Sangamon County, Illinois - The whole text, 1876 (part 26 of 31)

ALEXANDER, born Feb. 23, 1819, in Ohio, was married in Sangamon county to Marv J. Wilkinson. They had five children, and Mr. Shoup was .accidentally killed while pressing cider, in the fall of 1856. His widow married Mr. Brown, and lives in St. Joseph, Missouri.

DORCAS, born Jan. 28, 1821, in Ohio, was married in Sangamon county to Thomas Lovelock. They had six children, JOSEPH, ALEXANDER, THOMAS, SAMUEL, GEORGE and MARY. Mr. Lovelock died, and his widow lives in Ray county, Mo.

HENRT,\)o\-K May 4", 1822, in Ohio, was married in Sangamon county to Ruth Knotts. They have seven children. ELBERT W., married Martha A. Sanders. They have one child, CHARLES L., and live near Cotton Hill. SARAH E., married James Milliner, and lives near Cotton Hill. JACOB, ELIJAH, LEANDER, SAMUEL and DELILAH live with their parents. Henry Shoup lives on the farm where his father settled in 1831, in Ball township, east of Crow's mill, or Cotton Hill postoffice, Sangamon county, 111.

Sarah, John, Rosy, Henry

NANCY, born May 8, 1824, in Ohio, was married in Sangamon county to Joseph Penn. They have five children, SARAH, JOHN, ROSY, HENRY and GEORGE, and live near Lancaster, Dallas county, Texas.

SAMUEL N., born May 16, 1827, in Pickaway county, Ohio, was married Nov. 18, 1857, in Sangamon county, 111., to Alice J. Mourer. They had seven children. JOHN CARROLL, the fifth child, died July 24, 1874, from injuries inflicted by being thrown from a buggy attached to a runawav team two days previous. SALLIE IRVING, the sixth child, died August 13, 1874. WILLIE H., E TTIE MAY, HARRY S., LUELLA M. and LUCY live with their parents. Samuel N. Shoup has had an eventful life. He accompanied two of his sisters to Oregon in 1852 and returned in 1855. He went with another sister to Texas in the fall of 1855 and returned in 1856. When the rebellion began he raised a company which became Co. E, H4th 111. Inf., and was elected and commissioned captain at its organization, was promoted through the different grades to colonel of the regiment, and was in command at the close of the rebellion. He was elected Sheriff of Sangamon county in 1866 for two years. Col. S. N. Shoup and family reside in Ball township, near Cotton Hill Post Office, Sangamon county, Illinois.

Jacob Shoup died Dec. 19, 1849, and Mrs. Sarah >houp died April 20, 1850, both on the farm where tin y settled in 1831, in Sangamon county, Illinois.

SHRYER, EPHRIAM, was born Nov. I, 1813, in Christian county, Kentucky. He came to Spiingfield, Illinois, April i, 1837, lived there about one year, went to Taylorville, from there to the Galena lead mines, and from there to the mines in Lafayette county, Wisconsin, where he was married March 15, 1843, to Mary A. Tolley. He came back to Sangamon county, where they had eight children, namely -

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SHUFF, MRS. HANNAH H, was born April 18, 1784, in Greenbrier county, Virginia. Her father, Anthony Houston, when she was a child, made up his mind to emigrate west. There were no wagon roads and but few wagons. He provided himself with a large number of pack-saddles, anil loaded thirty-two horses with household goods, farming implements,, and his family, and moved to what became Scott county, Kentucky. There he settled in a cane brake among the Indians, raised a family of thirteen children, and lived to be nearly one hundred years old. Two of his sons became Methodist preachers and one a lawyer. Ex-Governor Sam. Houston, of Texas, now deceased, was his nephew. His daughter, Hannah H., whose name heads this sketch, was married Nov. 5, 1806, in Scott county, Kentucky, to Jacob Shuff. They had three children in Scott county, and the family moved to Gallatin county in the same State, where Mr. Shuff died August 24, 1824. Mrs. Shuff moved with her family to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1833 in Island Grove, three miles west of Berlin. Of her three children -

JOHN W., born August 28, 1807, in Scott country, Kentucky, married in Gallatin county, in the same State, to Angeline Lindsay. He came with his mother to Sangamon county, and in 1835 m°ved to Morgan county, Illinois, five miles east of Jacksonville. They had nine children. Mr. Shuff died in May, 1872, while sitting at a table with a friend, drawing a map of a road. A few days after his death, his fifth son, JAMES, was drowned while bathing. His widow and children, nearly all of whom are married, reside near Jacksonville, Illinois.

MAR T ANN, born August 9, 1809, in Scott county, Kentucky, married in Gallatin county Feb. i, 1831, to Henry Yates. See his name. She died May -u, 1835.

