Sangamon County, Illinois - The whole text, 1876 (part 25 of 31)

ROSS, WILLIAM, was born Jan. 9, 1801, in North Carolina. His father, John Ross, was born in Scotland, and came to America before the Revolution. He was a soldier from North Carolina in the Revolution, for five years, when he was wounded, and thus disabled for further service. He was married in North Carolina, and moved to Adair county, Ky., when the subject of this sketch was a boy. William Ross and Maria Willis were there married, in 1827, and had four children in Adair county. They moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in Nov., 1836, in what is now Gardner township, where three children were born. Of their seven children -

MARTHA, born Jan. 10, 1829, in Adair county, Ky., married May 13, 1845, in Sangamon county, to Matthias Miller, who was born April, 1819, in Germany. They had five living children - SARAH E., born April 17, 1846, married, May 17, 1860, to John L. Gard. See his name. GEORGE W. enlisted April, 1864, in Co. B, 1 1 4th 111. Inf. From over exertion, lack of food and exposure at the battle of Guntown, June 10, 1864, he was sent home on sick furlough, and died Feb. 6, 1865. ALFRED F. lives with his parents. FLORENCE married, Jan. 3, 1871, to Alexander Campbell, have one child, FRANKLIN M., and reside near Farmingdale, Sangamon county, Illinois. VIRGINIA lives with her parents. Matthias Miller and wife reside one and one-half mile south of Salisbury, Sangamon county, Illinois. - 1874.

SARAH J., born Feb. 14, 1831, in Kentucky, married James Short, had two children, and he died, and she married Frank Ernst. They have six children, and live one mile north of Farmingdale, Illinois.

ALFRED, born March 18, 1833, in Adair county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, April 2, 1856, to Rachel E. Gard. They'have seven children, JASPER N., ANNIE MAY, CHARLES LINCOLN, JOHN WM., ZULAIDA, MARIA JANE and OLIVER F., and live

JOHN W., born April 24, 1835, in Kentucky, and raised in Sangamon county. He enlisted in 1862, in Co. D, 33d 111. Inf., for three years, had one leg shot off, in an assault on the rebel fortifications at Vicksburg, June 22, and died in hospital, July i, 1863.

MART E., born Oct., 1838, in Sangamon county, married John P. Goodman, have five children, and reside at Monticello, Piatt county, Illinois.

William Ross died Oct. 27, 1862, in Gardner township, and his widow resides with her two youngest sons, near McLean, McLean county, Illinois - 1874.

ROYAL, THOMAS, Was born about 17=58, in Manchester, England. He came to America with a comrade about his own age, near the beginning of the war for Independence. They both volunteered in the army of the colonists, and his comrade at his side had his head blown completely off. About the same time Mr. Royal was severely wounded by a charge of buckshot entering his ankle, some of which he carried to his grave. After the Revolution he married a Miss Cooper, in Virginia, and raised a family. Mrs. Royal died, and he married Rebecca Matthews. They moved to Franklin county, Ohio, where Mrs. Rebecca Royal died, leaving one child. Mr. Royal married Mrs. Ellen Brunk. They had one child in Ohio, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., in company with her sons, George and David Brunk, the Newcomer family, and others, numbering in all sixty-three persons, arriving in the fall of 1824, in what is now Ball township. Thomas Royal brought two children by his first wife -

Sangamon county in 1826, and after the first three or four years his itinerant connection took him out of Sangamon county, but he remained in Illinois until 1853^ when he went to Oregon. He died in Salem, Sept. 29, 1870, leaving a family there.

JOSEPH B., born Nov. i, 1816, in Franklin county, near Columbus, Ohio, was married in Sangamon county, Aug. 19, 1841, to Louisa Downing. She died Jan. 8, 1853, in Vermont, Fulton county, 111., leaving four children ; two died young. THOMAS M. was married in Washington county, 111., to Sarah M. Kelso, and lives in Chatsworth, 111. ELEANOR E. married James M. Little, and lives in McDonough county, near Vermont, Fulton county, 111. Joseph B. Royal was married Oct. 23, 1853, at Vermont, 111., to Mrs. Elsey McHendry whose maiden name was Boyle. She had one child, SARAH C. McHENDRY, and Mr. and Mrs. Royal have three children, GEORGE A., MOLLIE M. and EUGENE D. The family live at Vermont, Fulton county, 111. Joseph B. Royal is pastor of the Christian church there.

RUCKER, THOMAS, was born Oct. 29, 1807, in Caldwell county, Ky. The first of the name in America was John Rucker, a native of France. On the voyage to America the vessel in which he sailed was wrecked about twelve miles from shore, and nearly all on board were lost. Before leaving the wreck Mr. Rucker took the precaution to tie a couple of large flasks of rum to his neck, which buoyed him up. By that means, and by taking an occasional drink of it, he was enabled to reach the shore. He settled in Amherst county, Virginia, married and raised a family there, from which has sprung, in a larger sense, one of the most numerous families in the United States.

Some of his descendants moved to Caldwell county, Kentucky. Thomas Rucker, whose name heads this sketch, was married in Woodford county, Kentucky, to Diedamia Rucker, who was born in that county Dec. 12, 1805. She was also a descendant of the same John Rucker. Thomas Rucker and wife had one child in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, arriving in the fall of 1832 in what is now Gardner township, where they had five living children. Of their six children -

BISHOP EMERY, born Dec. 12, 1834, in Sangamon county, married Lucinda Shaver. They have two living children, and reside near Taylorville, Illinois.

MARTHA E., born June 2, 1838, in Sangamon county, married Andrew L. Crowl. They have two children, and reside half a mile west of Sangamon Station, Sangamon county, Illinois.

Mrs. Diedamia Rucker died in the autumn of 1863, and Thomas Rucker was married April 7, 1869, to Mrs. Julia A. Leonard, previously Mrs. Boatwright, whose maiden name was Russell. She was born April 7, 1813, in Murray county, Tenn. Her daughter -

RUCKEL, DANIEL E., was born May 5, itfii, in New York City. Catharine V. G. Forbes was born Feb. 8, 1812, in the same city. They were married, April 22, 1834, and hatl one child there. Mr. Ruckel came to Springfield in the fall of 1836, and his wife and child came the next spring with his brother

CATHARINE F., born Feb. 23, 1835, in New York City, brought up in Springfield, 111., and married in her native city, Feb. 23, 1859, to Curtis H. Hall. They have two living children, MINNIE and THOMAS, and reside at Senaca Falls, New York.

EDGAR W., born Jan. 22, 1839, in Springfield, 111. He was in New York City when Fort Sumter was fired upon, and enlisted on the first call for 75,000 men, April 16, 1861, in Co. H, 8th New York Inf., for three months, and served full term. He enlisted August 22, 1861, in Co. A, 6th New York Inf., for two years; served full term, being on duty in New York City at the time of the great riots in July, 1863, and was honorably discharged at the expiration of his term of service soon after. Since that time, Springfield, 111., has been his home. He is not yet married. - Sept., 1876.

MA TILDA B., born Nov. 22, 1841, in Springfield 111., married March 3, 1863, in her native place, to William D. Ward, who was born Aug. 10, 1826, in Reading, England, and was brought by his parents to America in 1830. They settled at Zanesville, Ohio, and died there. William D. Ward came to Springfield in 1854. They have two living children, GRACE V. and LIDA F., and reside in Springfield, 111. Mr. Ward i* engaged in the business of a watchmaker and jeweler.

Daniel E. Ruckel died in Springfield, April 9, 1854, and Mrs. Ruckel was married March 17, 1857, to E. G.Johns. He was accidentally killed by a falling derrick while passing the corner of Fifth and Monroe streets, Springfield, August, 1863. Mrs. Johns resides with her daughter, Mrs. Ward, in Springfield, Illinois.

RUCKEL, JACOB, was born Oct. 27, 1815, in New York city, and came to Springfield, 111., in the spring of 1837. He was married near Farmington - now Farmingdale - to Laura A. Stone. They have five living children, namely -

Samuel, Fannta., Wal Ter

When the two brothers came to Springfield they engaged in cabinet-making, and about 1840 went to Sangamo, where they run a saw mill and manufactured cabinet furniture, which they continued about three years, and returned to Springfield. Jacob Ruckel afterwards changed to upholstery, and is now dealing in paper hangings of every variety, and resides in Springfield, 111.

ARCHIBALD H., born Nov. 20, 1833, in Sangamon county, enlisted on the first call for 75,000 men, April, 1861, in Co. E, 7th 111. Int., for three months; served full term, and was honorably discharged. He enlisted in August, 1861, in Co. A, 3d 111. Cav., for three years; served until May, 1862, when he was discharged on account of physical disability. In June, 1863, he was received into Co. E, ii4th III. Inf., in place of his brother, David L. Rusk, who was discharged in consideration of that exchange. In 1865 he was transferred to Co. A, 58th 111. Inf; served until April, 1866, when he was honorably discharged at Springfield, and lives in Cotton Hill township.

RUTH, REUBEN F., was born Aug. 26, 1815, in Wrightsville, York county, Penn. He came to Springfield in April, 1839, and engaged in the business of a saddle and harness maker. He was married Aug. 11, 1840, in Philadelphia, Penn., to Maria W. Diller, who was born July 20, 1817, in Lancaster county, Penn. They had two children -

J. DILLER, born June 14, 1841, in Springfield, was married in Petersburg, Illinois, to Anna Bacon. They have one child, GEORGI ANA. Mrs. Anna Ruth and her daughter reside in Springfield, Illinois.

fifteen years, terminating in 1875. He served one term as alderman, and four years as Water Works Commissioner. In 1868 he became President of the Marine and Fire Insurance Company Bank, and now - 1876 - occupies the same position, and resides in Springfied, Illinois.

Roland W. Diller, a brother of Mrs. Ruth, was born Oct. 5, 1822, in Chester county, Penn. He came to Springfield in 1844, and worked one year as a printer in the Register office. In 1849 ne engaged in the drug business as a member of the firm of Corneau & Diller. He is now - 1876 - in the same business, on the same ground - east side of the court house square - and is the oldest druggist in Springfield. Mr. Diller was married Oct. 30, 1850, in Philadelphia, Penn., to Esther C. Ridgeway, a native of that city. They have three children, all born in Springfield. Emma married David B. Ayers, of Jacksonville, Illinois. They have one child, Marshal Roland, and reside on a farm near Homer, Champaign county, 111. Isaac R. is in the drug business with his father and lives in Springfield. Essie lives with her parents. R. W. Diller and family reside in Springfield, Illinois.

Sackett, Claudius

SACKETT, CLAUDIUS C., was born Dec. 16, 1813, in that part of Portage which is now Summitt county, Ohio, with Akron as the county seat. Mr. S. came to Waverly, 111., in the fall of 1836. During the winter ;-nd spring of 1836 and '7 he chopped wood and made rails, and with the money thus earned he walked to Springfield, changed it into silver, entered eighty acres of land in what is now Loami township, and returned to Waverly. Mr. Sackett went back to Ohio in the fall of 1837, and came to Sangamon county again in the fall of 1839. He was married Dec. 2, 1843, at Waverly, to Sarah Heaton, of Pennsylvania. They had two living children -

EMILT z\\& ANNA, who live with their father. Mrs. Sarah Sackett died December, 1847, anc^ ^-" ^~" Sackett was married Jan. 10, 1849, to Mrs. Juliette Coe, whose maiden name was Shumway. She was born Jan. 25, 1823, in the town of Canisius, Livingston county, N, Y. They have two children - - - 80

R OS COE J. and CLARA A. reside with their parents in Loami township, Sangamon county, three miles northeast of Waverly, Morgan county, 111. - 1874.

