 1835. He practiced medicine in Springfield twelve years, and at the same time retained his ministerial connection. He was ordained deacon in 1833, at Baltimore, by Bishop Hedding, and ordained Elder in 1837, at Jacksonville, 111., by Bishop Soule. In 1847 ^r- McNeill moved to Peoria, and became pastor of the Methodist church at that place. From there he was appointed to Racine, Wisconsin, and from there to Mt. Morris, Ogle county, 111., October, 1852. His labors in the ministry had again impaired his health, and at Mt Morris he resumed the practice of Medicine. Dr. McNiell had ten children, live of whom died young, and

ANN NOR I ELLA, born June 26, 1835, in Shepherdstown, Va., partially brought up in Springfield, was married at Mt. Morris, 111., Feb. i, 1854,10 Henry I. Little, who was born Nov. 25, 1826, in Washington county, Md. They have nine children, WILLIAM F., CHARLEY F., ELDRIDGE H., MARY E.,

Arthur B., Ellen L., William

ARTHUR B., ELLEN L., WILLIAM McN., NORVELLA L. and KITTIE L. Mr. Little is a dry goods merchant, and resides at Mt* Morris, Ogle county, Illinois.

JAMES F., born Oct. 15, 1841, in Springfield, 111., enlisted August 12, 1862, for three years, in Co. G, ii4th 111. Inf. He was promoted to Sergeant-Major, served to the close of the rebellion, was honorably discharged, August 15, 1865, and was afterwards clerk in the Adjutant- General's office until that office was abolished. He was married Nov. 18, 1872, to Julia E. Hibbs, a native of New York City. They have two children, WALTER F. and MABEL. James F. Mc- Neal is corresponding clerk in the first National Bank, of Springfield, 111., and resides in the city. - 1876.

HOB ART W., born June r8, 1847, in Peoria, 111., was married May 15, 1869, at Eldora, Iowa, to Lizzie Phillips. They have one living child, ANNA M., and reside at Oscaloosa, Iowa.

While Dr. F. A. McNeill was living in Peoria, his wife, Mrs. Mary E. McNeill visited friends in Springfield, and died there Nov. 24, 1849. Dr. McNeill was married Feb. 2, 1857, at Mt. Morris, 111., to Barbara E. Wagner, who was born Oct. 6, 1834, in Washington county, Maryland. They had four children, two of whom only are living, namely -

Rev. Francis A. McNeill, M. D., died Feb. 3, 1872, at Mt. Morris, Ogle countv, 111., and his widow resides there. Dr. McNeill was a man of much more than ordinary ability, and of untiring industry. In addition to the labors of two professions, he found time to devote to political matters. Having from childhood witnessed the pernicious influence of slavery, he very early in life became an opponent of its extension. It was partly to avoid its influence that he moved West. While practicing medicine in Springfield, he took an active part in the politics of the day. As a public speaker, he advocated the election of Harrison for President in 1840, and in 1844 was a delegate to the convention that nominated Clay for President. He was one of the delegates from Ogle county to the convention that assembled m Bloomington in 1856, which gave birth to the Republican party. Being a warm friend of Mr. Lincoln, while living in Springfield, when the latter became a candidate for President, he had not a more ardent supporter than Dr. McNeill.

Before the convention assembled that nominated Mr. Lincoln, Dr. McNeill was editing a paper at Mount Morris, and was among the first to hoist the name of Abraham Lincoln for President. In 1860 he was elected Representative from Ogle county, for two years, in the State Legislature; and was, consequently, in that body when the rebellion broke out. He was appointed Oct. 12, 1861, by Governor Yates, army surgeon, and was with the 34th 111. Inf. about six months, when he resigned on account of impaired health. He was commissioned July 18, 1862, hospital chaplain, and assigned to the post at Paducah, Ky., where he remained until 1864, when he was transferred to Louisville, as chaplain of the post there. He resigned August, 1865, returned home, and resumed the practice of medicine, which he continued until stricken down with paralysis, which, after a year's suffering, terminated in death - as previously stated - thus closing a well-spent life.

MeNEILL, WILLIAM, born Aug. 15, i8u,in Cumberland, Allegheny county, Maryland. Rev. F. A. McNeill, M. D., was his brother. William Mc- Neill studied medicine in his native town, and graduated at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in Feb., 1835. He was married Aug. i, 1837, in Cumberland, to Civilia McNamee, who was born July 6, 1817, in Hagerstown, Maryland. They had one child in Cumberland, and in the spring of 1839 moved to Petersburg, Illinois. In the autumn of that year he moved to Mechanicsburg, Sanganion county. They had eight living children in Illinois. Of their nine children -

Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. R. J. McNeill was married Dec. 18, 1873, near Rochester, 111., to Eliza Taft. They have one child, WILLIAM T., and live in Rochester.

LAURA, born December 12, 1842,31 Bolivia, Christian county, 111., was married in Mechanicsburg to George W. Hall. See his name. He died, and she lives at Illiopolis.

FRANCIS A., born Oct. 23, 1849, near Rochester, graduated at the Eclectic Medical College, Cincinnati, Feb., 1874, and is practicing medicine at Pana, Illinois.

LUTIE, born Jan. 27, 1864, both in Mechanicsburg. The four latter reside with their parents in Taylorville, 111. Dr. William McNeill is practicing his profession there. - Aug., 1876.

MATHER. - The origin of the Mather family in America was with REV. (i) RICHARD MATHER, who was born in 1596, at Lowton, Lancashire, England. He came to America, landing in Boston, Aug. 17, 1635, and the next year became pastor of a church, at Dorchester, Mass., where he remained until his death, April 22, 1669. His son, (2) INCREASE MATHER, born June 21, 1639, at Dorcester, Mass., became pastor of North street church, Boston, in 1664, and continued in charge of that church until the day of his death, Aug. 23, 1723. He was President of Harvard College, from 1685 to 1701, and received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from its board of trustees in 1692, the first title of the kind ever conferred in America. His son, (3) COTTON MATHER, born Feb. 12, 1663, in Boston, became the colleague of his father in the pastorate in 1684. He was elected in 1713 a member of the Royal Society of London, being the first American ever thus honored. Rev. Cotton Mather died Feb. 13, 1728, and in 1729 his life was written by his son, (4) SAMUEL MATHER. His son, Dr. 5) THOMAS MATHER, had a son, (6),