ANTHONY //., born August 18, 1811, in Scott county, Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, Illinois, Feb. 23, 1837, to Siron Foutch. They had eight living children. MARY A. "P. married J. W. Walker. WILLIAM H. H. resides with his father. JOHN W. married Mary Mendenhall and died April 2, 1872. JAMES A. married Lucinda Alsbury and li\es one mile west of Berlin, Illinois. NANCY H. and THEOPHILUS A. are unmarried. CAROLINE married A. Shultz, and lives at Carthage, Illinois. MILLARD F. lives with his father. Mrs. Siron Shuff died June 4, 1868. Anthony H. Shuff was married March 17, 1873, to Mrs. Elizabeth A. Phelps, whose maiden name was Townsend, a native of Ithica, New York. She has one child by her first marriage, ANNIE PHELPS. A. H. Shuff and wife reside on the farm where the family settled in 1833. It is three miles west of Berlin, Sangamon county, Illinois. Mr. Shuff has been a cripple for more than forty years, caused by having taken eleven doses of calomel in 1835, an<^ without proper attention afterwards, the greater part of it remained in his system, and it seems wonderful that he could endure what he has, and live.

SHUTT, HENRY, was born July, 1763, in Pennsylvania. His parents dying when he was a child, he went when a young man to North Carolina, and was married there to Elizabeth Groves. They had four children, and moved about 1810, to Muhlenberg county, Ky., where they had three children, and moved to Sangamon county, Hi., arriving October, 1829, in what is now Auburn township. Of their children -

E LIZ ABE TH, born in North Carolina, married in Sangamon county, 111., to Green Dukes, who died near Auburn, and she went to Kentucky and died there.

JACOB, born in North Carolina, went with his parents in 1810 to Muhlenberg county, Ky., and married there to Elizabeth Wagner, who was born July 31, 1799. They moved, in company with his father, to Sangamon county in 1829. .They had thirteen children, including two pairs of twins. Three of their children died, including one pair of twin . Of the other ten, JOHN H., born Jan. 29, 1822, in Muhlenberg county, Ky., married Elizabeth Baldwin, and had seven children. Mr. Shutt died April 3, 1872, leaving his widow and children in Macoupin county, six miles south of Auburn, Sangamon county, 111. GREEN B., married Elizabeth J. Wimer, who died, and he married Matilda Caroline Stout, and lives in Virden, 111. MARTHA A., married Elias Owen, and for her second husband married William Luth. They live five miles south of Auburn, 111. ELIZABETH J., married William Foster. See his name. LOUISA C., married Samuel Hurst, who died, and she married Richard Hughes, has several children, and resides in Virden, 111. ME LINDA E., married James F. Miller. See his name. JACOB W. and MICAJAH, twins. Jacob W. married Susan C. Gates, a native of Muhlenberg county, Ky. They live five miles south of Auburn, 111. Micajah lives in Nevada - 1874. DAVID M., married Nancy E. Lowdermilk, and live one mile east of Auburn. NANCY C., married John Miller, has two children, and lives near Auburn, 111. Jacob Shutt died March 17, 1859, and Mrs. Elizabeth Shutt died Oct. 9, 1859, both i Sangamon county.

HENKY, Jun., was born July 19, 1814, in Muhlenberg county, Ky., and came in 1829, with his father, to Sangamon county. He was married in 1835 *° Sarah Long. They had eight children. CHRISTIANA, married Isaac Landers, and lives in Iowa. WILLIAM R., married Miss Lowdermilk, and for his second wife married Miss Edwards, and lives near Auburn, 111. MATILDA, marrie ; John Shutt, and lives in Kentucky. SARAH ANN and MARY ANN, twins. Sarah Ann married Andrew Pickens. She died Feb. 5, 1876, near Auburn, 111. Mary Ann married Thomas Smith, and lives in Macoupin county. BETSY, married William H. Owen, and died. DAVID H. married Miss Stamper, and lives in Auburn township. RACHEL, married John Orr, and died. Mrs. Sarah Shutt died March 27, 1853, and Henry Shutt was married Sept. 22, 1853, to Charity J. Stamper. They live where he settled in 1829, one and a half miles southeast of Auburn, 111.

Mrs. Elizabeth Shutt died in 1840, and her husband, Henry Shutt, Sen., died in 1852, both in Auburn township, Sangamon county, 111. He was in his eightyninth year.