In 1841 Mr. Sackett raised some wheat of a superior quality, and the following winter he sent a young man to St. Louis with a load of it to sell. He engaged to take a trunk through, for which he was to receive $5.00. The team was gone just one week, and when it returned the young man had exactly the amount received for carrying the trunk, the money obtained for the wheat having been expended in defraying expenses. From this an idea may be formed of the markets for farm products at that time.

brought up near Hamilton, Butler county, Ohio, and was there married to Peggy Martin. They had six children in Ohio, and moved to Sangamon county, near Sa igamo, previous to 1830. Of their children -

Mrs. Peggy Sackett died, and Thomas Sackett was twice married. After the death of his third wife he moved to Missouri with his sons and died there.

SAFLEY, ADAM, was born in Loudon county, Virginia, and was married to Melinda Ferrell, a native of Virginia also. They had one child in Ohio, and came to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in 1820 on Lick creek, where they had ten children. We have sketches of three only of them -

Mrs. Melinda Safley died, and Adam Safley married Mrs. Nancy Spicer, whose maiden name was Clifton. Adam Safley died January, 1870. Mrs. Nancy Safley lives with her son, John Spicer. See his name.

SANDERS, ELISHA, was born Jan. 16, 1804, in Green county, Ky. He was married Jan. 17, 1824, in the same county, to Jane Faucett. They had three children there, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Dec. 16, 1829, and stopped two miles west of Springfield. In 1832 he bought land on Brush creek, fifteen miles south of Springfield, where Timothy Meader now lives. In 1836 he sold out there, and bought land on Horse creek, four miles east of the latter place. They had ten children in Sangamon county. Of their thirteen children -

ROBERT E., born May 26, 1825, in Green county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, April i, 1846, to Eliza Funderburk. They had two living children. ELISHA, born April 26, 1848, married Sept. 30, 1869, to Mary E. Fry. They have one living child, JULIUS o., and live five and a half miles southeast of Pawnee, in the corner of Sangamon county. MARY E., born April 8, 1850, married Oct., 1867, to George Payn, have three children, ROBERT L., HARRIET M. and JOHN H., and live in Cotton Hill township, on the Vandever place, east of New City. Mrs. Eliza Sanders died Dec. 27, 1852, and Robert ii.. Sanders married July 12, 1853, to Isabel Bridges, daughter of James. They had six children. MARGARET A., born May 5, 1854, married William T. Beam. See his name. ELIZA J., bom Oct. 8, 1856, married Oct. 28, 1873, to James H. Beam. See his name. SUSAN A., born Oct. n, 1857, died April 6, 1865. JOHN E., THOMAS E. and JAMES W. live with their father. Mrs. Isabel Sanders died August i, 1865. R. E. Sanders was married May 31, 1868, to Sophia Porter, who was born Feb. 10, 1842, in Belmont county, Ohio. They have two living children, SARAH R. and ROBERT W. live with their parents. Robert E. Sanders resides three miles northeast of Pawnee, Sangamon county, Illinois.

JOHN H., born June 26, 1827, in Green county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, Feb. 25, 1847, to Martha Funderburk. They had four living children : MARY E., born Jan. 6, 1848, married Nov. 23, 1867, to John L. Ludwick, who was born June 6, 1846, in Rockbridge county, Va. He served from August,

1864, to July, 1865, in Co. A, 147111 Ohio Inf. They have two children, MARTHA E. and CHARLES H., and live near Pawnee, 111. VIENNA M., born April 4, 1851, married Oct. 23, 1866, to Joseph Halloway, who was born Jan. 16, 1837, *n Hardin county, Ky. They live two and a half miles northeast of Pawnee. SARAH F., born Sept. 24, 1858, and CHARLES T., born Dec. 14, 1859, live with their mother. John H. Sanders died March 7,

1865, in Pawnee, and his widow resides in Christian county, three miles northeast of Pawnee, Sangamon county, 111. John H. Sanders was in the store of James Bodge, in Pawnee, on the evening of March 7, 1865, when two men entered it, ostensibly with the view of trading, but really with the view of robbery. Mr. Sanders passed out of the door, and as he did so, was shot by an accomplice of the robbers, stationed on the outside, to prevent his giving the alarm. He died before any of his friends could reach him. Two of the robbers, James P. Lemon and Barney B. Vanarsdale, were arrested, the former in Missouri and the latter in Iowa. They were tried, convicted April 25, and hung at Springfield, July 20,

ELISHA 7\, born July 2, 1830, in Sangamon county, married Dec. 15, 1850, to Barbara Proctor. They had eight children : JOHN T., ELIZABETH A. and EMMA died under six years of age. Of the other five: LOUISA, born Oct. 15, 1851, was married Jan. 31, 1869, to Edward Tilley. They have two living children, ANDREW j. and EDWARD, and live in Pawnee, Sangamon county, 111. HARRIET A., born August 16, 1853, was married July 7, 1872, to William R.

Galyen, who was born March 15, 1844, in DeKalb county, Tenn. They have two children, JESSE M. and GEORGE EDWARD, and live in Cotton Hill township. MARTHA I., LEONARD F. and PHILEMON S. live yfith their parents, two miles east of Pawnee, Sangamon county, 111. Elisha T. Sanders was ordained a Predestinarian Baptist minister, June 20, 1874.

WILLIAM M., born Jan. 10, 1832, in Sangamon county, married Ellen Peak. They have four living children, SARAH, SINAI, TYRA and ETTIE. William M. Sanders and family reside in Christian county, nine miles east of Pawnee and eight miles west of Taylorville, Illinois.

GEORGE W., born April 16, 1835, in Sangamon county, married, June 15, 1856, to Lucinda Proctor, had one child, MARY F., and Mrs. Sanders died Sept. 12, 1863. Mr. Sanders married, Feb. 25, 1864, to Mrs. Margaret McLaughlin, whose maiden name was Henwood. They have three children, JOSEPH W., WILLIAM E. and ELI PRESTON, and reside two and one-half miles northeast of Pawnee, Illinois.

HARRIEJ^ A., born May 25, 1836, in Sangamon county, married, August 17, 1856, to William J. Wheeler, who was born Feb. 21, 1835, in Gibson county, Indiana. They had nine children, seven of whom died under six years of age. MADELON and WILLIAM A. reside with their parents, half a mile northeast of Pawnee, Sangamon county, 111. Mr. Wheeler has been acting as justice of the peace since April, 1872, and is elected to serve until April, 1877. He was ordained, June 20, 1874, at the Horse creek Predestinarian Baptist church, as a preacher of the gospel.

ANDRE W y., born April 22, 1838, in Sangamon county, married, October 7, 1858, to Sarah Lambert, who was born Jan. 30, 1843, m Greene county, Indiana. They had four children, two of whom died. JAMES R. and EMMA died under four years. MILTON J. and FLORA live with their parents, one and one-half mile northeast of Pawnee, 111. He was ordained June 20, 1874, at the Horse Creek Predestinarian Baptist church, as a preacher of the gospel.

1864, to Elizabeth Tilley, who was born April 10, 1844, in Kentucky. They had four children - WILLIAM died in infancy. ALBERT M.. CALVIN and EFFIE E. live with their parents, one and one-half mile northeast of Pawnee, Illinois. Mr. Sanders was ordained, Oct. 1 8, 1873, as deacon of the Horse creek Predestinarian Baptist church.

ELIZA ANN, born Sept. 17, 1842, in Sangamon county, married, Oct., 1860, to Dr. Charles Kerr. They had two children, EDWARD EVERETT and ELIZA ANN. Mrs. Kerr died, Feb. 3,

1866, to Melissa McMurry. See Mc- Murry family. Dr. Kerr was assistant surgeon of the 59th 111. Inf., appointed Feb. 1 8, 1865, was promoted to Major Surgeon of the loth 111. Cav., Oct 23, 1865. That regiment was mustered out in November, when he returned to the 59th, and was mustered out with it, at Springfield, in January, 1866. He is now a practicing physician in Pawnee, Sangamon county, Illinois - 1876.

JOSEPH W., born Oct. 16, 1844, in Sangamon county, married, Nov. 2, 1865, to Mollie E. Sanders, who was born October 25, 1845, m Kentucky. They have three children, AMANDA M., WILLIAM T. and CHARLES ARTHUR, and reside two and thi*ee-quarter miles east of Pawnee, Sangamon county, Illinois.

NANCT ANN, born Dec. 14, 1845, in Sangamon county, married, Jan. 17, 1865, to John Faucett, who was born Nov. 23,1840, in that part of Green which is now Tavlor county, Ky. They have three children, ELISHA M., FANNY M. and JASPER J., and reside one and one-quarter miles east of Pawnee, Sangamon county, Illinois.

STEPHEN A. Z>., born December 9, 1852, in Sangamon county, married, Dec. 7, 1871, to Amanda A. Womack, who was born Oct. 12,1853, in Sangamon county. They have one child, MANFORD W., and reside two miles east of Pawnee, Sangamon county, Illinois.

Mrs. Elizabeth Sanders died, June 30, 1865, and Elisha Sanders was married, February 20, 1866, to Nancy Jane Faucett. They have two living children -

Elisha Sanders was for many years a licensed preacher, previous to May, 1863, when he was ordained, at Horse creek, regular Predestinarian Baptist church, and is now pastor of that church.

Rev. Elisha Sanders says, that although he came into the county ten years after settlement commenced, yet he found houses very scarce. His brother-in-law, Wm. Crowder, and himself, in December, 1829, cut down oak trees, split them in halves, built a cabin west of Springfield, covered it with clapboards, chinked it with wood, and, instead of lime, made mortar of the rich black soil, and plastered the cracks. The plastering was done in freezing weather, but they kept up a fire on the inside until it was dry. The chimney was made of sticks and plastered in the same way, and when it was dry, the prints of their fingers could be seen all over in the plastering. Mr. Sanders now lives in a house much better than the average farm houses in the county, but he says he never felt so rich as when he moved into that cabin plastered with the mud.

Mr. Sanders remembers that the "deep snow" of i83O-'3i was about three and one-half feet deep on a level. He had to gather his corn twice. The first time he took all the ears on a level with and above the snow, and after it went off he went over again and gathered nearly as much more. He saved a cow and calf from perishing by taking them in with his family and keeping them in one corner of the house.