MATHER, (7) THOMAS, was born April 24, 1795,111 Simsbury, Hartford county, Conn. Inheriting much of the intellectual ability and integrity of character of his ancestors, and impelled by the New England spirit of enterprise, on arriving at the age of manhood, he left his native State and engaged in business in New York city, where he remained but a short time. In the.springof 1818, he went to Kaskaskia, the capital of the Territory of Illinois. There he subsequently became associated in business with Edmund Roberts, James L. Lamb and Stacy B. Opdycke. Some years later they laid out the town of Chester, Randolph county, 111,, and engaged in business there also. Thomas Mather was married Dec. 5, 1825, in Kaskaskia, to Hannah G. Lamb, who was born March 23, 1798, in Connellsville, Fayette county, Penn. She was a sister to George and James L. Lamb. In addition to his mercantile pursuits, Mr. Mather found time to look after the interests of the government. He served a number of times in both branches of the Legislature, was a member of the lower house during the session of 1822-3, when the resolution \v;ts adopted to submit to the people a proposition for a convention, to be called for the purpose of amending the constitution, with the view of admitting slavery into the State. He opposed the resolution submitting it, and when it was before the people he bore a conspicuous part in the public discussion against adopting the measure. It was through the persistent opposition of Mr. Mather and kindred spirits, that Illinois was saved by the small majority of 1,800 votes from becoming a slave State. In 1825 he was appointed by President, John Quincy Adams, one of the commissioners to locate a military road from Independence, Mo., to Santa Fe, New Mexico, and to negotiate treaties with the Indian tribes along the line. He acquired the title of Colonel during the administration of. Governor Coles - 1822- 26 - by being assigned an honorary position on his staff, and wore the title ever after. He once declined an appointment to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate. When Col. Mather moved to Springfield in 1835, the mercantile firm with which he was associated was reorganized, and opened under the firm name of Mather, Lamb & Co., and thus it continued tor many years. The State Bank of Illinois was chartered by the Legislature, at Vandalia, during the session of 1834-5. The bank was organi/ed at Springfield May 11, 1835, with Thomas Mather President, and N. H. Ridgely Cashier. They continued in office the whole time the bank was in existence - about seven years. The Northern Cross Railroad, from Meredosia, through Jacksonville, to Springfield, having run down so as to be practically useless, it was purchased of the State by Thomas Mather, N. H. Ridgely, James Duncan and others. They put it in good running order, and extended it to the Indiana State line. It is now part of the Toledo, Wabash & Western Railroad. He was afterwards connected with the organization of the Illinois Central and Galena Union Railroad Companies, and induced eastern capitalists to furnish the means for building the former. Col. Mather was a true friend of education, which he manifested by serving a number of years as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Illinois College, at Jacksonville, and contributing liberally toward the endowhient of that and other institutions of learning. His parents were Congregationalists, and he never forgot his New England training; but on coming to Illinois, he identified himself with the Presbyterian church, differing from that of his father's not in doctrine, but in government only. His religious principles were not the result of education alone, but originated in a profound conviction of the divine claims of Christianity. His benefactions to the church were large and judiciously bestowed. He retired from active business in consequence of impaired health ; but continued to reside in Springfield, and died March 28, 1853, in the city of Philadelphia. His remains lie buried in the place of his nativity, surrounded by generations of his ancestors. His widowlived in Springfield until 1866, when she moved to Chicago, where she now - 1876 - reside*, in the seventy -eigth year of her age, and in the full possession of her mental and physical powers, venerated and loved not only by those to whom she has so long been a mother, but by their child- ren also. Their house was truly the home of the orphan. More than one bereaved of natural protectors was fondly and lovingly cherished beneath their roof. There are those yet living in whose memories Col. Mather is enshrined as a true friend and a second father. Not having any children of his own, he adopted the following:

R. PENNELL LAMB, son of Dr. Thos. G. Lamb, of Favette county, Penn., was born in 1822. He studied medicine, and graduated at the University of Pennsylvania, in 1849. In 1852 he was married to Mary Johnson, of Springfield, and removed the same year to Butler county, Ohio, where he died in 1866, leaving no children.

SUSAN R. LAMB, born in Kaskaskia, 111., was married in 1855 to Dr. C. Perry Slater, of Springfield, who died in 1858. See his name. She was married in 1870 to James H. Roberts. See nis name.

THOMAS C. MA l^HER was born in Illinois in 1839. He studied law and graduated from Ann Arbor University, Michigan. In 1871 he was married to Mary Horine, of Missouri. They have three children, THOMAS, Jun., LIN A and MAY. Mr. Mather is practicing his profession and resides in Springfield.

Meader, Timothy

MEADER, TIMOTHY E., was born Nov. 25, 1800, in Rochester, N. II. When a young man he spent several years in Maine, part of the time in teaching, and part of the time in the tanning and currying business. In 1834 he set out for a visit to the west. He traveled by stage and canal to Buffalo, and from there to Chicago by sailing vessel, and was seven weeks traveling from Maine to Chicago. He went down DesPlaines river in a canoe, and found a tribe of Indians camped at the mouth of the river. He went from Hennepin to Beardstown by steamboat, and walked from the latter place to Springfield, arriving in June. He next went to St. Louis, thr nee to New Orleans, and embarked on a sailing vessel for Boston, arriving in that city in Jan., 1835. ^e returned to Springfield in 1836, and remained until 1839, during which time he bought and improved a piece of land in what is now Pawnee township. In the fall of 1839 he returned east, and was married Nov. 9, 1839, at Dover, N. H., to Miriam H. Trickey. She was born Feb. 8, 1802, at Brookfield, N. H. They went the same fall they were married to Plattvjlle, Wis., and in the winter of 1840 '41 started for Sangamon county in a sleigh, and came the whole distance that way, although they had to wait several times for snow, but they arrived safely at their home in Pawnee township. They have only one child -

Meader, William

MEADER, WILLIAM W., born April 22, 1820, in New Hampshire, came to Springfield in 1839, resided two years at Springfield and Pawnee, returned east, and was married at Dover, N. H., in 1845, to Lavina Trickey. He brought his family to Sangamon county in 1866, engaged in farming and selling dry goods, moved to Christian county in 1868, and Mrs. M. died, Nov., 1872, at Clarksdale. Their only child -

MEACHAM, ADIN E., was born March 10, 1789, at Benson, Rutland county, Vermont. His father started with his family to move west, July 30, 1812, and halted at Chillicothe, Ohio., Sept. 24. They resumed their journey May 20, 1813, passing through Cincinnati, Ohio, Lexington, Ky., thence to Shawneetown, 111., from there to Kaskaskia, thence up the Mississippi river to the American bottom, about ten miles above St. Louis, arriving July 26, 1813, and on the 12th day of September, the father died. The family remained there until the close of the war with Great Britain. Adin E., with his mother, moved to the

FIDELIA, born Aug. i, 1820, married James D. Weir. They had seven living children - OLIVER B. was mairied in Missouri to Martha Blackwell. They had two children, JOHN and LAURA. At the breaking out of the rebellion, he left Missouri, brought his family to Sangamon county, and enlisted in the 73^ 111. Inf., for three years. He was wounded at the battle of Chattanooga, Sept. 19, 1863, and died seven days later. His children reside with their mother, who is married to Charles Freddy. They have four children, and live in Green county, Missouri. MARY J. married John Hunter. They have five children, and live at Plattville, Taylor county, Iowa. MARTHA E. married John Frank. They have two children, and live in Carthage, Missouri. HENRY is unmarried, and lives at Carthage. ISABEL married Mr. McMaster. They have two children, and live in Springfield, Missouri. MARION and AGNES live with their parents at Carthage, Missouri.

Mrs. Jane L. Mengel has a commission held by her father, Adin E. Meacham, as Lieutenant in the yth Reg. 111. Militia, dated at Kaskaskia, Aug. 17, 1817, and signed by Ninian Edwards, Governor. On the back of the same is the endorsement that Adin E. Meacham has taken the oath of fidelity and of office, as prescribed by "An act to suppress dueling," dated Sept. i, 1817, attested by John H. Randle, District Clerk. A. E. Meacham served sixty days in a company of Indian Rangers, and received for that service

JTLIA A., born Dec. 16, 1827, married May 23, 1844, to Charles H. Dawson, who was born Feb. 26, 1820, in Vermont. They had eight children, two of \vhom died in infancy. RICHARD H., born March 14, 1845, married Lizzie C. Ruckle. They have two children, KATIE and ALICE, and live in Springfield, Illinois. GEORGE E., born June 23, 1847, graduated at Ann Arbor, Michigan

University, was Professor of Languages, in the High School, at Buffalo, N. Y., for some time, and is now - 1875 - leaving for a two years' tour of Europe, studying and perfecting himself in the law. LYDIA I., was born May 12, 1847, an(^ married Joseph E. Coleman. See his name. OLIVE A., born Sept. 2, 1853, married, Oct. 7, 1873, to Robert E. Short. See his name. They have one child, OLIVE IRENE, and live near Loami. ANDREW L. and WALTER L. live with their mother. Charles H. Dawson died July 22, 1820, and his widow lives near Loami, Sangamon countv, Illinois.