SIMPSpN, JAMES, was born about 1785 in Maryland, and went to Washington county, Kentucky, when he was a young man, and was there married to Mary A. Boone. They had five children, and she died. He married Monica McAtee, had six children in Kentucky, and the family moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1828. He located about three hundred

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James Simpson moved his family to Randolph county, Illinois, in April, 1838. He and his wife both died there. Part of their children live in that county and part in Missouri.

SI. M PS ON, RICHARD, brother to James, born in 1790 in Maryland, went when he was a boy, with his parents to Washington county, Kentucky. He was there married to Monica Higdon. She had six children, and died, and he married Ann Vinson, had three children in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in 1830, in what in now Ball township. After a stay of but one year in Sangamon county, Richard Simpson moved his family to Christian county, and both died there. Of their children who remained in Sangamon county -

SIMPSON, JOHN P., was born Oct. 17, 1794, in Somerset county, New Jersey. Mary J. Cross was born Jan. 13, 1793, in New Jersey. They were there married and had fourteen children, some of whom married in New Jersey. The remainder of the family came to Sangamon county, IlLnois, arriving Nov. 8, 1839, at Springfield, and the next year settled in what is now Williams township. Of their children -

SAMUEL married in New Jersey to Mary A. Benjamin, and came with his father to Sangamon county. He went to Texas before the rebellion, leaving his family at Canton, Missouri. They have never heard of him since.

THOMAS L., born in New Jersey, married in Sangamon county to Fanny Halbert. She died in 1853, leaving one child, GEORGE W. He was married in Sangamon county to Alice Booth, have

SIMPSON JOHN, was born Sept. 30, 1801, in Tennessee, and when a young man went to St. Clair county, Illinois. Mary Taylor was born August 25, 1803, in Georgia, and when a child was taken to Lookingglass Prairie, St. Clair county, Illinois. They were married there in 1821, and moved to Shelby county in the same State, where they had one child, and from there to Sangamon county, arriving in 1824 in what is now Williams township, where they had two living children. Of their children -

CHARLES, born Aug. 25, 1823, in Shelby county, Illinois, brought up in Sangamon county, married in White Water, Wisconsin, to Mary Bothrell. Mr. Simpson enlisted in 1862 in the I9th Wis. Inf. for three years, and died August 22, 1864, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, leaving a widow and six daughters at White Water, Walworth county, Wisconsin.

SIMPSON, JORDAN, was born July 19, 1808, near Lexington, Ky., came to Sangamon county, '1833, and was married Oct. 27, 1835, ^° Clarissa Sayre. They had eight children in Sangamon county, namely -

JAMES W., born Sept. 8, 1836, married Nov. 6, 1867, to Julia B. Butler (a daughter of Stephen H. Butler). They have three children, WILLIAM E'., SALLIE E., and MARY E., and live in Pleasant Plains, 111.

ISAAC N., born Nov. 26, 1838, enlisted October, iS6i, in Co. G, loth 111. Cav., served three years, and was honorably discharged. He was married Dec. 14, 1865, to Lucinda Laswell, had one child, ISAAC N., and Mr. Simpson died Feb. 24, 1866.

CATHARINE B., born Aug. 18, 1843, married Dec. 28, 1864, to Benjamin Watts, a son of Nicholas Watts. They have three children, and live near Warrensburg, Macon county, 111.

MAR T J/., born April 6, 1848, married Nov. 20, 1867, to Morris Hillyard, have three children, and reside near Climax, Greenwood county, Kansas.

Jordan Simpson, died Dec. 23, 1872, at Pleasant Plains, and Mrs. Clarissa Simpson lives with her son, James W. Simpson, in Pleasant Plains, 111.

SIMPSON, WILLIAM, was born in 1808, in Simpson county, Ky. He came to Sangamon county, 111., in 1829, and was married to Elizabeth Willis, who was born May 17, 1806. They had six children in Sangamon county, namely:

WILLIAM T., born April 5, 1852, married Oct. 16, 1873, to Burzilla K. Reed, and lives at the family homestead, three and a half miles southwest of Farmingdale, Sangamon county, 111.

SIMS, JAMES, was born in Virginia, taken by his parents to South Carolina, where he was married to Dolly Spillers. They had four children there, and moved to Logan county, Kentucky, where they had one child, and frorn there to Caldwell county, where three children were born; thence to St. Clair county, Illinois, and from there to Sugar Creek, Sangamon county, arriving in the spring of 1820 in what became Ball township, Sangamon county. He built a horse mill there to run by bands. He quarried stone of the same kind of which the first State House in Springfield was built, and by the aid of his brother-in-law, William Spillers, made the burrs for his mill. He was the first Representative from Sangamon county in the State Legislature. He moved to Rock Creek in what is now Menard county, and from there to Morgan county. He was a Methodist preacher, and formed the first circuit ever organized in Sangamon county. Of his children -

LUCY married Henry Morgan, raised a large family south of Richland creek in Sangamon county. He died there in 1867, and she died in Kansas two or three years later.