Sanders, Robert

SANDERS, ROBERT W., was born April 10, 1815, near Harper's Ferry, Virginia. His father died when he was a child, and his widowed mother, with her eight children, moved to Rutherford county, Tenn., in 1827. Robert W. was married there, in 1834, to Keziah Johnson. They had two children in Tennessee, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1838 in what is now Cotton Hill township, where two children were born. Mr. Sanders assisted in quarrying the stone for the State House, then in course of construction at Springfield. His family suffered greatly from sickness, and in 1840 he returned to Tennessee, where he died May 31, 1857, leaving a widow, nine sons and one daughter. Robert W. Sanders was a minister in the Baptist church for thirteen years previous to, his death. The widow felt that some great calamity was about to befall that part of the country where she lived, and without any definite idea of what it was, she meditated long upon the subject, and when her children were wrapped in slumber she resolved, if possible, to take them again to Illinois as a place of safety. She wrote at once to her eldest son, who had returned to Illinois soon after the death of his father. He was glad to give them such aid and encouragement as he could, and they all arrived in Sangamon county Oct. 10, 1859, just in time to understand the situation of the country and add five soldiers to the Union army. Of Mrs. Sanders ten living children -

STEPHENN.,\>ovn March 16, 1835, in Rutherford county, Tenn., studied medicine in Sangamon county, 111., enlisted there in Co. K, i24th 111. Inf., was elected Captain of same company and twice wounded - once severely. He was acting assistant aid-de-camp on Gen. J. B. Coats' staff a portion of the time; also assistant government marshal of the provisional encampment at Vicksburg, Miss., during the winter of 1864 and '5; served three years and was honorably discharged Aug. 12, 1865. He was married at Loami, Sangamon county, 111., to Mary J. Smith. They had two children; one died; the other, NORA, lives with her grandmother Smith in Christian county. Mrs. Mary J. Sanders died May 28, 1868. S. N. Sanders was married Nov. 23, 1871, to Susan Elliott, at Wilmington, 111. He is a practicing physician at Arcola, Douglas county, 111.

GEORGE W., born Dec. 8, 1838, in Cotton Hill township, Sangamon county, was married near Auburn, 111., to Elizabeth Bremer. They have two children, CLARA A. and IDA B., and reside in Auburn, 111.

THOMAS y., born Aug. 23, 1840, in Cotton Hill townsnip, Sangamon county, brought up in Tennessee, and enlisted in Co. K, 1 24111 111. Vol. Inf., in 1862, for three years; was elected sargeant, served full term, and was honorably discharged

MARTIN L., born Feb. 8, 1842, in Rutherford county, Tenn., enlisted April, 1864, in Co. K, 1 24th 111. Inf., served one year and eleven months. He was honorably discharged at the close of the rebellion, and was married at Mechanicsburg to Mary J. Sparrow. They have two children, VIRGIL H. and JAMES H., and reside at Lincoln, 111.

JOHN /?., born Nov. 4, 1844, in Rutherford county, Tenn., enlisted in Co. K, 1 24th 111. Inf., April, 1864; served eleven months, and was honorably discharged November, 1865. He was married in Auburn, Sangamon county, 111., to Jennie Wallace. They have one living child, CLYDE. J. 'F. Sanders is a practicing physician at Sullivan, Moultrie county, 111.

ANDRE W /?., born Oct. 14, 1846, in Tennessee, enlisted in Co. K, i24th 111. Vol. Inf., for one year, served eleven months, and was honorably discharged at the close of the rebellion. He was married Sept. 22, 1872, to Susan A. Ballenger. They have one child, WILLIAM A., and live in Auburn, Sangamon county, HI.

" CLEMENT J., born Nov. 27, 1848, in Tennessee, was married Sept. 23, 1871, to Ella Watson. They have two children, GUY and a babe, and reside in Auburn, Sangamon county, Illinois.

Mrs. Keziah Sanders went to Nashville, Tenn., in March, 1873, to visit her relatives and acquaintances, but returned to Illinois in the fail of the same year, and now resides with her daughter in Butler, Ind. She often says that when she left Tennessee in 1859, it was the best move she ever made.

Saunders, Gunnell

Virginia, of English ancestry. His parents emigrated to the vicinity of Lexington, Ky., and a year or two later moved to Fleming county, in the same State. Mary Mauzy was born April 15, 1784, in Fauquier county, Virginia. Her parents, who were of French descent, moved to Bourbon county, and from there to Fleming county, Ky. Gunnell Saunders and Mary Mauzy were there married about 1801, and had seven children there. He was a soldier from Fleming county in the war of 1812, and afterwards moved his family to Sangamon county, 111., arriving May 10, 1828, and settled four miles northeast of Springfield. Of their children -

JONATHAN R., born Feb. 17, 1802, in Fleming county, Ky., was married there Dec. 18, 1823, to Sarah McKinnie. They moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Nov. 28, 1824, at Springfield. He entered the land on which the Sangamon county fair is held, two miles north of Springfield, and moved there in 1828. They had six children in Sangamon county. GUNNELL A., born Jan. 13, 1825, died in his second year. LEWIS A., born Dec. 27, 1826, in Springfield, was trained to mercantile pursuits in Col. John Williams' store, in Springfield. When gold was discovered in California, he formed a partnership with Samuel Fisher, who for several years had lived with Mr. Saunders. Lewis A. Saunders and Samuel Fisher left Springfield early in 1849, as part of a company of sufficient magnitude for safety. They reached their destination and engaged in mining and selling provisions to the miners on South Feather river. Mi\ Saunders wrote to his parents regularly once a month. In a letter written to them early in April, 1850, he reported himself well and in a prosperous condition. That was the last communication his friends ever received from him. His partner, Mr. Fisher, went to Sacramento on business for the firm, and Mr. Saunders was last seen by a Rev. Mr. Mayfield, and a blacksmith from St. Joseph, Mo., April 8, 1850. Neither of those men could say whether it was before or after his partner left for Sacramento. All that his parents ever received from his effects was about two hundred dollars in gold dust, much less than he took with him. Samuel Fisher returned a few months later, and is now - ^874 - a wealthy farmer and manufacturer at Brooklyn, Schuyler county, 111. ASBERRY H.,born Nov. 7, 1828, in Springfield, was married Oct. 20, 1856, at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, to Marcia E. Underwood, who was born Feb. 7, 1837, a^ Portage, Ohio. They had four children; three died young. HELEN, born June 2, 1863, lives with her father. Mrs. Marcia E. Saunders died Sept. 30, 1874. Mr. Saunders has farming done in Arkansas, and lives in Springfield, 111. MARTHA A. and FRANCES died in infancy. MILTON, born Oct. 3, 1836, near Springfield, was married Jan. 3, 1861, to Anna E. Edwards, who was born April 29, 1840, in Salem, N. J. They had three children. CORA died in infancy. Mrs. Anna E. Saunders died June 30, 1863, leaving two children, NELLIE E. and FRANCES s., who live with their father. Milton Saunders was married Aug. 28, 1872, to Martha E. Beeley, who was born of English parentage, Aug. 31, 1842, at Concord, Morgan county, 111. They have two children, LILLIE and MARCIA. Milton Saunders and family live at his father's house, two miles north of Springfield - 1874. Mr. Saunders is a deaf mute, caused by disease, and his present wife was so from her birth. They were both educated at the State Institution at Jacksonville. All his children can hear and converse. Jonathan R. Saunders was a lieutenant in a light-horse company from Sangamon county in the Winnebago war of 1826 and '7, and captain of the same company in the Black Hawk war of 1831. He was one of the board of officers who made the treaty with Black Hawk, which the latter violated and caused the war of 1832. J. R. Saunders and wife reside two miles north ot Springfield, 111., and have lived within two miles of their present residence 52 years.

NANCY, born about 1804, in Fleming county, Ky., was married there to Amos Locke, and moved to Bloomington, Ind., and from there to Sangamon county in 1830. The deep snow of 1830 and '31 discouraged them so much that they returned to Bloomington in 1832, and both died there, leaving six children, all ot whom moved to Iowa. Two of the sons were killed in the Union army while assisting to suppress the great rebellion.

1827, and married Edith Cooper. They had three children in that county, who all died young. They moved in 1834 to Iowa, and Presley Saunders laid out the town of Mt. Pleasant. Of their two children born in Iowa, AMANDA married Dr. J. D. Harper, and died in Mt. Pleasant. \See Dr. Harper's name in connection with the Mitchell family .] MARY married in Mt. Pleasant to John McCoy, and lives in Denver, Col. Mrs. Edith Saunders died in Mt. Pleasant, and Presley Saunders married Huldah Bowen. They had four children, and all are married. Presley Saunders is President of the First National Bank at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and resides there - 1875.

FRANCES, born in Fleming county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county, 111., to David K. Mackey. They had one child, and Mr. Mackey and the child died. Mrs. Frances Mackey was married to Rev. Arthur Miller, who died, and she died Sept. 24, 1876, in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. GEORGE M., born Oct. 6, 1811, in Fleming county, Ky., was married April 9, 1833, to Maria L. Sampson, who was born April 5, i8n,in Fleming county, Ky. They had four children. EVELINE M., born March 4, 1835, married Dr. William Logan. They have one child, and live in Oconee, Shelby county, Illinois. JAMES W., born March 24, 1837, an<l served three months in the beginning of the rebellion, in an Illinois regiment. He married Sarah Dorrell, and lives in Mason City, 111. JOHN S., born May 2, 1840, enlisted for three years, in 1861, in Co. G, loth 111. Cav., served three years and four months, and was honorably discharged. He was married August 4, 1866, to Cordelia Montgomery. They have two children, ARAMINDA and LEWIS L., and live two miles north of Springfield. DAVID S., born June 17, 1842, enlisted in 1861, in the 2d 111. Art., for three years, and died at Fort Donelson, May 3, 1864. Mrs. M. L. Saunders died Nov. 29, 1847, an^ George M. Saunders was married March 9, 1849, to Nancy A. Offill, who was born May 4, 1826, in Bath county, Ky. They had seven living children. ALVIN L., born Feb. 4, 1850, enlisted in 1862, for three years, in Co. C, 1 1 5th 111. Inf., was transferred to the 1 2 ist 111. Inf., served to the end of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged.

J., Edward L., Etna A., Mary

He married Mary J. Shaw. They have one child, and live two miles north of Springfield, 111. JULIA E., SARAH J., EDWARD L., ETNA A., MARY E. and HARVEY E., live with their parents, four miles north of Springfield, Illinois. - 1874.