Austin S., Ada Belled Maggie

ADIN E. A., born July 16, 1831,, in Sangamon county, was married Jan. I, 1852, in Stoughton, Wisconsin, to Martha Renshaw, who was born April 22, 1836, in St. Lawrence county, N. Y. They have six living children, CHARLES W., AUSTIN S., ADA BELLED MAGGIE E., MARIETTA and ORRIN R., and live at Loami, Sangamon county, 111. Adin E. A. Meacham has in his, possession a powder horn that has been in the family three generations before it came into his hands. It bears the following inscription, elaborately carved : " ^fohn Herolf s Horn, 1756" The only other letters on it are tlA Muscovy Cat" over a figure supposed to represent an animal known by that appellation. It also contains figures of other animals, ships, and various hieroglyphics, and must have occupied many leisure hours of some soldier engaged in the French and English wars on this continent before our nation was born. A. E. A. Meacham has also a gourd raised by his father in 1826, near where he now resides; it holds an even half bushel. How a Yankee came to grow a gourd, such as our early education led us to believe could only be done by some person with southern blood in their veins, is a mvstery.

HARRIE7 /., born Oct. 3, 1834, was married Oct. 7, 1857, to Andrew ]. Parker. They have two children, DORA I. and IRA M., and live in Loami.

moved to Sangamoii county, 111., arriving Dec., 1830, just in time for the "deep snow," on Lick Creek, in what is now Loami township, where they had three children. Of their six childien -

WILLIS, born in Kentucky, and married in Sangamon county to Rachel C. S. Hudson. They have two children, ADALINE and MARGARET, and reside in Waverly, 111.

LUCINDA, born July 29, 1838, in Sangamon county, married Aug. 12, 1853, to Wellington B. Huffaker, who was born Oct. 22, 1829, in Morgan county, and came to Sangamon county in 1851. They had seven children. JESSIE B., the second child, died when she was seven years old. WELLINGTON L., the fourth child, died in his third year. GEORGE G. was married June 2, 1875, in New Berlin, to Clara J. Manson, and lives near New Berlin, 111. LIZZIE M., JENNIE, FRANCIS M. and LOULU A. live with their mother. Wellington 15. HufTaker died March 3, 1873. His widow and children reside four miles south of New Berlin, Sangamon county, 111. Mr. Huffaker was a successful farmer and stock raiser, and had just completed the finest private residence in Sangamon county, outside of Springfield.

Mrs. Nancy Meacham died Sept. 11, 1853, and Edom Meacham was married in 1855 to Margaret McCormick. They have nine children, and reside in Waverly, Morgan county, Illinois.

Willis L. Meacham, the father of Edom, was a native of North Carolina. He moved from Kentucky to Sangamon county with his son, Edom, both families arriving just as 'the deep snow commenced falling in Dec., 1830. He brought several other children with him. His daughter Annis, married Dr. West, who died, leaving three children; and she married William Sims, and lives in Jacksonville, 111. His son, Tandy, married Julia Littrall, and lives in Waverly, 111. Willis L. Meacham and wife both died in Sangamon county.

Meacham, Joseph

MEACHAM, JOSEPH K., was born in Kentucky, came to Sangamon county among the earliest settlers, and married Ann Hodgerson. Thev had four children in Sangamon county, naine-

JOHN H., born Feb. 12, 1834, married Jan. 4, 1861, to Leah Jarrett. Thev had six children; two died in infancy. JOSEPH K. died in his eighth year. JAMES W., LUANNA J. and ADA E. live with their parents, three miles south of New Berlin, Illinois.

MEACHAM, JOSEPH, was born in 1794 in Christian count}-, Ky. Thankful Finley was born in 179^ in the same county. They were married, and had seven children there. The familv moved to Sangamon county, arriving Oct., 1840, at Springfield, and the next spring moved to what is now Loami township. Of their children -

ELCET F., -born Oct. 2, 1820, in Christian county, Ky., married in Sangamon county Nov. 7, 1844, to Jackson Archer. See his name. He died, and she married William DufF. See his name.

JOHN W., born Aug., 1822, in Christian county, Ky., came to Sangamon county in 1838, preceding his parents. He was married in Springfield to Ann Young. They had seven children ; one only is living, ROBERT P. He married Sarah Jumper in Jacksonville. The family reside in Waverly, Illinois.

MEGREDY, ENOCH, born in 1794, in Cecil county, Maryland, was married there, Aug. 20, 1816, to Mary S. Jones, who was born in Cecil county, April 7, 1798. Mr. Megredy was engaged in merchandizing, and they had four children there. About 1823 they moved into the adjoining county, in Pennsylvania^ where Mr. Megredy continued in the mercantile business. Four children were born in Pennsylvania, and about 1831 they returned to Maryland, where they had three cnildren. Mr. M. moved his family to Springfield, 111., arriving June 1 6, 1837, and in December following moved to what is now Ball township, six miles south of Springfield, where two children wei'e born. Of all their children; the eldest -

JAMES J., born Feb. i, 1819, in Cecil county, Md., was married in Sangamon county, 111., Dec. 30, 1841, to Ann R. Hall. They had ten children, three died under four years, and JOHN B. in his fourth year. Of the other six - CHARLES L. married Virginia Weber, and lives at Belleville, Kansas. ANNA, WILLIAM P., SAMUEL E., MILLARD F. and FANNIE, live with their parents, three and three-fourths miles northwest of Pawnee. James J. Megredy represented Sangamon county in the State Legislature, for the session of 1857 and '8.

MART A., born Nov. 3, 1820, in Cecil county, Maryland, was married Nov. 25, 1847, i° Sangamon [county, 111., to Dr. Cieorge M. Harrison. See his name.

DANIEL, born Aug. 30, 1822, in Maryland, was married in Sangamon county, Feb. 22, 1849, to Sarah N. Harrison, who died, and he married Catharine Kennedy. Daniel Megredy died in Ball township, leaving three children, WILLIAM ARTHUR, MARY and SARAH.

ENOCH, born June 16, 1826, at Conestoga, Lancaster county, Penn., raised in Sangamon county, married, Oct. 16, 1850, to Lucinda P. Harrison, who was born Sept. 10, 1828, in that part of Sangamon which is now Menard county. They had four children - MARY A., the second child, died in her fifth year. ENOCH E., ADA and LESLIE E. live with their parents, in Menard county, three and onehalf miles northwest of Salisbury.

JOHN, born July 11, 1828, in Conestoga Center, Pennsylvania, married Priscilla L. Miller. They had four children, and Mr. Megredy died, near Springfield. His widow and children live in Kansas City, Missouri.

ABIGAIL, born July 18, 1832, in Cecil county, Maryland, was married in Sangamon county, April 14, 1858, to Morgan B. Pettus. They have three children, and live in Lincoln, Illinois.

WILLIAM R., born Dec. 31, 1833, in Wakefield, Cecil county, Maryland, was married in Iroquois county, 111., Oct. 8, 1872, to Joanna Harlan, who was born Oct. 21, 1850, in Morgan county, 111. They have one child, WILLIAM, and live in Chatham, Sangamon county, Illinois.

AD ALINE B., born Nov. 21, 1835, in Cecil county, Maryland, was married Nov. 21, 1855, in Sangamon county, Illinois to Robert S. Graham. See his name.

Archibald Job, a cousin of Mr. Megredy, had a contract for furnishing stone to build the State House, in Springfield, which was commenced the year Mr. Megredy came to the county. The stone was obtained in Ball township, near Crow's mill, and Mr. Megredy was employed to superintend the quarries. He was experienced in the business before he came west. Mr. Megredy was a local Methodist preacher, and a consistant temperance man. He lectured on temperance on all suitable occasions.