POLL Y married in Morgan county to George Wolf. They had seven sons. JOHN is a lawyer in Champaign City, Illinois. THOMAS is a lawyer in Paxton, 111. JAMES was clerk of Macoupin county one term. Mrs. Polly Wolf died December, 1872, and George Wolf died in 1873, both near Girard, Macoupin county.

AGNES, born June 7, 1807, in Logan county, Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, April, 1827, to Reuben Bryant. They had six childi'en. One son lives in California. THOMAS married a grand-daughter of Rev. John Berry, and lives in Clinton, Illinois. R. Bryant died and his widow married William Mc- Murry, Sen. See his name.

SIMS, WILLIAM, (uncle to John Sims) was born in Virginia, taken when young to South Carolina, married there to a Miss Welch. He came to Sangamon county among the earliest settlers, and raised a family of nine children, none of whom now live in the county. He was for many years a pioneer local Methodist preacher of limited education, but remarkable for piety and good common sense. He died in Knox or Henry county, Illinois, in 1859.

SIMS, JOHN, was born Sept. 13, 1799, in Spartanberg county, S. C. His father died and his mother married again and moved to North Carolina, thence to Tennessee, and from there he went to live with his uncle, James Sims, in Logan county, Ky. His uncle moved to Caldwell county, and from there to St. Clair county, 111., in 1815. John Sims and Lucinda Duff were there married Jan. 13, 1819. They moved, with his father-inlaw, to what became Sangamon county, arriving in April, 1819, and settled south of Spring creek, in what is now Gardner township, four miles west of Springfield. They had seven children in Sangamon county, namely -

CAROLINE, born Jan. 21, 1828, in Sangamon county, married James A. Patterson. They have nine children. EMILY A. married William Wr. Morgan. See his name. VIRLEY A., married John R. Henton, and lives near Linden, Kansas. The other seven live with their parents, five miles southwest of Springfield, 111.

GREEN VIRGIL, born Nov. 15, 183=5, in Sangamon county, married Mary McClure, has five children, and resides near Linden, Osage county, Kansas.

JAMES B., born April 13, 1838, married December 29, 1864, to Mary F. Massie. They have three children, JACKEY E., CARRIE A., and LILLIAN G. and resides four miles west of Springfield, Illinois.

Mrs. Lucinda Sims died Sept. 26, 1864, and John Sims resides at his old homestead four miles west of Springfield, 111. See page 71, for Mr. Sims statement concerning the honesty of the early settlers.

SKEEN, JAMES, was born March 29, 1811, in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. Lydia A. Moore was born Feb. 13, 1813, in Lycoming county, Pennsylvania. Her parents moved to Lancaster county, when she was a child. James Skeen and Lydia A. Moore were married November, 1834, and had two children in Lancaster county, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving May 15, 1838, at Springfield. A few days later they moved twelve miles west of Springfield and south of Spring creek, where they had seven children, namely -

ELIZA J., born Sept. 21, 1825, in Pennsylvania, married in Sangamon county to William Parsons. They have six children, and reside near Decaturville, Camden county, Missouri.

MART S., born Dec. 19, 1843, married Moses O. Booker. They had one child, MARY O., and Mr. Booker enlisted August, 1862, tor three years, in Co. A, io6th 111. Inf. He died Sept. 17, 1863, at Paducah, Kentucky. His widow maried James Davenport, had one child, ELIZA J., and the mother died April 26, 1870.

REUBEN^ born Jan. 4, 1847, married Catharine E. Shryer, April, 1868. They have two children, WILLIE and EPHRAIM, and reside near Bates, Illinois.

SKIPTON, DANIEL, came from Muskingum county, Ohio, to Sangamon county with his wife, Susan, and one or more children, previous to 1840. He stopped first on Archer's creek, and later settled four miles west of Springfield. Of their children -

JOHN, born in Muskingum county, Ohio, came with his parents to Sanagmon county, and was married about 1838 to Emily J. Sims. They had seven children, namely, JOHN S., born Dec. 28, 1840, Married Feb. 9, 1864, to Susan A. Williams, has one child, FREDDIE R., and live six miles west of Springfield, Illinois. LUCY A. married J. W. Gaines, has three children, and lives near Cayuga, Livingston county, Illinois. MARY J. married Henry Hays, has three children, and live near Cayuga, Illinois. LUCINDA died aged fourteen years. JAMES V.. DANIEL and EMILY A., live with their parents near Odell, Livingston county, Illinois - 1874.