AL VI N, born July 12, 1817, in Flemin7 county, Kj., came with his parents to Sangamon county, 111., in 1828, drove an ox team in breaking prairie and hauling wood to Springfield. He remained with his father until 1836, when he joined his brother Presley at what is now Mt. Pleasant, Henry county, Iowa, then part of the territory of Wisconsin. There were but four families, and not more than a dozen houses in the town. He first hired to a farmer, but soon after found employment as a clerk in a small dry goods store. His education was too limited for the latter position, so he attended night school, and in this way improved himself, and retained his position as clerk. He was the first Postmaster at Mt. Pleasant, and continued in that position seven years, during which time he was in a partnership with his brother Presley, in mercantile business. He was a member of the constitutional convention of Iowa, under which that State was admitted into the Union, and was elected State Senator in 1854. He was a delegate to the first Republican convention of Iowa, which met Feb. 22. 1856. Alvin Saunders was married March n, 1856, in Washington, D. C., to Marthena Barlow, who was born Oct. 24, 1834, at Greencastle, Ind. She is a niece of Mrs. Senator Harlan. They have two children. CHARLES L., born Dec. 23, 1856, and MARY A., born Nov. 16, 1860, live with their parents. In 1858 Mr. Saunders was elected his own successor to the State Senate. He was a delegate to the National Republican Convention of 1860, which nominated Mr. Lincoln as a candidate for President of the United States He and Mr. Lincoln became acquainted in Sangamon county, 111., when both were unknown. During Mr. Saunders' second term as State Senator of Iowa, Mr. Lincoln appointed him, early in 1861, Governor of Nebraska Territory, a position he held for six years, and until Nebraska was admitted to the Union as a State, which he officially announced by proclamation, March 27,

1867. When the Union Pacific Railroad bill passed congress, Gov. Saunders was appointed by that body one of the commissioners to give practical form to the measure, and on Dec. 2, 1863, ground was broken at Omaha by his moving with his own hands the first spadefull of earth for the construction of that great thoroughfare. When he was appointed Governor, Nebraska Territory was in debt equal to two dollars per head for every man, woman and child within its limits, and when she was admitted as a State, and Governor Saunders retired, there was sufficient money in the treasury to pay all indebtedness, including the expense of furnishing Nebraska's quota of troops to suppress the great slaveholders' rebellion. Ex-Gov. Saunders resides in Omaha, Nebraska, and is President of the State National Bank of that place.

WILLIAM A., born in Fleming county, Ky., came with his parents to Sangamon county, in 1828, and afterwards went to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, where he was married to Louisa Dickey. All their children died young, except one. Mr. Saunders died in 1863, and his only child, WILLIAM, born after his father's death, lives with his mother, in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.

Gunnell Saunders and his wife moved from Springfield, 111., to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, in the summer of 1846. Hon. E. D. Baker, of Ball's Bluff fatal memory, with whom Mr. Saunders was on terms of most intimate friendship, visited Mt. Pleasant, and made a speech in favor of the election of Gen. Taylor. Mr. Saunders took Col. Baker in his carriage to Ottumwa, and on the morning of Oct. 26, 1848, bade him adieu and left for home. He was found about two miles from Ottumwa, in his carriage, dead, with, the lines so adjusted as to bring the carriage on a cramp. Gunnell Saunders was about sixty miles from home, but his remains were taken to Mt. Pleasant for interment. His widow continued to live there until Oct. 18, 1851, when she died from the effects of a dose of arsenic carelessly put up bv a druggist in place of morphine.

S ATT LEY, ROBERT, was born Oct. 27, 1788, in the vicinity of Vergennes, Vermont. He and his brother Archibald went with the family of Mrs. Lovina Hawley, a widow lady with two daughters and three sons, to White county, near Carmi, 111., in the fall of 1818. He was there married, February, 1819, to Eliza Hawley. She was born March 7, 1801, near Vergennes, Vt. Mr. and Mrs. Sattley moved to what became Sangamon county, 111., arriving in June. 1819, and settled about half a mile north of where Rochester now stands. They ha i eight children in Sangamon county -

Josephine, Robert H., Ralph D., Lovina A., William A.

AARON, born Jan. 25, 1820, "in Sangam on county, mariied March 4, 1858, to Delilah Shaver, who was born Feb. 9, 1835, m Ohio. They have seven children, JOSEPHINE, ROBERT H., RALPH D., LOVINA A., WILLIAM A., MARY E. and HARRIET, and reside one mile west of Sangamo station, Sangamon county, 111. - 1874.

RALPH, born Nov. i, 1821, in Sangamon county, was drowned June 15, 1844, in South Fork, after having saved the life of another young man who was bathing.

JULIA, born Sept. 6, 1825, in Sangamon county, married Horace Collins, a native of Ohio. They have seven living children, and reside near Solon, Johnson county, Iowa.

ROBERT H., born Sept. 18, 1837, in Sangamon county, married Nov. 7, 1860, to Margaret J. Greene. They had four children. The eldest and youngest died in infancy. MARY E. and EMMA J. live with their parents, three miles south of Rochester, Sangamon county, 111.

Sattley, Archibald

SATTLEY, ARCHIBALD, born Oct. 8, 1794, near Vergennes, Vermont, was married Feb. 13, 1819, near Carmi, White county, 111., to Harriet Hawley, who was born March, 7, 1801, in Vermont. She was a twin sister of his brother Robert's wife. They moved to what became Sangamon county, arriving in June, 1819, and settled half a mile north of where Rochester now stands. They had eight children in Sangamon county, two of whom died young. Of the others -

ALBERT, born April 10, 1821, in Sangamon county, was married, Sept. 21, 1853, in Springfield, to h'usan C. Torrey. They had six children, three died young. The others live with their parents, in Taylorville, Illinois. Albert Sattley is one of the firm of Sattley Bros., Taylorville, Illinois, and resides there.

MARY, born Dec. 31, 1822, in Sangamon county, was married Jan. 16, 1845, in Rochester, to Thomas Cheney. They had four children, two died young. JENNIE married Dr. Henry Jayne, and lives in Taylorville. See his name. CHARLES, born Oct. 9, 1850, in Taylorville, was married there, Jan. 30, 1872, to Jennie Murphy, who was born July I, 1850, in Christian county, Illinois. They live in Taylorville, Illinois. Thomas Cheney died Sept. 6, 1854, and his widow married Matthew E. Long. See his name.

MARSHALL, born Oct 24, 1831, in Sangamon county, was married, Nov. 5, 1857, to Ruth A. Prather, who was born July 22, 1838, in Washington county, Maryland. They have one child, MYRTLE, and live in Taylorville, Illinois. He is one of the firm of. Sattley Bros.

Mrs. Harriet Sattley died Oct. 13, 1833, in Sangamon county, and Archibald Sattley was married in March, 1834, to Julia E. Sherman, a native of Vermont. They had three children in Rochester.

HENRY, born Sept. 25, 1835, was married Feb. 29, 1861, in Taylorville, to Mary Thompson, a native of Virginia. They had four children, three died young. ELIZA lives with her parents in Taylorville.

CHARLES, born Feb. 12, 1839, was married Feb. 15, 1862, near Taylorville, to Clara A. Ferguson. They have five children, LULIE, EMMA, OSCAR, MAUDE, and a babe, and live near Willey station, Christian county, 111. Archibald Sattley, Sen., died March 16, 1842, in Rochester, and his widow, Mrs. Julia E. Sattley, was married there to Lewis Thompson. They had two children -

SAYRE, JOHN, was born Oct. 12, 1762, near Bridgeton, Cumberland county, New Jersey, and was married there, August 20, 1792, to Catharine Teel, who was born May 3, 1774, near Bridgeton, also. They had eleven children in New Jersey, and the family moved to Green county, near Xenia, Ohio, in 1822, and from there to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1834, in what is now Cartwright township, south of Richland creek. Of their children -

JOHN, Jun., born July 18, 1795, in New Jersey, was married in Ohio to Nancy Maxwell. They had three children. He came on a visit to his relations, and died Dec. 31, 1870, in Springfield. He was buried in Cartwright township, and his two daughters are both married. One lives in Iowa and the other in Missouri.

THOMAS, born Dec. 14, 1802, in Cape May county, N. J., married in Sangamon county, June 23, 1836, to Effie Waggoner. They had eight living children - JOHN, born Jan. 11, 1838, died unmarried, Oct. 7, 1865. MARY ARMINDA, born Nov. i, 1839, married William T. Pirkins. See his name. JAMES T. born June 6, 1841, and

GEORGE W. born Aug. 11, 1843, lives with their mother. ELIZA JANE, born Oct. 4, 1847, married Aug. 10, 1871, to James W. Shoup, who was born July, 1846, in New York city. They live near Richland Station. CHARLES C., ANN E. and MARGARET E. live with their mother. Thomas Sayre died Jan. 23, 1861, and his widow resides now (1876) on the farm where he settled on coming to the county. It is two and a half miles northeast of Richland Station, Sangamon county, 111.

ELIZA, born August 26, 1806, in New Jersey; was married in Sangamon county to Rolla Morgan. They had eight children, moved to Iowa, and Mrs. Morgan died there. The family started over the plains, and Mr. Morgan and one of the children died on the road. The others continued their journey, and reside in Portland, Oregon.

MART, born June 16, 1814, near Bridgeton, New Jersey, was married Sept. 15, 1842, in Sangamon county, 111., to John H. Beaumont. They had one living child, FANNIE, who married Dr. Harrison Withrow. See his name. They live in Petersburg, 111. Mr. Beaumont died May 3, 1870, at Pleasant Plains, Sangamon county, and his widow lives at Petersburg, Menard county, 111.

SCOTT, DALLAS, was born April 6, 1791, in Cumberland county, Ky. Sarah Foster was born May i, 1793, in the same county. They were there married in 1815, and had two children in Kentucky, and the family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Nov. i, 1819, on Richland creek, three miles east of the present town of Pleasant Plains, where

GEORGE M., born July 18, 1819, in Kentucky, married in Cass county, 111., to Margaret Whitmire. They had two living children. He was a physician, and died June 13, 1851, at Lagrange, Missouri. His children live with their mother, who married, and lives near Sidney, Ohio.

MILTON M., born Feb. 24, 1824, in Sangamon county, 111., married in Kentucky to Jane Scott. They have one child, and live in Crawford county Mo.

HA TTIE N., born December 4, 1831, in Sangamon county, married Amos Dick, has one child, EMMA, and lives near Wapella, DeWitt county, Illinois.

George D., Cynthia A., John

FRANCIS M., born April 26, 1835, in Sangamon county, married January 17, 1858, to Mary L. Brockman, who was born Oct. i, 1836, in Morgan county, 111. They had seven children. HARRIET E., the third child, died at four years, and AMOS, the seventh child, died Sept. 4, 187$, in his second year. The other five, GEORGE D., CYNTHIA A., JOHN L., JAMES H., and EUGENE, live with their parents. F. M. Scott resides at the homestead where his parents settled in 1819. It is in Cartwright township, three miles northeast of Pleasant Plains, Sangamon county, 111.

SCOTT, JAMES, was born Oct. 22, 1797, in Culpepper county, Va. His father moved to South Carolina, thence to Rutherford county, Tenn., and from tHere to Caldwell county, Ky., all when James was a boy. Mary Woods was born Feb. 29, 1804, in Georgia, and her pare'its soon after moved to Caldwell county, Ky.

James Scott and Mary Woodsywere there married May 6, 1819. They had 6 children in Kentucky, and moved to Missouri, crossing the Mississippi on the ice in the winter of 1827 or '28. After four weeks, they went to Morgan county, 111. In the spring of 1828 they returned to Kentucky, and in the fall of 1829 moved to Morgan county, 111., where nine children were born, in all fifteen children, namelv -

ELIZABETH, born April 20, 1821, in Caldwell county, Ky., married in Morgan county, 111., to John H. Ham. They have a family, and reside near Decatur, 111.