MENGEL, ISAAC R., was born about 1820, in Lancaster county, Penn. He left home with his brother, Levi B., April 17, 1838, and arrived at Springfield, 111., early in May, and a few days later went to Lebanon, now Loami, in the employ of J. P. Langford, who had a contract for furnishing timber for the State House, then being built in Springfield. He was married near Loami to Eunice M. Meacham. They had twelve children, among them two pairs of twins, and once three at a birth, two boys and a girl; the latter and one of the boys died young. The other boy -

ETHAN M., enlisted in Co. K, 124111 111. Inf. He lost an eye by an accidental shot from a weapon in the hands of his Captain, near the close of his term of service. He married Amanda M. Weber, in Sangamon county, and lives in Nebraska.

MENGEL, LEVI B., born in 1822 in Lancaster county, Penn., and came with his brother, Isaac R., to Springfield, thence to Loami, in 1838. He was married Nov. 13, 1842, to Jane L. Meacham. They had ten living children in Sangamon county.

ELIZABETH, born June 12,1843, married June, 1869, to James Colemaa. They have twins, NINA MAY and LINA JANE, and live in Christian county, Illinois.

Francis, Alice C., Joseph

EUNICE married Oct. 29, 1874, to Ezra D. Fuller. They have one child, LULU, and live near Loami, Illinois. FRANCIS, ALICE C., JOSEPH W., KATE M., ANNA L. and HARRY S. live with their mother.

Meredith, Absalom

MEREDITH, ABSALOM, born about 1785, in Virginia, was married there about 1807, to Mary Royal, a native of the same State. They moved to Butler county, Ohio, where they had four children, and then moved to Miami county, where two children were born. The family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Oct. 27, 1829, in what is now Ball township. The company in which they came numbered sixty-three persons. Of their six children -

THOMAS, born in Butler county, Ohio, was married in Sangamon county to Priscilla Fields, who died, and he married Jane Basil. They had two children. DAVIS was a soldier in an 111. Reg., and was killed at the battle of Resaca, Georgia, May 15, 1864. NANCY E. married a Mr. Buck. He was a Union soldier, and died in the army. His widow resides with her mother. Thomas Meredith was drowned in Sacramento river, Cal. His widow and widowed daughter reside near Elizabeth, JoDaviess county, Illinois.

DA VIS, born June 14, 1812, in Butler county, Ohio, was married June 29, 1836, in Sangamon county, to Mary Newcomer. They had eight children; one died in infancy. Of the other seven - SUSANNAH, born May 4, 1837, mar ried Drury Jones. See his name. CHARLES N., born July 23, 1839, enlisted in Co. E, ii4th 111. Inf., August 11, 1862. He was taken sick at Camp Butler, and was out of the service six months. He was married March 8, 1863, to Laura Wagoner, who was born Sept. 3, 1841, in Menard county, 111. He rejoined his regiment, March 20, of same year, and after the siege of Vicksburg, was sent to Memphis, where he was detailed as Orderly at headquarters of the Sixteenth Army Corps. Charles N. Meredith was honorably discharged, Oct., 1864, at Memphis, Tenn. Mr. and Mrs. Meredith have two living children, MARY F. and IDA j., who live with their parents. C. N. Meredith is engaged in the clothing business at Taylorville, 111., and resides there. MARY J., born Dec. 3, 1842, was married Jan. i, 1863, to John R. Kincaid, who was born Nov. 14, 1833, in Virginia, and brought up in Gallia county, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Kincaid have four living children, LUTHER E., JAMES and live five miles north of Pawnee, Sangamon county, 111. SARAH A., born Nov. 2, 1844, was married Oct. 19, 1865, to Lewis R. Hedrick. They have three living children, namely, MARY s., FRANCIS R. and ALICE j., and live in Taylorville, Christian county, 111. CHRISTOPHER C., born June 3, 1848, resides with his parents. LUTHER OSBORN, born July 7, 1851, was married Sept. 4, 1873, to Eli /a A. Poffenberger. They have one child, CHARLES NOAH, and live in Cotton Hill township, Sangarnon county, Illinois. FANNIE L., born Jan. 27, 1857, lives with her parents. Davis Meredith lives in Ball township, ten miles southeast of Springfield, 111. He remembers that, after the deep snow, when it had entirely disappeared except on the roads, where the snow had been packed down, they looked like ribbons stretched over the prairie, and the sight was beautiful. These strips were from one to three feet wide, and it was weeks after the other snow was gone before they disappeared.

WILLIAM, born in Butler county, Ohio, brought up in Sangarnon county, is a minister in the United Brethren church, and lives at Fort Scott, Kansas.

SARAH A., born in Miami county, Ohio, was married in Sangamon county, 111., to James Dillon. They have two children, OLIVER and DAVIS, who live with their father. Mrs. S. A. Dillon

JOSEPH, born in Miami county, Ohio, was married in Sangamon county, 111., to Susan Dillon, who died, leaving five children, SARAH A., LESLIE C., THOMAS J., CHARLOTTE J. and MARY C. live with their father. He married Mary Adams. They have one child, MELISSA. Joseph Meredith and family live near Taylorville, 111.

Absolom Meredith died in Rochester township, Sangamon county, 111., in 4842, and his widow died in 1844, m Ball township, Sangamon county, Illinois.

Merriman, Elias

MERRIMAN, ELIAS H., was born Jan. 20, 1802, in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated at William and Mary College about 1820, and at the Baltimore Medical University soon after. He was married in Baltimore Aug. 16, 1822, to Susan H. Lavely, a sister to William Lavely. See his name. She was born Dec. 9, 1804, in that city. They had one child there, also. After practicing for a time in the vicinity of Baltimore, Dr. Merriman moved to St. Louis, Mo., and from there to Springfield, 111., arriving in March, 1830. They had one child in St. Louis, and two in Springfield. Of their children -

JAMES H., born Jan. 27, 1^27, in Baltimore, Md., was raised in Springfield, 111. He enlisted in Co. A, 4th 111. Inf., in 1846, and was appointed by Col. E. D. Baker Sergeant- Major of the regiment, and served as such during the war with Mexico. He was appointed under President Taylor to a clerkship in the United States General Land Office, and was later appointed Lieutenant in the United States Revenue Service, in which he served about twenty-four years, the last twelve as Captain. He is now Inspector of the Life Saving Service, having charge of all the stations on the Atlantic coast, with headquarters in New York city - 1876.

WILLIAM J. N,, born Feb. 10, 1830, in St. Louis, Mo., and raised in Springfield. In 1852, he went to California, and in 1855 went from there with Gen. Walker on his expedition to Central America, after which he returned to the United States. He now resides in Springfield, 111.

ELLEN M., born May i 1832, in Springfield, married in 1854 to Thomas H. Murphy, a native of Quebec, Canada. They moved in 1859 to New Orleans, and returned to Springfield in 1873. She resides with her mother, in Springfield.

Dr. E. H. Merriman was engaged in one of the campaigns of the Black Hawk war, and was bearer of dispatches from General Henry to General Atkinson. See page 85. He w: s in successful practice in Springfield for twenty years. In 1851 he went to San Francisco; spent four years there, and in 1855 went to Costa Rica, in search of coal. He had commenced mining, but the yellow fever breaking out among the men, he treated them successfully, but afterwards fell a victim to the disease himself, and died there on the Island of Cano, May 8, 1855. His widow resides in Springfield, Illinois.

Merriman, Reuben

MERRIMAN, REUBEN, was born Sept. 6, 1790, in Connecticut. When a young man, he went to Kentucky, and after a stay of one year, returned t o Connecticut, and was married, May 4, 1812, about twenty miles from Bridgeport, to Betsy Bennett. They went at once to Scott county, Ky , settled on Big Eagle creek, and engaged in milling and coopering with his younger brother, Lyman, and their father, who all moved at the same time. They had five living children. The father died there, and the two brothers, with their families and their sister, and widowed mother, moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1829, in what is now Williams township, where twins were born. Of all their children -

LUCINDA, born Feb. 21, 1813, in Scott county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Isaac Constant. See his name. Thev had four children, and moved to Jackson county, Oregon, Rogue River Valley, in 1852.