Daniel Skipton died in Mason county in 1842, and his widow lives with her daughter, Mrs. Singleton, in Mason City, Illinois, aged seventy-nine years -1874.

SLATER, ELIJAH, was born Dec. 8, 1775, in Wyoming county, Penn. His parents, Samuel and Sibyl Slater, were among the few who escaped the historic massacre of Wyoming in 1778, during the bloody years ot the American Revolution. .They had barely time to save their lives, each carrying one of their two children on horseback until they reached their friends in Massachusetts. Samuel Slater was killed by a falling tree, and his son and daughter were brought up in Massachusets. Elijah Slater was married in West Stockbridge, Mass., in 1797, to Olive French. They moved in a few years to Great Barrington, where he engaged in the mercantile business. In 1813 the family moved to Pennsylvania, and occupied the house from which Mr. Slater's parents fled many years before. He left the farm for Kingston, Pa., where he opened a store; from there he moved to Ithica, New York, and continued merchandizing. In 1817 he visited the West, selected Milton, near Alton, 111., for his residence, and returned to New York for his family. Soon after their arrival at Milton they moved to Sangamon county, settling on Sugar creek, in 1818, where they lived until Springfield was laid out, when he moved therein 1821 or '2, among the first settlers. Elijah Slater and wife had seventeen children - until 1818, when he left Ithica, New York, and came West, landing at Shawneetown, and traveled through Illinois to St. Louis on foot, joining his father at Milton, where he clerked in a store for a short time, and afterwards took charge of a store at Hunterstown (now lower Alton), for Major C. W. Hunter, a merchant of St. Louis. The goods were brought up the Mississippi river on keel boats from the latter city, as there were few steamboats, and they seldom went above St. Louis. Mr. Slater's health failed, and he went north to the " Sangamo " country, where his father had bought some land. His favorable report of the country induced Major Hunter to fit him out with a stock of merchandize for a store on Sugar creek. There was only one other store in the country, and that was kept by John Taylor, farther up on the same stream. Mr. Slater found an empty log house on the farm of Isaac Keys, just below the mouth of Lick creek, which he occupied, and among his stores were medicines and whisky, the latter being indispensible. He remained on Sugar creek until 1821, when he went as supercargo to New Orleans for Major Hunter, with some flat boats loaded with oak staves, in 1823. He went again with a lot of bacon, and remained in New Orleans during the winter, at which time he took a lot of hogs to Havana, Cuba, and returned with the proceeds in coffee. Found a clerkship at fifteen dollars per month, with board, for three months. Afterwards, his salary was raised to five hundred dollars per year and board. He visited his friends in Illinois, and was married at Alton, Oct. 27, 1831, to Mary W. Avis. He returned to New Orleans, where they resided until 1839, he moved to Galveston, Texas, and was book-keeper a portion of the time in the United States custom House there. His health failing, he removed in 1848 to his land in the northern part of same State, where he had ten thousand acres. They remained there twelve years. In 1860 he sold the most of his land, determined to move where there was a railroad. He went to Tyler, to settle some business preparatory to leaving, and found the people greatly excited by the news of the general elections and the success of the Republican party. Mr. Slater was told by a friend that" the Vigilance Committee was trying to find something out against him, that it had been reported he was about leaving the country, and would take a great many negroes with him. Mr. S. intended leaving town that night, but concluded it was safer to remain, as the mob might follow him, so he reported himself to the Vigilance Committee, saying he was willing to appear before them and answer any questions they might ask, thinking that would end the matter; but not so, they cited him to appear at the court house. He did so, and found there about forty men, self elected jurors. There was no charge made against Mr. Slater and of course no witnesses, but a little lawyer said: "/'// fix him ! " and the trial began. After questioning him some time about where he was born, and the different places he had lived before coming to Texas, they dispatched two men twenty-five miles to search his house for abolition documents, keeping him under guard at Tyler during the time. The two men returned next day with large bundles of the New York Observer, which they called those abolition documents. The trial was opened next day, and a Methodist preacher, whom Mr. S. considered his friend, and who secretly was one, was called on to testify. He stated that a third person had told him that Mr. Slater was an abolitionist, and he believed it. This settled the question. The trial closed and he was sent to the Vigilance committtee of his own county for punishment, but before arriving at his destination the guard told him of a plan they had formed for his escape. A man who owed Mr. Slater met them at this point and paid him five hundred dollars, besides giving him a good mule to make out his team. He found his wife had made all preparations, and they started Aug. 17, i _6o, and traveled ten miles through the woods that night. One of the guard told Mrs. Slater that the committee would have hung her husband the first day had it not been for the Methodist minister, who only testified against Mr. S. to save his own life, and was secretly doing all he could to save Mr. Slater. Some of the guard traveled with them two days and then returned. They made good marches, resting every Sabbath, and arrived at Alton in October of the same year Mr. Slater was in the Quartermaster's department early in the late war to suppress the rebellion, and subsequently mail agent, in place of his son, who enlisted and went as orderly sergeant. Samuel Slater resigned his position as mail agent in 1868, and purchased land in Bates county, Missouri, where he is cultivating a farm, and enjoys better health than when he left New Orleans, in 1839.