Sarah

FRANCIS M., born March 27, 1823, in Caldwell county, Ky., married Mrs. Sarah Burch, and reside near Franklin, Morgan county, 111. They have five children, viz.: MINERVA E., GEORGE, MARTHA, WILLIAM H., and SARAH F.

SARAH, born Oct. 9, 1828, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, 111., to Joseph Stickel, and reside near Hillsboro, Montgomery county 111.

THOMAS y., born Dec. 9, 1835, in Morgan county, 111., married Fannie Bird, and for his second wife, married Mary Ford. They have one child, LUTHER D., and reside at Virden, Macoupin county, 111.

WILLIAM P., born April 9, 1838, in Morgan county, married April 9, 1862, in Sangamon county, to Matilda Headley, who was born Sept. 27, 1838, in Parke county, Ind. They have four living chil- dren, HELEN. THALBERG W., CHANNINGH., and LAUREL. Their second child, EDNA, died Sept. 9, 1865. The following lines written by the mother, and published in the Illinois State Journal expresses her feelings at the time:

Could I again behold Thee, baby, as when living, my delight, Thy beauteous face so fair, thine eyes so bright, Thy h>»ir of sunny gold, How would it ease this aching, longing pain, Could I but clasp thee to my heart again ! BALL, 111., March. 1872. M S.

NANCT ANTIONE7^7^E, born April 13, 1845, m Morgan county, married in Sangamon county to Fletcher A. Stickel, and resides in Centralia, Kansas.

JAMES /?., born Dec. 9, 1847, in Morgan county, married in Sangamon county, in 1872, to Marv R. Patterson. They have one child, CLARA ETTIE, and live in Ball township.

James Scott and wife reside in Ball township, three hundred yards east of where Robert Pulliam built the first cabin in Sangamon county, in the autumn of 1817. Mrs. Scott's youngest child has witnessed more returns of his birthday than she has of her own. See date of her birth for explanation.

SCOTT, JOHN, was born about 1734 in Pennsylvania. His father, Andrew Scott, emigrated from Scotland and settled in Pennsylvania about 1725. John Scott was a soldier in the American Revolution, and was married about 1756 to Anna Crayton. They had one child -

Mrs. Anna Scott died and John Scott married Nancy Keith. They had twelve living children. The family moved to Sangamon county in 1824, and settled at Island Grove. Of his children -

ANDREW, born Nov. 21, 1786, in North Carolina, was married May 28, 1808, in Jackson county, Tenn., to Anna Longest, who was born in 1791 in South Carolina, near the sea coast. They had seven children there, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., first stopping east of Springfield, thence to Richiand creek, and from there to Island Grove, arriving in 1824. Four children were born there. Of their eleven children, GADDIAL, born Aug. 9, 1809, in Jackson county, Tenn., was married July 25, 1833, at Island Grove, Sangamon county, 111., to Susan Sexton, who was born May 25, 1810, in Knox county, Kentucky. The moved to Knox county, 111., settling four miles north of Knoxville, Oct. 6, 1834. They had six living children, WILLIAM M., born July 21, 1834, died July 18, 1863. JOHN w., born March 26, 1836, died Oct. 6, 1862. ELIZABETH s., born April 27, 1839, died Feb. 22, iS64« ENOCH s., born July 25, 1841, near Galesburg, was married July 4, 1863, to Mary R. Grant. They had two living children, John W. and Clarence R., and live at the homestead near Galesburg, 111. JAMES M., born May 5, 1843, in Knox county, was married Feb. 23, 1870, to Delia Lotts. They had two children, Forrest L. and Olive P., and live at the homestead near Galesburg, 111. JACOB A., born Oct. 14, 1846, died May 3, 1865. Mrs. Susan Scott died Jan. 22, 1875, and Gaddial Scott resides near Galesburg, 111. NANCY, born Feb. 22, 1 8 1 1, in Lincoln county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to John Slatten. They moved to DeWitt county, 111., and from there to Des Moines, Iowa, in 1856, where they now reside. They have seven children. JAMES L., born Jan. 12, 1813, in Giles county, Tenn., came to Sangamon county in 1824, and was married in Iowa to Mary A. Gilmer. They have eight children, and reside near Des Moines, Iowa. ELIZABETH A., born Jan. 20, 1815, in Harrison county, Ind., came to Sangamon county with her father's family and married John Maxwell, of Macon

County. They have five living children, and reside near Waynesville, DeWitt county, 111. ANNA, born Jan. 21, 1817, in Orange county, Ind., married Tilford Gilmer. They have one child, and reside near Glasgow, Jefferson county, Iowa. WILSON A., born Nov. 20, 1818, in Crawford connty, Ind.; came to Sangamon county, 111., in 1824, was married in Iowa to Mrs. ' Louisa Jayne. Wilson A. Scott went to Fort Des Moines and traded with the Indians there until they were removed west. He accompanied them but returned to Des Moines, laid out the town on the east side of the river, and it was largely through his influence and contributions that the capital was built on that side. He went to California, returned to Des Moines and contributed two or three years to the building up of the city; started to Pike's Peak and died at Fort Laramie in 1859. His remains were buried at Des Moines. CALEB L., born Dec. 22, 1821, in Sangamon county, 111., spent ten years, from 1850 to 1860, in California, was married Oct. 21, 1860, in Jefferson county, Iowa, to Charlotte K. Templeton, who was born Oct. 9, 1827, in Wayne county, Ohio. They came at once to Island Grove township, Sangamon county, 111. They had five children, CHARLOTTE j., ANN M., JOHN H. c., HENRY w., and EDNA E., and reside adjoining Berlin on the east. JOHN W., born June 3, 1824, at Island Grove, was married Sept. 7, 1848, to Martha Yates. They had nine children, three died in infancy, MINNIE died in her eighth year. The other five, HEXRY A., LOUISA, RICHARD Y., JOHN w., Jun., and THOMAS Y., reside with their parents in Berlin, Illinois. DORINDA, born Dec. 12, 1828, in Sangamon county, was married to William T. Hughes, who was born in Adair county, Ky. They have two living children, MARY L. married Samuel Mendenhall, and lives at Elkhart, 111. ADA M. resides with her parents. William T. Hughes and family live at Elkhart, Logan county, 111. LUCINDA, born April 17, 1830, in Sangamon county, married Stewart Goodrell. They had three children, MARY, STEWART, Jun., and ANNA. Mr. Goodrell died in 1872 ; his widow and children reside at Des Moines, Iowa. Stewart Goodrell represented Polk county, Iowa, in the State Legislature several years, and was pension agent at the time of his death. MALINDA, born May 2, 1832, in Sangamon county, married Thomas B. Reed. They had one child, WILSON T., and Mr. Reed died at Island Grove, 111. His widow and son reside at Des Moines, Iowa. Mrs. Anna Scott died and Andrew Scott married Mrs. Maxwell, whose maiden name was Ellis. He died in 1859 and his widow died in 1861. He was a minister in the Christian church.

ALEXANDER, JOHN, WILSON, WILLIAM, JAMES, MARTIN, SAMUEL, RUTH, ANNA and NANCY, all these brothers and sisters named above, settled in DeWitt county, Illinois; none came to Sangamon county.

SEELEY, BISHOP, born Feb. 10, 1794, at Williston, Chittenden county, Vt. Betsy Brush was born Oct. 18, 1795, at Waltham, Vt. Her father was a Colonel in the Revolution. Bishop Seeley and Betsy Brush were married Aug. 14, 1816, at Madrid, St. Lawrence county, New York, and their six children were born there. The family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Nov. 13, 1835, in the Farmington settlement, in what is now Cartwright township. Of their children -

LUCIUS A., born Aug. 10, 1820, was married in Sangamon county, Oct. 16, 1844, to Sophia H. Buckman, and moved to Oregon in 1850. They have ten living children, and reside near Portland, Oregon.

JOSEPH S., born Oct. 20, 1824, in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., was brought up in Sangamon county, 111., went to Oregon in 1848, was married there, had two children, and lives in Wasco county, Oregon.

GEORGE B., born June 8, 1829, in New York, was married April 26, 1850, in Sangamon county, 111., to Mary L. Child. They are without family, and reside, at Abilene, Kansas.

STEPHEN B., born May 29, 1832, in New York, was married in Tazewell county, 111., Oct. i, 1854, to Agnes R. Powers, who was born in Hardy county,

JANE L., born Sept. 20, 1834, in New York, was married March 19, 1856, in Sangamon county, 111., to James Mc- Coy. See his name. They have four living children, HARRIET, ROBERT B., SEELE Y and MARTHA, and reside in Topeka, Kansas.

SELLS, DANIEL K., was born Aug. 22, 1800, in Ross county, Ohio, and came with his brother-in-law, Christopher Newcomer, to Sangamon county in 1824, and taught school at Rochester in 1825. He enlisted at Columbus, O., and served through the Mexican war. Has traveled all over the American continent. He lives with his nephew, Dow Newcomer. See his name.

SHANE, JOHN, was born in Kentucky, near the mouth of Kanawha river, and was there married and moved to what is now Loami towhship in 1828; raised a large family and died there in 1847-8. His widow and all except three of his children moved to Harrison county, Missouri.

Shellhouse, Lydia

SHELLHOUSE, LYDIA, was born in Georgia. Her maiden name was Leadbetter. She married Daniel McDowell, and had three children. Mr. McDowell died, and she married Lewis Shellhouse. Leaving her three children with their relatives in Georgia, she and Mr. Shellhouse moved to Kentucky, where they had four children, and Mr. Shellhouse died there.

The widow and her two youngest children came to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in what is now Ball township in the fall of 1830, just in time for the " deep snow." Of her four children -

WILLIS, born in Kentucky, came with his mother to Sangamon county in 1830, married Sarah Easley, had six children, and she died. He married Martha Nuckolls. They had four children, namely: JOHN H., resides with his mother. CHARLES M., married Milly A. Blount, and lives in Christian county, 111. WILLIAM B., married Amanda M. Lockridge, who died July 28, 1873, and their only child, JENNIE F., died a month later. Mr. Shellhouse lives in Ball township. LYDIA A., married James H. Pulliam. See his name. Willis Shellhouse died Oct. 24, 1852, and his widow resides near the centre of Ball township, four and a half miles southeast of Chatham Illinois. The house she lives in was built by Robert Pulliam in 1820. It was built ot round logs, and hewn or scutched after it was put up. Being but one story high, no upper floor was required, but three heavy beams, about six by eight inches, serve as joists. On top of these there is a covering of two-inch plank, all hewn from solid logs, because there was not at that time a saw-mill so far north in Illinois. The interior is neatly whitewashed, and with the blazing wood in the wide, open fire-place has every appearance of quiet comfort. It is, beyond a doubt, the oldest dwelling house in Sangamon county.