GEORGE B., born Sept. 8, 1818, in Scott county, Ky., came to Sangamon county, in 1829, married, Jan. i, 1844, to Maria L. Dawson. They had six living children in Sangamon county - JOHN W. married Maria J. Brittin, have two children, DORA B. and HARRY w., and reside in Marion county, Iowa. REUBEN A. resides in Williams township. BELBERT, LUCY T., BERTHA E. and GEORGE A. reside with their parents, four miles southeast of Williamsvile, Sangamon county, Illinois.

Martha V., Charles B., Lelia

JOHN S., born Nov. 29, 1821, in Scott county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, Nov. 7, 1848, to Mary J. Dawson. They had ten children; one died in infancy, and NOAH W., the youngest child, died March 4, 1873, aged six years. MARY FLORENCE died, Aug. 12, 1874, and ANN ELIZA died, June 13, 1876, at their father's house, near Williamsville, Illinois. Of the other six - MARTHA V., CHARLES B., LELIA L., CLAY S., CORA E. and ABRAHAM L. live with their parents, three miles west of Williamsville, Sangamon county, Illinois.

WILLIAM H., born March 4, 1825, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county to Mary A. Lewis. They had two children, and in 1852 started overland for Oregon. Mrs. Merriman and one of the children died on the way. Mr. Merriman and the other children went on to their destination. Wm. Merriman was there married to Mrs. Artamesia Chapman, whose maiden name was Riddle. They have several children, and reside near Jacksonville, Jackson county, Oregon.

ROBERT F., married Sept. 17, 1862, in Sangamon county, to Elizabeth Thompson, who was born Jan. 28, 1840, in Wayne county, Ohio. They have one child, WILLIE, and reside five miles southeast of Williamsville.

FRANCIS A. married, Oct. 7, 1858, to Emma Bishop, who was born Dec. 12, 1838, in Clark county, Ohio. They had five children, EDDY F., MARY L., MYRTILLA,and BYRON and ROSE, twins; the two latter died in infancy. Mrs. Emma Merrimnn died May 9, 1866. F. A. Merriman was married, Nov. 25, 1868, to Chloe Sparklin, a native of Elkhart county, Indiana. They reside five miles southeast of Williamsville, and two and one-half miles north of Barclay, Illinois.

MERRIMAN, LYMAN, was born in 1792, in Connecticut. He went with his brother Reuben to Scott county, Ky., in 1812, and was there married to Sarah R. Howard, v/ho was born there in 1794. They had four living children, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1829, in what is now Williams township, where one child was born. Of their five children -

MADISON M., born March n, 1817, in Scott county, Ky., married Elizabeth Fletcher. They have seven living child- Their daughter, ELIZABETH A., married Irvin J. Houtz, and reside in Williams township, two and a quarter miles north of Sherman. The other six reside with their parents, in Logan county, Illinois.

MART A., born in Sangamon county, married Hiram J. Young. She died Aug., 1867, leaving four children, LAURA A. and MARY A. reside with their aunt, Mrs. Win. Yocom. The two sons live with their father, in Montgomery county, Illinois.

LAURA, the sister of Reuben and Lyman Merriman, who came with them from Kentucky, married in Sangamon county in 1829 to Francis Arenz, went to Beardstown, and died within a year after she was married. The mother of the Merriman brothers and sister died in Beardstown, also.

Mesler, Cornelius

ew Jersey. Phoebe Shepard was born July 15, 1804, at Green village, Morris county, New Jersey. They were married Dec. 25, 1822, in Newark, New Jersey. They came to Springfield, 111., in June, 1830, and settled one and one-half miles east of the city. In 1834 they moved to what is now Cooper township, south of Sangamon river. Cornelius Mesler died July 7, 1854, and his widow resides on the farm where they settled in 1834. It is in Cooper township, three miles northeast of Clarksville, Sangamon county, Illinois.

Merriweather, John

MERRIWEATHER, JOHN H., was born July 2, 1808, in Baltimore county, Md. He .migrated to the vicinity of Springfield, Clark county, Ohio, and was there married in 1834 to Elizabeth Hummell. They had two children there, and came to Springfield, 111., arriving in May, 1839, where six children were born, one of whom died. Of their seven children -

ELIZABETH H., born in 1836 near Springfield, Ohio, was married May 2, 1864, in Springfield, 111., to Edward L. M. Johnson, a native of Virginia. He was a contractor, and superintended the carpenter work on the Springfield and Illinois Southeastern - now O. and M. - railroad. He died November, 1874. His widow resides n Pana, Illinois.

WILLIAM H., born April 28, 1838, in Clark county, Ohio, was married Sept. 20, 1860, in Springfield, 111., to Sarah J. Bateman, who was born there Sept. 13, 1842. He served seventeen months in Co. B, H4th 111. Inf. Mr. and Mrs. Merriweather have five children, and live near Gerard, Crawford county, Kansas.

ELIZA W., born May 5, 1840, was married in Springfield, 111., April 19, i S6o, to John T. Rhodes, who was born Jan. 14, 1831, in Frederick county, Md. They have two children, WILLIAM R. and ELLA M. J. T. Rhodes is a contractor and builder. He was a member of the Board of Supervisors of Sangamon county for three years, and was elected in the spring of 1874 a member of the City Council for three years, and resides in Springfield, Illinois.

JAMES, born Sept. 30, 1844, in Springfield, was married Oct. 20, 1870, in Sangamon county, to Minerva Enyart. They have one child, ANN E , and live near Pawnee, Illinois.

John H. Merriweather, Sen., was a merchant in Springfield for many years, but the latter part of his life was spent on his farm, near Pawnee, 111., where he died Oct. 15, 1863. His widow died Aug. 18, 1868.

Messick, Joseph

MESSICK, JOSEPH W., was born in Christian county, Ky., and came to Sangamon county in 1829, with his sisters, Matilda and Melinda. He returned to Kentucky in 1840, married there, and brought his wife and youngest sister, Julia A., to Sangamon county. He makes his home in Macoupin county, near Nilwood. His sister -

MILLER, CHRISTIAN, was born Jan. 12, 1771, in Loudon county, Va. Sarah Neer was born June 28, 1786, in the same county, and they were there married in 1807. They had eight children in that county. The whole family left Loudon county Sept. 4, 1833, traveling in wagons; they reached Champaign county, Ohio, and stopped with a brother. Mr. Miller and his eldest son, David, set out on horseback for Illinois, via Indianapolis, Crawfordsville, Vermilion Salt Works, thence through Illinois to Pekin, Lewiston and Canton, and returning, crossed the Illinois river at Fort Ross - now Havana - thence to Springfield, Paris, Terre Haute, Ind., and back to Ohio. He purchased a farm in Miami county, Ohio, and commenced moving to it on the morning after the great meteoric shower, Nov. 13, 1833. One year later he sold out in Ohio, and started, Nov. 17, 1834, with his family; passing through Springfield they reached Alton in December. From there thev moved back to

Sangamon county, arriving in Springfield, Jan. 20, 1835. Mr. Miller entered two thousand one hundred acres of land in the vicinity of the mouth of Buckhart creek, in what is now Cooper and Rochester townships. On the i9th of March, 1835, the family moved to what is now Cooper township. All the Miller family except David and John C., moved, in Nov., 1838, to Coles county, six miles from Jefferson City, Mo., and all returned to Sangamon county in Dec., 1841. Of the eight children of Christian Miller -

DA VI. D, born April 18, 1809, in Loudon county, Va., came to Sangamon county in 183^, married April 26, 1838, to Eliza D.Jackson, who was born July 10, 1808, in Shelby county, Ky. She died without children, in Sangamon county, Oct. 10, 1871. David Miller was married Feb. i, 1872, in Sangamon county, to Fannie Jackson, who was born Oct. 28, 1841, in Nelson county, Ky., and raised in Missouri. They had two children. FANNIE E. died in infancy. David Miller died Jan. 23, 1875. His son, DAVID EDWIN, born August 31, 1875, seven months and eight days after the death of his father. The widow and infant son of David Miller reside at Sangamon Station, five miles east of Springfield, 111.