Samuel Slater and wife attended a meeting of the early settlers of Sangamon county, held on Sugar creek, in 1874, near where his father settled in 1818, but was unable to find a single person who knew him, and felt as though they thought he was trying to deceive them. He was the Rip Van Winkle of the occasion. Mr. and Mrs. Slater had nine children. THOMAS AVIS, born February 12, 1833, m New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1855 went to Alton, Illinois, to attend Shurtleff College. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar, and soon after received an appointment in the Land Office at Washington, D. C. By too close attention to business lost his health, and died at his father's house in Brighton, Illinois, Sept. 13, 1865. SAMUEL N., born Jan. 15, 1836, in New Orleans, Louisiana, attended school at Alton, enlisted May 15, 1861, in Co. I, 4th Reg. Mo. Vol. Inf., for three months, went out as Orderly Sergeant, served full time and was honorably discharged. He was substitute for his brother in the Land Office at Washington, and afterwards, through the influence of Governor Yates, was sent with appointment in the Custom House to New Orleans, remained there a year or two and returned, was appointed in the Agricultural Department at Washington, D. C., where he remains. He married Ida V. Tramell Nov. 16, 1871. They have one child, OLIVE' MAY, and reside in Washington, D. C. MARY O., born Nov. 18, 1839, in Galveston, Texas, attended school in Springfield, Illinois, and Monticello Seminary, and was married August 13, 1873, to William Page, who attended college in Chicago, and graduated in the Law School of Michigan University, at Ann Arbor. He is a practicing attorney, and resides in Butler, Bates county, Missouri. JAMES H., born March 3, 1842, in Galveston, Texas, enlisted in Missouri in the same company with his brother, Samuel N., for three months, served full time, re-enlisted in August, 1862, for three years in Co. D, i22d 111. Inf. He was honorably discharged July 18, 1865. In 1868 he was appointed Postal Clerk on the Chicago and Alton Railroad, in place of his father, (who had just resigned) which position he still retains. WILLIAM A., born Dec. 29, 1844, in Galveston, attended school in Springfield, and in March, 1865, enlisted in Co. D, 1 8th 111. Inf., went out as a drummer boy, was taken sick and died at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Oct. 20, 1 865, and was buried there. MARTHA, born Feb. 21, 1847, a* Galveston, attended school in Springfield, Illinois, and Monticello Seminary two sessions. She resides with her parents. CHARLES M., born Sept. 19, 1849, in Henderson county, Tex-.is, was sent in 1861 to Boston, Massachusetts, at his uncle Charles1 request, to be educated by him. He is now, and has been for several years, a traveling agent for a business house in New York City. His route is as far west as Omaha and as far south as New Orleans. JOSEPH B., born Nov.

21, 1852, in Henderson county, Texas, resides with his father. PERRY J., born Sept. 21, 1854, in Starrville, Smith county, Texas, is a dentist, and lives in Butler, Missouri. Samuel Slater and family reside near Butler, Bates county, Missouri.

HENRIETTA MARIA was born in 1800 in Berkshire county, Massachusetts. She was married in Madison county, Illinois, to Rev. Thomas Lippincott, and died in 1820. Mr. Lippincott was the father, by a subsequent marriage, of General Charles E. Lippincott, present Auditor of State for Illinois, who resides in Springfield - 1876.

OLJVE, born in 1801 in Berkshire county, Massachusetts, was married in Ithica, New York, to Joseph Torrey. See his name. They settled on Sugar creek, Sangaman county, Illinois, where she died in August or September, 1820.

C. PERRY, born September, 1823, in Springfield, Illinois, studied medicine with Dr. Jayne, spent three years in California, returned and was married in 1854 to Susan Mather Lamb. He was a practicing physician, and died in 1858 in Springfield,

Illinois, leaving a widow and one child, HANNAH M., who was married in Chicago. Sept. 27, 1876, to Walter Trumbull, eldest son of Hon. Lyman Trumbull. They reside in Chicago. C. P. Slater's widow married James H. Roberts, a lawyer, and resides in Chicago, Illinois.