SHELTON, STEPHEN, was born about 1777, in North Carolina, married there to Lydia Heath, and at once moved to Ohio, near the mouth of Sciota river, where two children were born, and the family moved across the Ohio river into Cabell county, West Virginia, where seven children were born. He was a soldier from Virginia in the war of 1812, and from there moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in May, 1826, in what is now Curran township, where two children were born. Of their eleven children -

WILLIAM, born March 18, 1807, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county, Feb. n, 1830, to Prudence Neal. They had five living children. JOHN R. enlisted Sept. 1862, in Co. B, I30th 111. Inf., for three years, served until late in 1863, when he was detailed to the Chicago Mercantile Battery, which was captured and he was returned to his regiment, which was afterwards consolidated with the yyth 111. Inf. He was honorably discharged in August, 1865. J. R. Shelton married Eliza Kinney. They had five children. WILLIAM A. died Sept. 23, 1876. JAMES R., LUELLA, CHARLES and MARGARET c., the four latter, live with their parents near Atwood, Moultre county, Illinois. AMARINE married Richard C. Smith. See his name. DANIEL M. married Nancy A. Dodd. They have three children, and live near Chatham, Illinois. JAMES M. married Louisa McComas. They have three living children, MARY s., IDA E., and SMITH, and live in Chatham. ZARILDA married James Worth. They have six children, and live near Taylorville, Illinois. William Shelton and his wife live in Chatham, Sangamon county, 111. He was at work in the Galena lead mines when the Winnebago war broke out in 1827, and volunteered in a company raised at the mines. When it was over he remained at Galena until 1830 when he returned to Sangamon county. His recollection of the " deep snow " is that it was four feet on a level in the timber. Corn shocks showed eighteen inches above the snow. He also remembers the sudden change of Dec. 20, 1836, and that geese and chickens froze fast in the slush. Water froze in ripples.

JAMES, born in Cabell county, West Virginia, married in Sangamon county Sally A. Beckelheimer, who died, aud he married Letitia Wyckoff, who died, and he married a third time. He had seven children. He had two sons, JASPER and NEWTON. The former was killed at the battle of Chickamauga; the latter was wounded at the same battle, had a leg

MORRIS,\>mn in West Virginia, was a soldier in an Illinois regiment in the Mexican war, and was killed on a scout the day before the battle of Cerro Gordo in 1847.

JOHN, born in West Virginia, was in the same company and regiment from Illinois, in the Mexican war, fought through the battle of Cerro Gordo, came home, married Nancy Bogbv, had eight children, and lives in Kansas.

LUCINDA, born in West Virginia, married in Sangamon county to Samuel Clarke. They have nine children, and reside at Butler, Bates county, Mo.

ELISHA, born in Sangamon county, married Esther Murphy, had four children, and she and two of the children died, and -he married Leathv Tongate. They have one child, and reside in Wayne county, Iowa.

Mrs. Lydia Shelton died Nov. 20, 1830, and Stephen Shelton was married in April, 1831, to Judith Neal. They had five children born in Sangamon county.

B, 1 3th U. S. A., for three years, and was honorably discharged July 27, 1867, in Montana Territory, married in Sangamon county, June 24, 1868, to Sarah J. Dill, have two children, WILLIAM DALLAS and LOUIS \v., and reside in Chatham township.

SHEPARD, LEWIS M., was born July 31, 1817, near Green village, Morris county, N. J. He came to Sangamon county with his aunt Phoebe Mesler, wife of Cornelius Mesler, in the fall of 1834. He is not yet married and resides with his aunt Mesler, three miles northeast of Berry Station. See her name.

SHEPHERD, the origin of this family in America was with Thomas Shepherd, a native of Wales, who came to Virginia long before the thirteen colonies declared themselves independent of the British crown. He settled on the south bank of the Potomac about ten miles west of the Blue Ridge and the mouth of the Shenandoah river. According to the custom then prevailing, he tomahawked, or "blazed" the trees around a tract of land, including several thousands of acres, all lying south of the Potomac. The recording of the description of this iand secured to him the title. He laid out and named for himself Shepherdstown. In order to encourage settlement he sold lots - generally half an acre each - at nominal prices, but required an annual quit rent of five shillings to be paid perpetually. That rent is still being paid by owners of the lots, who have not bought off. He acquired other landed property by purchase, and at his death, Thomas Shepherd left a will, a copy of which is in posse sion of Thomas B. Shepherd, of Sangamon county, the fifth Thomas Shepherd in a direct line from Thomas Shepherd, of Wales. By that will he bequeathed some land, declared to have been deeded to him June 12, 1751, by the Right Hon. Thomas, Lord Fairfax. The will is dated Aug. 20, 1776, and bequeaths to his sons, Thomas, William, John, Abraham and David, lands and a saw-mill in the county of Berkley, Virginia, and lots in the townofMechlenburg, same county. To his daughters, Susannah, Mary, Martha, Sarah and Elizabeth, he bequeaths money and some personal property. The will covers some eight pages of fools'-cap, and in its metes and bounds is quite a curiosity. Two of the sons of the original Thomas Shepherd were soldiers in the Revolutionary army. One of them, Captain Abraham Shepherd, was captured and held on board a British prison ship until he came near losing his life. The eldest son, or Thomas No. 2, married Susan Hulse, and raised a family of eight children. His eldest child, or Thomas No. 3, was born Nov. 3, 1774, and was married Oct. 15, 1805, to Mary Byers, who was born Dec. 13, 1779, in Shepherdstown, also. They had eight children in Shepherdstown, and Thomas No. 3 died Nov. 9, 1832, in his native town. Eight of his children came to Sangamon county, namely - or Thomas No. 4, born June 28, 1806, in Shepherdstown, Jefferson county, Va., was< married in his native town July 3, 1834,10 Ellen Miller, who was born June 24, 1813, in Shepherdstown, also. They made their home at Blackford's Ferry, Washington county, Md., until one child was born, and on the death of his father, Thomas C., took charge of the family, and with his mother, sister and two brothers, moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Nov. 17, 1836, at a farm six miles south of Springfield, that Thomas C. had purchased the spring before. They moved in wagons, and were six weeks on the road. Thomas C. and wife had four children in Sangamon county, namelv -

THOMAS B., or Thomas No. 5, born Sept. 28, 1835, i° Washington county, Md., was married in Sangamon county, Oct. 26, 1859, to Armii da Pyle. They have three children, THOMAS A., or Thomas No. 6, ANN E.and MARY E., and live three miles northwest of Pawnee, Sangamon county, 111.

JOHN H., born Feb. 21, 1838, in Sangamon county, was married Oct. 6, 1869, to Ann Pvle. They have one child, ARMINDA M., and live one and a half miles southeast of Pawnee, Sangamon county, 111.

WILLIAM B., born Jan. 6, 1840, in Sangamon county, married Oct 22, 1867, to Elizabeth K. Brown, who was born Oct. 20, 1848, near Wheeling, West Va. They have one child, ALICE VIR-

CHARLES M., born Nov. 18, 1841, in Sangamon county, 111., enlisted at Springfield, July 20, 1861, in what became Co. B, nth Missouri Inf., served three years and twenty days, and was honorably discharged Aug. 10, 1864. He was married Nov. u, 1869,10 Sarah E. Ford: They have one child, CHARLES RAYMOND, born Sept. 26, 1875, and live six miles south of Springfield, 111.

SHEPHERD, HENRY, born Dec. 3, 1807, in Virginia, went in 1830 to Chillicothe, Ohio, and was married there to Margaret PeafF. They came to Sangamon county in 1838. In 1849 he went to California, and died in Sacramento, in the autumn of 1850, leaving a widow and one child -

SHEPHERD, MARY, born Oct. 31, 1813, in Shepherdstown Virginia, married Nov. 15, 1833, in Sharpsburg, Maryland, to S. B. Smith, who was born June 10, 1810, in Martinsburg, Virginia. They had thirteen children, six of whom died under two years. Of the other seven -

ANDRE W, born August 3, 1837, m Pickaway county, Ohio, was in Berkley county, Va., at the beginning of the rebellion, and voted against the ordinance of secession. He was forced into the rebel army by receiving a severe bayonet wound, but refused to take the oath of allegiance or perform military duty. Some whisky was offered him which he could not be induced to drink. It was carelessly left in the way of one of their own men, who drank it, not knowing that it was poisoned, and he died in two hours. Andrew Smith escaped from the rebels, entered the Union army at Washington, D. C., and after a brief term of service

WILLIAM, born Jan. 5, 1839, in Allegheny City, Penn., enlisted in 1862, for three years, in Co. I, 29th 111. Inf., served six months over time, and was honorably discharged. He was married Sept. 5, 1866, to Lou Ray. They have three children, LILLIAN, GRACE and JESSIE, and live in Champaign City, Illinois.

HENRY H., born Oct. 10, 1840, in Pittsburg, Penn., brought up in Sangamon county, enlisted in April, i86i,onthe first call for 75,000 men, but was rejected on account of physical disability, went to the gold regions of the Pacific in 1862, was married Nov. 14, 1864, at Three Mile Creek, Utah, to Mrs. Lovina Wakley, who was born July 25, 1843, in Hancock county, Illinois. They have three children, MARY P., FRANCES A., and GEORE W., and live at Corinne, Box Elder county, Utah Territory.

JOSEPH S., born Jan. 23, 1844, in Allegheny City, Penn., brought up in Sangamon county, was married Feb. 15, 1872, in Springfield, 111., to Mary J. Craig. They have one child, and live near Morrisonville, Illinois.

THOMAS C., born March 31, 1848, in Sangamon county, and is the seventh son in succession. He was married Jan. 12, 1876, to Annie Craig, and lives three miles south of Rochester, Sangamon county, Illinois.

S. B. Smith was four times Sergeantat-Arms, as assistant and principal, in the Illinois Legislature, from 1850 to 1854. Mr. Smith and his wife now - 1876 - reside three miles south of Rochester, Sangamon county, Illinois. He was four times Sergeant-at-Arms as assistant and principal in the Illinois General Assembly from 1850 to 1854.

July n, 1816, in Shepherdstown, Virginia, came to Sangamon county Nov. 17, 1836, was married March 16, 1848, to Fanny Smith, who was born Oct. 25, 1818, in

J. THOMAS, horn Jan. 18, 1849, was married September 4, 1872, to Amai.da Whitecraft, and lives in Christian county, six miles east of Pawnee, Sangamon county, 111.

JAMES H., born Oct. 19, 1850, was married Sept. 10, 1874, to Jessie F. Winchester, who was born Oct. 3, 1856, in New Jersev. They live four miles southeast of Springfield, 111.

Lydia

Mrs. Fanny Shepherd died Feb. 19, 1863, and Joseph Shepherd was married to Mrs. Lydia Haggard, whose maiden name was Byers. She has one child, MARGARET C. Haggard, by the first marriage, and Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd have two children, WILLIAM C. and LYDIA.

Shepherd, Amanda

SHEPHERD, JOHN J., born in 1821 in Virginia, was married in Sangamon county to Susan Pettus, sister to Thomas P. Pettus. See his name. She died without children, and he married Mrs. Ann Lewis, whose maiden name was Wright. They are without family and live in Lincoln, 111.

Shepherd, Sarah

SHEPHERD, SARAH C., born July 5, 1823, in Shepherdstown, was married there in the fall of 1836 to Dr. E. C. Williams. They have several children, and reside in Martinsburg, Va. Their son, LEWIS, was in Sangamon county, when the rebellion commenced, and enlisted on the first call for 75,000 men in the 7th 111. Inf. for three months. He enlisted for three years in the 29th 111. Inf., re-enlisted as a veteran in 1864, and was honorably discharged at the close of the war. He is now married, and lives in Texas.