ANN, born Nov. II, 1810, in Virginia, resides with her brother, Jacob C. She never married, has been an invalid for fifteen years, and has been blind since Nov. 30, 1 868.

JOHN C., born Oct. 19, 1812, in Loudon county, Va., came to Sangamon county in 1835, married at Rochester, Feb. 5, 1837, to Melvina Sattley. They had six children in Sangamon county, namely: GEORGE H., born March 19, 1838, married March 13, 1863, to Louisana Archer. They had one child, JOHX E., and Mrs. Miller died Jan. i, 1874. Mr. Miller and his son reside at the family homestead, three miles east of Rochester. HARRIET V., born Oct. 13, 1840, married Feb. 9, 1862, to Daniel Waters, who was born Sept. 14, 1830, in Loudon county, Va., and came to Sangamon county in 1852. They had five children, two of whom died, GEORGE E. in his third year, and I.UI.A in infancy. The other three, ANNIE A., CHARLES M. and LII.LA M., a twin to Lula, reside with their parents, five miles east of Rochester. EDMOND, born Feb. i, 1843, married Oct. 13, 1870, to Louisana Whitesides. She died Nov. 23, 1871, and he resides three miles east of Rochester, where his parents settled in 1837, and where he was horn. SARAH ANN, born Sept. 20, 1845, married August, 1866, to George Lucas, have two children, JOHN H. and MARY E., and live five miles west of Mechanicsburg. ELIZA E., born Feb. 23, 1848, married Dec. 27, 1870, to John Archer, have one child, LOUETTA, and live three miles north of Edinburg, 111. MARY ALICE, born March 2, 1851, lives with her mother. John C. Miller died Jan. 13, 1853, and his widow resides three miles east of Rochester, 111., where she and her husband settled in 1837.

SAMUEL, born Aug. 27, 1815, in Loudon county, Va., married in Sangamon county, June 30,1841,10 Eliza Jones. They had four children. ANDREW died August 20, 1845, 'n ^'s f°urth year. EVELINE, born May 28, 1846, married Sept. 26, 1866, to George H. Waters. Mrs. Waters died, Dec. 18, 1870, leaving a son, ORVAL E., who lives with his father, near Sangamon Station. SARAH -ELEANOR, born Nov. 6, 1850, married Jan. 10, 1871, to William H. Crowl. See his name. They have two children, LAURETTA and SAMUEL, and reside near Taylorville, 111. MARY, born Sept. 19, 1855, lives with her parents, one and a quarter miles west of Rochester, Illinois.

JACOB C.} born April 9, 1824, in Loudon county, Va., married in Sangamon county, June io,-i869, to Charlotte Prather. She was born Jan. 4, 1843, in Washington county, Md. They have two children, SAMUEL J. and DON WILLIAM, and live in Sand Prairie, five miles east of Rochester, Illinois.

George W., Albert J., Ida E. Della Ann, Rebecca, Joseph

JOSEPH, born August 18, 1826, in Loudon county, Va., married in Sangamon county, Oct. 4, 1849, to Louisiana Branch. They have ten children, SAMUEL J., DAVID F., WILLIAM E«> GEORGE W., ALBERT J., IDA E., DELLA ANN, REBECCA, JOSEPH, Jun., and MIRTIE, and reside in Cooper township, four miles east of Rochester, Sangamon county, Illinois. - 66

ELIZABETH, born Nov. 3, 1829, in Virginia, married in Sangamon county to Samuel Neer. She died April 2, 1854, leaving one son, NATHAN JESSE NEER, born March 7, 1854, in Sangamon county, raised and educated by his aunt, Ann Miller. He is telegraph operator and station agent at Rochester, Illinois.

MILLER, ADAM, Sen., younger brother to Christian, Sen., was born, raised a family, and died in Loudon county, Virginia, Aug. 6, 1828. His three sons and five daughters all came to Sangamon county, as follows -

CHRISTIAN, Jun., born Dec. 25, 1805, in Loudon county, Va., came to Sangamon county in 1835. He never married, and died at the house of his brother, John A., Sept. 23, 1874.

BARBARA, born Feb. 20, 1808, in Loudon county, Va., came to Sangamon county in 1835, anc^ mar-ried Samuel A. Jones, and both died near Rochester, Illinois.

JOHN A., born Nov. n, 1810, in Loudon county, Va., came to Sangamon county in 1835 with his uncle, Christian Miller, Sen. He was married July 14, 1842, in Sangamon county, to Mary Ann Norwood. She was born June 7, 1811, in Loudon county, Va., and came in 1838 to Sangamon county with her brother, William, who writes his name Norred. John A. Miller and wife had four children in Sangamon county, MARY V., born April 9, 1846, married Aug. 10, 1864 to Andrew B. Surber who was born June 8, 1836, in Pulaski county, Ky. They have three children, WILLIAM F., MARY E. and JOHN, and live three miles east of Rochester, Illinois. JOHN F., born Oct. 5, 1848, married Dec. 22, 1873, in Galesburg, 111., to Laura J. Highmore, daughter of John S. Highmore. They live in Edinburg, 111. 6*tRISTIAN E., born March 12, 1850, and SUSAN E., born April 18, 1852, reside with their

SARAH, born in Loudon county, Va., married there to Abraham E. Nickolls. They came to Sangamon County in 1842, and she died in 1844, leaving two children. Her son, GEORGE Nicholls, lives near Rochester, Illinois.

Francisco, Don L., Willie

AD A M, born July 13, 1819, in Loudon county, Va., came to Sangamon county in the fall of 1835. He. was married in Rochester Dec. 31, 1856, to Cynthia Elgin. She was born Nov. 19, 1839, in Greene county, Ind. They had six children, five of whom, GILES E., FRANCISCO, DON L., WILLIE, EDNA and a babe, all died under ten years. JESSE E., born March 15, 1864, lives with his parents, in Pana, Christian county, Illinois. .

JOHN G., born Aug. 27, 1810, in Loudon county, Va., and married there, Nov. 1833, to Amanda A. Russell. They had five children, and came to Sangamon county in 1854. Their daughter, MINERVA, married Benj. H. North. See his name. John G. Miller moved, in 1873, to the vicinity of New Scandinavia, Kansas. His brother -

MILLER, JACOB, was born in 1789, in Kentucky. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, mustered in at Winchester, Ky.. and was in the battle of Tippecanoe. Lucina Poats was born Dec. 1 8, 1793, in Stafford county, Va., and was taken to Clark county, Ky., when she was quite young. Jacob Miller and Lucina Poats were there married in 1812. They had five children in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Dec., 1824, in what is now the northwest corner of Chatham township, where they had five children. Of their children -

JOHN H., born Dec. 6, 1821, in Clark county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, Feb. 14, 1849, to Elizabeth Greening. They have three children - CAROLINE married William H. Shumate, have one child, ROBERT R., and live in Marshall county, Kansas. ELIZA married George W. Stubbs. See his name. JOHN T. J. lives with his parents, in Chatham, Illinois.

EMILY T., born Jan. 13, 1824, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, March 7, 1843, to John Greenwood. See his name. She died, April 21, 1866.

JAMES F., born Aug. 7, 1831, in Sangamon county, married July 6, 1854, to Melinda E. Shutt. They have four children living, THOMAS J., WILLIAM A., CHARLES H. and OLLIE MAY, and live in Loami township, Sangamon county, Illinois.

EDMUND T., born Feb. 15, 1834, in Sangamon county, married Oct. 20, 1859, to Elizabeth Trimble. She had one child, and mother and child died. Mr. Miller was married Jan. 27, 1870, to Elizabeth A. Stubbs. They have one child, MINNIE F., and live on the farm where his parents settled in 1824. It is five miles west of Chatham, Illinois.