Elijah Slater and wife were two of the original members of the first Presbyterian church of Springfield, Illinois, formed by the Rev. J. G. Bergen. Mr. Slater was distinguished for his energy and upright life, and died July, 1836. His widow died in November, 1844, and both were buried in Springfield, Illinois.

SLATER, JAY, born Feb. 25, 1795, in Massachusetts, was married March 12, 1826, in Sangatnon county, 111., to Lucretia Carman, who was born in 1806, in New York. They had six living children in Sangamon county -

JAMES HARVEY, born Dec. 28, 1826, nine miles south of Springfield, left home March 28, 1849, Driving an ox team over the plains, and arrived in California Sept. n, of that year. In the autumn of 1851 he went to Oregon, and was one of the delegates to the territorial legislature of Oregon, also a member of the constitutional convention. He was married there in 1853 to Elizabeth Gray, a native of Georgia. They had nine children. James Harvey Slater was elected in 1870 to represent Oregon in the United States Congress. He lives at LaGrande, Union county, Oregon.

L TMAN BEE CHER, born Aug. 7, 1828, in Sangamon county, was married April 28, 1853, in Mt. Auburn, Christian county, 111., to Angeline Bodkin. She died July 30, 1854. Lyman B. Slater graduated in thje medical department of Missouri State Univei\sity, in St. Louis, in 1855. Dr. Slater was married Oct. 4, 1855, to Sarah Stockwell, who was born July 15, 1830, in Vermont. They have six children, MARGARET, LYMAN T., EMMA, ALICE L., MARY T., and JAMES H., who live with their parents. Dr. L. B. Slater is a practicing physician, and resides at Taylorville, 111.

Laura L., Charles Grant

1 856 to Leah Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell. They had eight children, LEWIS J. and IDA C., died young. LAURA L., CHARLES GRANT, LYMAN H.JOHN A., NORA E. and ROBERT O.,live with their parents, half a mile north of Cross Plains postoffice, Sangamon county, 111.

OLIVE J., born Nov. 8, 1838, in Sangamon county, was married March 2, 1858, to Samuel P. Stevens. They have four children, ENOS, SAMUEL, MARIETTA and LYMAN, and live near Arvilla, Jasper county, Missouri.

SOPHRONIA P., born Jan. 19, 1845, was married in 1865 to William Neer. They have two children, and live four miles west of Grove City, Christian county, Illinois.

Mrs. Lucretia Slater died July, 1853, and Jay Slater was married March 15, 1854, to Lavina Alkire, who was born Oct. 6, 1823, in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and came to Springfield in 1838. Mr. and Mrs. Slater had two children, one died in infancv.

Jay Slater died July 19,1860, in Sangamon county. Mrs. Lavina Slater was married Oct. 19, 1863, in Sangamon county to Frederick G. Tabler, who was born Sept. 2, 1827, in the Kingdom of Wurtemburg, Germany, and came to America in 1857. Mr. and Mrs. Tabler have two children.

MART E,, born Dec. 15, 1866. The two latter reside with their parents, one and a half miles northwest of Bradfordton, Sangamon county, Illinois.

SMITH, JAMES D., born Dec. 5, 1805, in Harrison county, Kentucky, was married at Cynthiana, in that county, in 1829, to Ruth Ann Brown. They had one child in Kentucky, and Mr. Smith visited Missouri and Illinois in 1832. He purchased land in Sangamon county, and moved with his father-in-law, Colonel William Brown, arriving in the fall of 1833 at Island Grove, where nine children were born, three of whom died in infancy. Of their children -

WILLIAM B., born Dec. 6, 1832, in Harrison county, Kentucky, brought up in Sangamon county, was married near Burlington, Vermont, Oct. 13, 1873, to

JOHX /'., born July 25, 1835, in Sangamon county, was married near Lexington, Kentucky, April 28, 1864, to Anna P. O'Bannon. They have six children. HATTIE B., the fifth child, died Oct. 12, 1873. RUTH \V., O'BANNON, ELIZA, JAMES D. and ANNIE P. live with their parents four miles west of Berlin, Sangamon county, Illinois, within one mile of where Mr. Smith was born.

JAMES /?., Jun., born Dec. 20, 1837, in Sangamon county, was married at Jacksonville, Illinois, Sept 29, 1864, to Elizabeth B. Brown, who was born April 2, 1842, in Boonville, Missouri. They have four living children, ELISHA B., JAMES D., MARY B., and HALLIE, and live at the homestead, three tuiles west of Berlin, Illinois.

HATTIE B., born July 27, 1844, in Sangamon county, was married May 27, 1865, to Samuel S. Deweese. They have two children, ELIZA S. and JAMES SMITH, and live one mile north of Alexander, Morgan county, Illinois.