Mrs. Mary Shepherd, whose maiden name was Byers, came to Sangamon county with her son, Thomas C., in 1836, and died in the house of her son-in-law, Philip W. Weber, Nov. 25, 1870, aged ninety-one years. John Miller, of Shep-

SHEPHERD, JpSEPH H., was born in 1812 in Ohio, and came to Sangamon county about 1833, and was married to Nancy Center, a native of Ohio also. They had six children in Sangamon county, namely -

JAMES Af., born Jan. 15, 1834, enlisted April 16, 1861, in Co. G, 7th 111. Inf. for three months, served full term, enlisted Aug. 9, 1862, in Co. K, H5th 111. Inf. for three years, served until after the battle of Chickamauga, at which his lungs became diseased from exposure, in consequence of which he was discharged in May, 1865, and died in Williams township Sept. 2, 1869.

OSCAR F., born May 15, 1839, in Sangamon county, enlisted April 16, 1861, on the first call for 75,000 men, in Co. G, 7th 111. Inf., served three months and was honorably discharged. Enlisted Aug. 9, in 1862, in Co. K, U5th 111. Inf., served until Feb. 13, 1863, when he was discharged at Nashville on account of physical disability. He was married March i, 1865,10 Arminda Thaxton, have two children, EDWIN and PERRY, and live in Sherman, 111. - 1874.

SEBASTIAN B., born May 12, 1844, enlisted Aug. 9, 1862, in Co. K, ii5th 111. Inf., for three years, served full term, and was honorably discharged June 23, 1865. He was married Dec. 25, 1866, to Elizabeth Overstreet. They have three children, LOUISA S., EMMA L. and LAVINA G , and live near Cantrall, 111.

Shields, Alexander

SHIELDS, ALEXANDER, born in 1797 in Franklin county, Pennsylvania. After three years spent in the Western University of Pennsylvania, at Pittsburgh, he graduated there in 1824 or 1825. In 1832 he graduated in the medi- cal department of the University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia. He practiced medicine in his native county, and in April, 1835, started west, visiting St. Louis and Palmyra, in Missouri; Alton, Beardstown, Jacksonville, and lastly Springfield in Illinois, arriving May 15, 1835. He intended stopping in Springfield, but he said it rained forty days and nights, and in hopes to escape so much water he went to Tremont to wait until the shower was over. He returned to Springfield in about two weeks and engaged in the practice of his profession. He was married in Springfield in 1837 to Mrs. Ann Salisch, whose maiden name was Capps. See Capps family. Dr. Shields moved to what is now Ball township, south of Sugar Creek, near Crow's Mill, in 1845. They had four children.

MANT J., born in Springfield, 111., was married Nov. 27, 1867, to Henry Sanders. She died March, 1868. Mr. Sanders married Miss Riddle, and lives in Springfield.

Sh Inkle, Christian

SH INKLE, CHRISTIAN, (a brother to Mrs. Mary M. Shinkle) was born in Berks county, Pa., and taken by his parents to Brown county, Ohio. Melinda Judd, sister to Rezin Judd, was horn in Maryland, and taken to Brown county, Ohio. Christian Shinkle and Melinda Judd were married and had four children in Ohio, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving October, 1826, in what is now Mechanicsburg township, where one child was born. Of their five children -

CHRIS7TAN, born October, 1813, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county, to Sibbeth Carrico, have six children, and live near Fullerton, DeWitt county, 111.

AIA7TLDA A., born June 24, 1821, in Brown county, Ohio, married in Sangamon county to David S. McDaniel, who died in less than three months after marriage, and she married Aaron Morgan. See his name.

JAMES, born September, 1823, in Brown county, Ohio, raised in Sangamon county, married in DeWitt county, to Martha McCord. They have three children, and reside near Twin Springs, Linn county, Kansas.

JOHN J., born Nov, 1 1, 1832, in Sangamon county, married in DeWitt county to Sarah A. Barnes. They have four children, and live near Twin Springs, Kansas.

SHINKLE, JOHN, was born in February, 1783,111 Berks county, Penn., and when he was a boy his parents moved to Brown county, Ohio. Mary M. Shinkle was born Nov. 12, 1784, in Berks county, Penn. In May, 1805, her parents moved to Brown county, Ohio. John Shinkle and Mary M. Shinkle were there married Nov. 7, 1805. They had ten living children in Brown count). The family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving December, 1826, in what is now Clear Lake township, north of Sangamon river, where one child was born. Of their eleven children -

DANIEL, born August 17, 1806, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to Nancy Owens, moved to the vicinity of Maquoketa, Iowa, had several children, and Mrs. Shinkle died. He was married to Elizabeth Simons and he died in 1872.

JAMES, born May 2, 1810, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county, to Rebecca Williams. They had five children, one died in infancy, and one, JOHN, died in the Union Army. James Shinkle and his wife reside near McConnell's Grove P. O., Stephenson county, 111.

in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to Jeremiah Smith. They had two children. ZACHARY T. lives at Marion, DeWitt county, 111.; HARRIET A. married A. Herrol, and lives near Twin Springs, Kansas. Jeremiah Smith died in 1849, and his widow lives with their son, Zachary, T., in DeWitt county, Illinois.

JOHN, Jun., born Oct. 21, 1819, in Ohio, married Oct. 4, 1851, in DeVVitt county, Illinois, to Martha Miller, who was born there Aug. 28, 1830. They have four children, MARY KATE, CYRUS L., IDA MAY and LINCOLN A. Mr. Shinkle lived on the farm where the fami.y settled in 1826, three miles southwest of Dawson, until 1875, when he moved to Springfield, 111.

GEuRGE,\>o\-n Nov. 7, 1821, in Ohio. He enlisted at Sp ingfield in 1862 in Co. C, 1 24th 111. Inf. for three years, and died of disease at St. Louis, Oct. 8, 1864. His remains were brought home for interment.

John Shinkle died August, 1827, in Sangamon county, less than one year after his arrival in the country. His widow raised her family on the farm where they settled, and now resides there. It is three miles southwest of Dawson, 111. She is 92 years old, and has been a widow nearly half a century.

Shipley, Richard

SHIPLEY, RICHARD A., was born Jan. 15, 1812, in Baltimore county, Md., and was married August 6, 1835, in Washington county, in the same State, to Ellen Albert. They had one child, and moved to Springfield, Illinois, arriving May 20, 1837, where they had six children, three of whom died young. Of their four children -

McKENDREE, born April 7, 1836, in Washington county, Md., raised in Springfield, spent fourteen years in Texas, and died August, 1872, in Springfield.

in Co. - , i3oth 111. Inf., served three years and was honorably discharged. He was married in 1862 to Laura Stall. They have one living child, WILLIAM R., and resides in Springfield.

WILLIAM H., born April 8, 1842, in Springfield. He enlisted in 1862 for three years in the Chicago Board of Trade Battery of Artiliery, served full term and was honorably discharged in 1865. He was married in 1867 to Ann Johnson. They have one child, ALBERT R., and live in Springfield.

S H O RT, J A M ES, was born Feb. 5, 1776, in South Carolina, and was one of six sons of Hezekiah Short, who died in South Carolina in 1803. The ancestors of this family came from Scotland. James, the subject of this sketch, was married in South Carolina in 1800, to Lucretia Tennyson, a native of that State. They had two children there, and moved to Greene county, near Greensburg, Ky., in 1804, where five children were born. Mrs. Lucretia Short died Sept. 14, 1817, in Kentcky, and James Short was married there in 1818 to Mrs. Margaret Wright, whose maiden name was Strater. They had two children in Kentucky, and moved in the spring of 1822 to Sangamon county, 111., settling at the junction of Salt creek and Sangamon river, in what is now Menard county. In the spring of 1827, they moved to Sugar creek, settling three and a half miles southeast of Springfield, where eight children were born. Of the seven children of James Short by his first marriage, two died young. The other five are -

IGNATIUS T., born Nov. 28, 1801, in South Carolina, was married in 1820 at Columbus, then in Pulaski, but now in Hickman county, Ky., to Mary Arnett, who was born in 1802 in South Carolina, also. They moved from Kentucky to Sangamon county, 111., on horseback, in 1823, settling near Springfield. He was a soldier in the Blackhawk war from Sangamon countv. They moved to Macoupin county, 111?, in 1830. Of their six children who lived to maturity, RANSOM A., born Oct. 8, 1824, near Springfield, was married July 20, 1845, at Edwardsville, Madison county, 111,, to Orlean M.

Cread. He enlisted in 1846 in the Mexican war, and died at Monterey, Mexico. LOUISA M , born Nov. 27, 1828, was married in 1844 in Madison county, 111., to George Woodward, who died in 1846. Mrs. Woodward was married in 1847 to Levi Gimlin. They had one child, ZACHEUS, who was born Jan. 12, 1850, and was married in 1871 to Mary A. Parks. They have two children, William W. and Winnie A., and reside near Carlinville, Macoupin county, Illinois. Levi Gimlin died July, 1850, and Mrs. Gimlin was married in 1852 to Charles Emrick. They had five living children. ELNO-

Ra, Laura, Thaddeus D., Jerusha

E. and FANNY live with their mother. Charles Emrick died Jan. 15, 1874, and Mrs. Emrick resides near Carlinville, 111. MARTHA A., born Jan. 20, 1831, was married in 1849 in Macoupin county, 111., to Edward Miller. They had one child, MARTHA A, born Jan. 1850, and married Jan. 4, 1867, in Cass county, to George W. Zircles. They have one child, Ada C, and live near Ashland, 111. Mrs. Martha A. Miller died Jan. 22, 1850, and Edward Miller died in 1851, both in Macoupin county, 111. WILLIAM HENRY, born March 16, 1840, died unmarried in December, 1856. MARY ELIZABETH, born March 30, 1842, died in November, 1856. HEZEKIAH M., born Feb. 14, 1845, in Macoupin county, enlisted May 12, 1864, for 100 days in Co. G, i33d 111. Inf., served until Sept. 24, 1864, when he was honorably discharged with the regiment. He entered MeKenclree College in the fall of 1867, and graduated there in June, 1874. In September, -875, he united with the Illinois Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and isnow - September, 1876 - preaching on the Chatham circuit, and is not yet married.

ELIZABETH, born May 12, 1804, in South Carolina, was married in Greene county, Ky., to Randolph Rhodes. See his name. She lives with her son, John T. Rhodes.

LUC1NDA B., born Oct. 5, 1815, was married to James Q. Wills, of Sangamon county, 111., June 23, 1836. They had two children, LUCRETIA C., born April 16, 1837, married James Bracken. Mrs. Bracken died Nov. 2, 1860, leaving two children. JAMES D., born April i, 1841, enlisted in Co. A, loth 111. Cav., and died in the army, May 2ist, 1862. James Q. Wills died July 3, 1845, an<J ms widow was married April 20, 1^49, to B. Y. Singleton, of Sangamon county. They have three children. MARGARET L., born April 23, 1850, married at Petersburg, 111., Nov. i, 1871, to James A. Robb. They have two children, EVA MABEL and LESLIE ELBERT, and live near Walshville, Montgomery county, 111. BENJAMIN Y., Jun., and WINFIELD S. Singleton live with their parents. B. Y. Singleton lives near Petersburg, 111.