E., Mary F., Lillie, Luella

FRANCIS M., born Feb. u, 1836, in Sangamon county, married Oct. i, 1858, to Eliza J. Trimble. They have seven daughters, FLORA A., SARAH E., MARY F., LILLIE, LUELLA, ^YDIA B., and a babe, and live in Chatham township, Sangamon county, Illinois.

HENRY E. and MARY A. William G. Miller married Sarah Hall. They had two children, WILLIAM M. and MINNIE M., both of whom died young. W. G. Miller enlisted, Aug. 9, 1862, in Co. I, 73d 111. Inf.,1 for three years. He was wounded at Mission Ridge, Nov. 24, 1863, served to the end of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged, June 24, 1865, and resides three miles south of Loami, Sangamon county, Illinois.

Jacob Miller died, July 27, 1862, and his widow, Mrs. Lucina Miller, resides at the homestead where they settled in 1824, in Sangamon county, Illinois.

MILLER, SOLOMON, was born about 1796, in Adair county, Ky. He was married there to Nancy A. Antle. They had four children in Kentucky, and moved to St. Clair county, 111., and from there to Sangamon county, arriving in the spring of 1820, :it what is now Salisbury, where five children were born. Of their children -

JASON, born Nov. 6, 1819, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon oounty, Feb. 10, 1853, to Sarah E. Willis. They have five children, FRANCIS M., MARY E., HARRIET A., THOMAS W. and SARAH IDA, and reside at Salisbury, Illinois.

JOHN A., born April 8, 1822, in Sangamon county, married in 1847 to Hannah J. Jackson, a native of Massachusetts. They had three children in Sangamon county. ALLEN A., born May 8, 1850, married Nov. 9, 1871, to Margaret A. Crawford, who was born May 3, 1850, in Laurel county, Ky. They have one child, EDWARD, and reside two miles northwest of Bradford station. MORRIS R. and HARVEY reside with their parents, two miles north of Salisbury, Illinois.

GEORGE W., born May 18, 1833, in Sangamon county, married June 8, 1854, to Abigail Baker. They had three children, JOHN B.JENNETTE and MAY. Mrs. Abigail Miller died May n, 1867, and George W. Miller lives in Salisbury, Illinois.

Mrs. Nancy A. Miller died April, 1854, and Solomon Miller married Lucinda Gard. He died in 1858, near where he settled in 1820, at Salisbury, Illinois.

MILLER, MICHAEL, was born March 16, 1800, in Rowan county, North Carolinia. Eleanor Turner was born about 1801 in the same county. They were married, and had two children there. In 1823 the family moved to Monroe county, Ky., where two children were born; and in 1827 moved to Morgan, and in 1837 to Sangamon county, in what is now Curran township, where they had six living children. Of their children -

ELIZABE7W married Pleasant Prather, moved to Adams county, Iowa. He was a Union soldier, re-enlisted as a veteran, and while at home on a furlough, was killed on his own farm by a rebel bushwhacker, in 1864. The murderer was his nearest neighbor, and was caught by other neighbors and hung near where the murder was committed. He had two sons, Union soldiers, one of whom was killed in battle after his father's death. The widow and children reside on the same farm, in Adams county, Iowa. BURRELL died, at sixteen years.

JOHN A., born April 4, 1821, in Rowan county, North Carolina, came with his father to Morgan county, 111., in 1827, and to Sangamon county in 1837. He was married Nov. 24, 1842, to Louisiana Clements. They had nine children, three of whom died young. FRANCIS M., born Oct. u,*i844, was teaching school near Mechanicsburg, abandoned it, and enlisted in June, 1862, in Co. H, 6pth 111. Inf., for one hundred days, and died at home on sick furlough July 17, 1862. JOHN A., Jun., born Aug. 26, 1852, in Sangamon county, married June 25, 1874, in Adams county, Iowa, to Margaret E. Prather, who was born in that county Feb. 26, 1852. They live near Chatham, 111. THOMAS P., born Jan. 26, 1855, married Aug. 30, 1874, to Martha V. Graham, at Franklin, Morgan county, 111., where she was born Sept. 8, 1859. They live near Chatham, 111. CHARLES O., OSCAR C. and ANN E. live with their father. Mrs. Louisiana Miller died Aug. 5, 1874, and John A. Miller resides near Chatham, 111. - 1874.

MILLS, JAMES, was born Oct. 20, 1794, in Augusta county, Va. When he was nineteen years old he, with two brothers, went to Pickaway county, Ohio. Elizabeth Mitts was born Oct. 17, 1793, in Virginia, went to Kentucky with her parents, and from there to Pickaway county, Ohio. James Mills and Elizabeth Mitts were there married and had seven children, and moved to Tippecanoe county, Ind., in 1834, where one child was born, and from there to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1840, in what is now Fancy creek township. Of their children -

17, 1823, in Edinburg, Scotland. They had four children, ORVILLA W., ESTELLA died young; JOHN W. and JAMES W. The three living reside with their mother. Mr. Morrison started July 9, 1862, for Idaho, and his fate is not certainly known, but it is believed he died there. His family reside in Williamsville, Illinois.

ADAM, born June 30, 1826, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county, March 23, i g53, to Louisa A. Kerns, who was born August 8, 1830, in Ross county, Ohio. They have five living children, JOHN, HATTIE, EDWARD, ADAM and ELLEN, and live two and a half miles north of Cantrall. - 1874.

MARCUS A UR ELI US, born Sept. 19, 1830, in Ohio', enlisted at Springfield, in 1861, in Co. G, loth 111. Cav., for three years, re-enlisted as a veteran, served until July 5, 1865, when he was honorably discharged. He is unmarried, and resides with his sister, Mrs. .Morrison, at Williamsville, Illinois.

SARAH, born Nov. 23, 1832, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to William Newell. They had three children, and he and two of the children died. She married Clay Gaines. They have one child, and live near Odell, 111.

MILLJNGTON, PETER, born July 6, 1737, in Vermont, was married in Boston, Mass., in 1759, to Henrietta Boulden, of that place. She died within two years, aud Mr. Millington was married in 1769 to Mehetible Glass, a native of Massachusetts. Mr. Millington was Captain in the Revolutionary army, and accompanied Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold on their expedition into Canada. He was taken prisoner at Quebec, and remained in captivity until the close of the war. Two years later he moved to Millington Spring, New York, where a

^ was born, March 14, 1801, he being the youngest of five children and the only one who came West. He accompanied his father to Ohio, and was married June 3, 1827, at Worthington, to Jane Justice, a native of that State. They had two children there, and came with his father to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Oct., 1839, and stopping for a short time at Mazeppa, in Cotton Hill township, where one child was born. He soon after moved into Springfield. Of the three children, AUGUSTUS O., born June 7, 1828, in Worthington, Ohio, enlisted in. 1846 as a private in Co. A*, 4th 111. Inf., and was promoted by General Scott, at the battle of Cerro Gordo, to Second Sergeant, for meritorious conduct on the battle field. He served in that capacity until the close of the war. He was married in Springfield, 111., to Almira Marshall, who was born in 1830, in Ohio. They had five children, four of whom died young. Mrs. Almira Millington died Nov. 5, 1856. Augustus O. Millington was married May 10, 1857,10 Mrs. Harriet E. Doud, whose maiden name was Halliday, a native of Ohio. He raised a company Aug. 10, 1861, for the Union army, in one day, which was mustered in as Co. I, apth 111. Inf., of which he was commissioned Captain. After the battle of Shiloh, he was promoted by Governor Yates, for meritorious conduct, to the rank of Major. He received his commission as Colonel, Aug. 19, 1863, and was in command of a provisional brigade about eighteen months. When Gen. Sherman started on his "march to the sea," he left thirty-five detachments of invalid troops with Colonel Millington at Bridgeport, Ala. He remained there eight months, when he was ordered to Chattanooga, where he was mustered out May 22, 1866. According to the statement of Gen. McClernand, Col. Millington was distinguished for good conduct in battle, and especially as a drill officer, his regiment being the best drilled in the brigade. Since the war Col. Millington has been engaged as a contractor and builder, part of the time in Chicago. He resides in Springfield. His only living child, OXKO i., born March 14, 1852, is a conductor on passenger train to and from Little Rock Arkansas. CAROLINE, born May :8, 1830, in Ohio, married John Beard, a native of Ohio. They have two children, and reside in St. Louis, Missouri. ELIZA is married, and resides in Manchester, Mo. Marcus Millington died Aug., 1863. His widow died in 1865, both in Springfield, Illinois.