JOHN W., born Dec. 21, 1821, in Kentucky, was married Nov. 4, 1852, in Sangamon county, 111., to Nancy E. Billings. See Billings family. She died Aug. 20, 1865, leaving one child, MELISSA E., who was born May 7, 1856, and lives with her step-mother. John W. Short was married Aug. 27, 1866, to Mrs. Eliza Dalaney, whose maiden name was Potts. Mr. Short died March 15, 1876, and his widow and daughter reside near Jamestown, Clinton county, 111.

MARTHA, born in 1822, in Menard county, 111., married John Potts, of Sangamon countv. They had five children, and both died near Jamestown, Clinton county, Illinois.

DOR1NDA, born in 1824, in Menard county, 111., married James Tibbs. They had five children, MARGARET, MARY, MARTHA, AMANDA and NETTIE. Mr. Tibbs died in 1856, and his widow lives near Rochester, 111.

WILLIAM S., born in 1826, in Sangamon county, was married there in 1847, to Harriet Wilson, who was born April 26, 1829. They had three children, OLIVE C., born July n, 1848, was married November 14, 1868, to Robert Atkinson, and live in Rochester, Illinois. AMANDA M., born Oct. 12, 1850, died young. WILLIAM T., born Nov. 21,

1855, lives with his father. Mrs. H: rriet Short died July 6, 1865, in Chatham, 111., and William S. Short resides near Chanute, Neosho county, Kansas. Mr. Short served in Co. C, 2d 111. Light Art., from Jan. 4, 1864,10 Aug. 3, 1865, when he was honorablv discharged.

James Short died June 7, 1836, and Mrs. Margaret Short died Dec. 25, 1850, both at the homestead where they settled in 1827, three and a half miles southeast of Springfield, in Sangamon county, 111.

SHORT, JOSHUA, was born as early as 1760 in ,Virgiana, was a soldier from that State in the Revolution, and after the war for Independence, married there, and moved with his family to Green county, Kentucky, near Muldraugh's Hill, which gave the name to one of the battles fought in suppressing the rebellion. He came with some of his children to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving October, 1825, on Spring creek, six miles west of Springfield. If there was any relationship between him and James Short, who came from South Carolina, through Green county, Kentucky, their descendants seem not to be informed of it. Joshua Short is remembered as one of the aged men who rode in a canoe, mounted on wheels and rigged as a ship, in the procession at the Whig or Harrison political gathering at Springfield in 1840. He was then more than eighty years of age, and died a few years later in Menard county, Illinois. Some of his children came to Sangamon county, but I have sketches of two only, James and Caleb.

JAMES, born about 1787, either in Virginia or Green county, Kentucky, was the captain of a company and was about marching from that latter county to the scene of conflict when the war of 1812 and '15 closed. He was married, had some children there, and brought his family to Sangamon county, Illinois, in 1825, in company with his father, bringing his family and worldly goods in a cart. James Short died in 1827 at a place called Turkey Point, about five miles west of

Chatham, Sangamon county. I have the sketches of two only of his children, Allen and Susan C. ALLEN, born Feb. 6, 1816, in Green county, Kentucky, was brought by his father to Sangamon county in 1825, and left an orphan and a cripple at eleven years of age, with younger brothers and sisters, whom he aided all he could. When he was ten years of age he says he had heard but one sermon, had only seen one pair of boots, and had never seen a newspaper, tract or pamphlet. He was married in Sangamon county to Margaret A. Campbell, daughter of Rev. Thomas Campbell. See his name. They had three children in Sangamon county. JAMES L., born Jan. 4, 1839, in Sangamon county, enlisted at the first call for 75,000 men in Co. G, 7th 111. Inf., for three months in April, 1861, served full time and was honorably discharged. He enlisted again Sept. 20, 1861, in Co. B, loth 111. Cav., served until Dec. 20, 1862, when he was discharged on account of physical disability. He was married Feb. 17, 1863, to Mrs. Nancy H. Hudson, whose maiden name was Park. They have one living child, Hugh Francis, and live in Lincoln, Illinois. EDWARD j., born Oct. 18, 1840, enlisted Sept. 20, 1861, in Co. B, loth 111. Cav., for three years, re-enlisted as a veteran, January, 1864. He was captured July 8, 1864, at Bayou Des Arc, was kept under guard three weeks, parolled and exchanged January, 1865. He was mustered out with the regiment at San Antonio, Texas, in November, 1865, ant^ was married May 6, 1869, to Sarah C. Dial, who was born Sept. 17, 1850, in Morgan county, Illinois. They have two children, Nellie and Minnie, and live four miles northwest of Chatham, Sangamon county, Illinois. WILLIAM, H. H., born June 29, 1843, ennsted August, 1862, in Co. B, loth 111 Cav., for three years, served full term, and was honorably discharged June, 1865, at New Orleans, and was married Oct. 26, 1871, to Martha E. Robertson. He died June 2, 1873, at New Berlin, Illinois. Mrs. Margaret A. Short died Sept. 23, 1845, and Allen Short was married to Harriet A. Park, sister of John G. Park. They had nine childred, three died young. Of the other six, THOMAS N. lives in Auburn (with Mr. Morse). The other five live with their parents at Columbia, Marion county, Iowa. Allen Short is now a minister in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. SUSAN C., born in 1819 in Green county, Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to John A. Campbell. See his name. Mrs. Susan C. Campbell died April 3, 1852.

CALEB, born April 19, 1790, in Green county Kentucky, was married there May 26, 1814, to Elizabeth Walters, who was born in that county Feb. 13, 1798. They had three children, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, in 1823, and settled in what is now Curran township, south of Spring creek, where they had three children. Of their six children, PAULINE, born March 15, 1815, in Green county, Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to William Henton. See his name. JAMES, born Nov. 23, 1816, in Green county, Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, Illinois, April 4, 1844, to Mary McPherson, niece of Robert Eachus. See his name. Mr. and Mrs. Short had five living children in Sangamon county. SARAH A. married April 10, 1873, to Martin L Webb, who was born Nov. 12, 1844, near Cazenovia, New York. They live in Loami, Illinois - 1874. ROBERT E. married Oct. 7, 1873, to Ollie A. Dawson. See her name with the Meacham family. Mr. and Mrs. Short have one child, Olive I., and live near Loami, Sangamon county, 111. CAROLINE, ELIZABETH and -WILLIAM live with their mother. James Short died, and his widow and children now - 1876 - reside two miles northeast of Loami, Sangamon county, 111. JANE, born Sept. 5, 1819, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Thompson Renshaw, and died leaving two children. LUCILLE, born Feb. 9, 1823, in Green county, Kentucky, married in Sangamon county July 2, 1840, to George W. Foster. See his name. He was born May n, 1817, near Winchester, Kentucky. She died at Kirksville, Mo., leaving four children. Mr. Foster lives at Louisiana, Mo. JOSHUA W., born May 25, 1825, married in Sangamon county, Illinois, to Berlinder Robison. See her name. They had four children. Mrs. Short and one of the children died. JOHN R. died February, 1876, in Missouri. CHARLES E. married in 1873 to Lola Scripture, and live in Missouri. ANNIE M. lives near Lamar's Station, Missouri. Joshua W.

near Maryville, Nodaway county, Mo. ROWAN J., born March 10, 1827, in Sangamon county, was a soldier from that county in the Mexican war, and died in 1847 m t^ie army- Mrs. Elizabeth Short died Nov. i, 1856, and Caleb Short died Sept. 18, 1863, both in Sangamon county, Illinois.

SHORT, SAMUEL, was born March 10, 1792, in Batetourt county, Va., of German parents. His father died when he was quite young, and at the age of 15, he went to East Tennessee, remained two years, went to Bourbon county, Ky., back to Virginia, and thence to Mechlenberg county, Ky., where he was married Dec. i, 1814 to Rebecca Strong, who was born Dec. 24, 1787, in Frederick county, Va. They moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in September, 1836, in what is now Auburn township. Mrs Short died in September, 1869. They never had any children, but raised four orphans. Mr. Short married again when he was over So years of age, and moved back to Kentucky.

SHOUP, JACOB, born May 9, 1780, in Huntington county, Pa., was married there May 2", 1802, to Sarah Downing, who was born Aug. 13, 1782, in the same county. They moved to Pickaway county, Ohio, where th^y had sixteen children, each one of whom lived to be twenty-six years of age and over. The family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in what is now Ball township, in the autumn of 1831. It was then called Cotton Hill Precinct. Of their sixteen children -

JOHN, born May 31, 1803, in Ohio, was married there to Hannah Martin. They both died in Logan county, 111., leaving six children, near Lincoln.

MART, born Sept. 5, 1804, in Ohio, was married in Sangamon county, 111., to James Fletcher. He died, leaving a widow and two children, near Lincoln, 111.

ELIZA, born Feb. 27, 1810, in Pickaway county, Ohio, was married in Sagamon county, 111., to William Gulliford. They moved to Oregon in the spring of 1852, and both died there, leaving nine chiinren.

TIMOTHY^ born March 12, 1813, in Ohio, was married in Sangamon county, to Mary Keys. They had five children. JACOB, died in his tenth year. ELIZABETH J., married James Crawley. They have two children, MARY E. and JOHN E., and live in Ball township, near Cotton Hill postoffice, Sangamon county. James Crawley enlisted Oct. 5, 1861, at Spring- , field, in Co. I, yth 111. Inf., for three years, re-enlisted as a veteran Jan. 1864, was captured at Allatoona Mountain, Georgia, Oct. 5, 1864, within one hour of three years from his first enlistment. After spending five months in prison, he joined his regiment, was commissioned First Lieutenant Nov. i, 1864, served to the close of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged July 12, 1865. ISAAC F., married Maria N. Byers, a native of Madison county, Ohio. They have four children, LILA A., LEWIS, JOHN T. and JESSE E.; and live one and a half miles east of Cotton Hill postoffice, Sangamon county, 111. ALEXANDER F., born March 3, 1844, married Arthalinda Bell. They have three children, MINA, ADALEE and SAMUEL B., and live near Bell's mill, seven miles southeast of Springfield, III. JOHN H., born July n, 1847, was mal"- ried in October, 1868, to Rachel Bell. Thev have one child, WILLIAM, and live near Zion's Chapel, and New City, Sangamon county, 111. Timothy Shoup died Feb. 28, 1850, at Crow's mill, which he then owned. His widow lives with her son-in-law, James Crawley, near Crow's mill, or Cotton Hill, postoffice, 111.

ELIZABETH, born May 9, 1815, in Ohio, was married in Sangamon county, to Barrett Ramsey. They moved to the Pacific coast in 1852, have five children, and live at Marysville, Baker county, Oregon.

DFLILAH, born April 27, 1817, in Ohio, was married in Sangamon county, to Elijah Bradshaw. She died without children. Mr. B. was married again in the winter of 1875, and lives one mile east of Cotton Hill postorfice. Sangamon county.