MILSL^VGLE, ANDREW., was born March 25, 1801, in Hampshire county, Va. He was there married, July 4, 1832, to Mary Martin, a native of the same county. They had one child, and came to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving early in 1834, near Springfield, where they had one living child. Of their two children -

ELIZABETH A., born May 8, 1833, in Virginia, married in Sangamon county to Thomas Moppin. She died, July 7, 1867, leaving two children, who reside with their father in Kansas.

JACOB M., born Oct. 22, 1838, in Sangamon county. He enlisted, Aug. n, 1862, in Co. E, U4th 111. Inf., served until June 5, 1865, when he was honorably discharged. He was married October 5, 1865, in Christian county, to Elizabeth A. Peek. They have two children, MINNIE MAY and GRACIE, and live in Cotton Hill township, near old Rienzi, Sangamon county, Illinois.

Mrs. Mary Milslagle died Oct. 29, 1838. Andrew Milslagle married Mrs. Jane Beatty, whose maiden name was Waddell. They had two living children.

WILLIAM, born Sept. 18, 1839, in Sangamon county, enlisted, Aug. 11, 1862, in Co. E, M4th 111. Inf., for three years. He was discharged on account of physical disability, in April, and died at home, July 9, 1863.

MAR Y, born Dec. 7, 1842, in Sangamon countv, married Nelson Price. They have three children, NELLIE, AMY W. and ALICE, and live in Cotton Hill township, near old Rienzi, Sangamon county.

Mrs. Jane Milslagle died, Oct. 23, 1846, and Andrew Milslagle resides in Cotton Hill township, where he settled in 1836. It is near old Rienzi, Sangamon countv, Illinois.

ily came to America, landing in New York city, Sept. 17, 1839, and moved at once to Randolph, Portage county, Ohio. Philip started with Adam Kessler, in the spring of 1840, to Wellsville, thence by the Ohio river, to Cincinnati, and from there to Louisville, Ky., where his money was stolen. They managed to reach St. Louis, where they spent the summer at work. They went up the Mississippi and Illinois rivers to Beardstown, and walked from there to Springfield, without anything to eat on the road, arriving Sept. 7, 1840. His father, Martin Mischler, with his wife and three daughters, came the next spring. The daughters - Mary married George Spath. See his name. Margaret married Andrew Lump. Catharine married Henry Ramstetter.

Philip Mischler married in Springfield, Aug. 20, 1847, to Elizabeth Hrechster, who was born Feb. 14, 1822, at Hernsbach, Baden, Germany, and came, in 1845, to Springfield. They had two children in Springfield.

MITCHELL, EDWARD, was born Dec. 13, 1794, in Botetourt county, Virginia, and came west when he was quite young. Early in 1824 he came to Springfield, Illinois, where he was married on the 6th of June, the same year, to Mary Bartlett, a native of Connecticut. They had thi'ee children, and Mrs. Mary Mitchell died in Springfield in 1830. Edward Mitchell was married Nov. 10, 1831, in St. Louis, Mo., to Eleanor Essex, a native of England. They had one child. While living in Springfield Mr. Mitchell took part in the Winnebago Indian war of 1827. In 1825 or '6 he was appointed by President John Quincy Adams, Postmaster of Springfield, and was retained in office by President Jackson, although he was outspok'en in his opposition to Jackson politically, being a Whig. From April 5, 1827, to August 9, 1835, Mr. Mitchell was Recorder of Sangamon county. He died in Springfield, Sept. 12, 1836. Soon after his death, Mrs. Mitchell, with all his ehildren, moved to St. Louis. Mo. Of his children -

MART ANN, born April-28, 1825, in St. Clair county, 111., brought up in Springfield and St. Louis, was married in the latter city, Nov. 28, 1853, to William M. McPherson. They had six children, WILLIAM M., Jun., LAURA, EDWARD, MARY, PAGE and SOPHIA. The two eldest are married. Mr. Mc- Pherson was a lawyer and a prominent business man for many years. He died in St. Louis since the close of the rebellion. His widow and children reside in that city.

LAURA R., born July 4, 1828, in Springfield, 111., was married March 28, 1848, in St. Louis, to J. H. Page Blackwood. They had three children, MARY, SALLIE GLASGOW and LAURA. J. H. P. Blackwood died August 15, 1858, and his widow and children reside at St. Louis, Mo.

ED WARD J., born August 3, 1830, in Springfield, 111., married March 5, 1856, in St. Louis, 10 Theresa Cromwell. They had one child, MARY, and Edward J. Mitchell, died Jan. 29, 1871. His widow and daughter reside in St. Louis, Mo.

Mrs. Eleanor Mitchell, after the death of her husband in Springfield, lived in St. Louis ten or twelve years, and then moved to Louisiana, Mo., with her daughter -

VIRGINIA, born Oct. 23, 1835, in Springfield, 111., married Dec. 4, 1851, in Louisana, Mo., to Dr. J. D. Harper, who was born Aug. 7, 1824, in Fayette county, Ohio. He had previously been married at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, to a Miss Saunders, who died in 1850. Soon after their marriage Dr*. Harper and wife, with her mother, moved to Springfield. Dr. and Mrs. Harper have three living children, JOHN E., ANNIE E. and HARVEY M., and reside in Springfield.

MITTS, CYRUS, born May 19, 1798, near Chillicothe, Ohio. Martha Burbridge was born Aug. 16, 1798, in Bath countv, Kentucky. They were there married Sept. 22, 1818, and had two children, when they moved to Pickaway county, Ohio, where three children were born ; and then moved to | Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in Jwne, 1828, in what is now Fancy Creek \ township, where they had six children- Of their eleven children -

JAA1ES M., horn July 23, 1819, in Bath county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Eveline B. England. They had six children in Sangamon county. THOMAS J. married Minerva Stratton. They have two children, and live in her native city, Chillicothe, Ohio. MAGGIE E. married James Symms, have three children, and live in Clarke county, Iowa. -DAVID H. married Mary Josephine Nelson, and lives with his mother. LEWIS P., JAMES E. and BELLE M. live with their mother. James M. Mitts died Feb. 10, 1858, and his widow resides four and a half miles northwest of Williamsville, Illinois.

JESSE £., born Dec. 17, 1820, in Bath county, Ky., raised in Sangamon county, married in Iowa to Julia Russell. They had four children. Mr. Mitts was a member of 37th Iowa Inf., (Grey Beards), and died Dec., 1864, in the army. His widow and children live in Keokuk county, Iowa.

1863, to Margaret Hall, who was born Nov. 23, 1838, in Menard county, 111. They reside in Fancy Creek township, four miles northwest of Williamsville, Illinois.

JOHN, born Sept. 10, 1841, in Sangamon county, was a soldier three years in Co. C, i I4th 111. Inf., married Susie D. Hay, has three children, and lives in Clarke county, Iowa.

The Union General, Burbridge, of Kentucky, was a nephew of Mrs. Mitts. Her father was a Revolutionary soldier from Virginia, and four of her brothers were soldiers in the war of 1812 from Kentucky.