MARrrHA /A, born March 26, 1847, in Sangamon county, was married Feb. 20, 1872, to George Prewitt, have one child, HALLIE, and live in Georgetown, Kentucky.

RUTH ANN, born Jan. 25, 1850, in Sangamon county,, was married Sept. 24, - 1874, to James G. Kelly. They have one child, CONWAY, and live in Georgetown, Kentucky.

LLOTD B., born Sept. 24, 1852, in Sangamon county, was married at Alexander, Morgon county, Illinois, to Lulu B. Alexander, daughter of John T. Alexander, Esq.

"On the afternoon of Tuesday, Nov. 7, 1871, James D. Smith, an old and honored resident of Island Grove, Sangamon county, Illinois, was thrown from his buggy and killed whilst returning alone to his home from the town of Berlin. On the afternoon of the Thursday following, the large concourse of people, from town and country for miles around, which gathered at his grave, spoke impressively of the high esteem in which he was held by all who kew him. In 1833, in company with his father-in-law, Col. William Brown, he emigrated to Illinois and made his home on the farm from whence he was borne to the grave. Shunning public life, though often urged to accept positions of trust and honor by his friends, he but once yielded his personal feelings to their solicitations, and was elected and served as a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1862. During the whole of his life in Illinois, he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and with his brother-in-law, Captain James N. Brown, who, just three years in advance of him, went into the better land, was the founder and most liberal supporter of Island Grove station, the first rural station established in Illinois Conference. An active, earnest, humble Christian, he was peculiarly free from sectarian prejudice, and although warmly attached to the church of his choice, regarded with fraternal feeling every follower of his Master. Eminently domestic and social in his nature, and urbane in manner, the loved and honored companion of childhood and youth, as well as of those of mature years, his time outside the requirements of large farming and stock operations, was devoted to his family, his kindred and his neighbors, in whose welfare he ever felt the deepest interest. As illustrative of his character, it might here be stated that early in his life at Island Grove he was commissioned Justice of the Peace, and during the whole time he held that office he had but one suit brought in his court to come to trial, having in every other case, by his personal influence with the parties, and efforts in the true interests of peace, affected an amicable settlement of differences. Decided in his convictions, and uncompromising as to the right, yet the intercourse with his fellow men was marked by the exercise of judgment so unwarped by selfishness, and was softened by such abounding charity, that he lived without an enemy. With him benevolence was an ever present sentiment, falling like the gentle dew into the every-d; y acts of life, manifesting itself alike in the sacred precincts of his family, in his dealings with the many in his employ, and in an open hand to the poor, the needy, the sick, and the stranger. Of him it may be truly said, " He\ was a good man" one whom the church, the state and society could illy afford to lose. Living, he was the embodiment of every domestic virtue;

His widow, Mrs. Ruth A. Smith, survived her husband exactly ten months, and died Sept. 7, 1872. The remains of both are interred in Wood Wreath Cemetery, near where they spent so many years of their lives.

SMITH,GEORGE M., was born April 23, 1785, in Virginia. His parents moved when he was a child to Henry county, Ky. Matilda Dowdall was born in Culpepper county, Virginia, Feb. 18, 1793. Her mother died when she was two years old, and her grandfather Holmes soon after moved to Shelby county, Kentucky, taking Matilda and another sister and brother with him. George M. Smith and Matilda Dowdall were married Aug. 14, 1810, in Shelby county, and afterwards lived some time in Henry county, Ky., where they had four children and moved in 1824 to Jennings county, near Vernon, Indiana, where one child was born, and thev returned to Henry county, where one child was born. They then moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in March, 1834, in what is now Island Grove. Of their eight children -

JACOB H., born Dec. 23, 1815, in Henry county, Ky., came to Sangamon connty, Illinois, with his parents in 1834, and was married in Hennepin, 111., Dec. 19, 1838, to Joanna Higgins. They moved to Saline county, Missouri, and had five children there. JACOB H. SMITH and his eldest son, GEORGE, were both soldiers in the Union army. They reside at Marshall, Saline county, Missouri.

JOHN W., born July 10, 1818, in Henry county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county June i, 1845, *-° Ann E. Fox, who was born June 7, 1827, in Loudon county, Virginia. She was the eldest daughter of Dr. J. B. Fox, lately deceased, in Springfield. Mr. and Mrs. Smith had eight children in Sangamon county, three of whom died young. Of the other five, AMANDA was married Sept. 14, 1871, to George Parish, and lives in Oskosh, Wisconsin. MARY M., JOSEPH B., WILLIE and CARRIE live with their relatives. Joseph B. Smith is a clerk in a mercantile house in Quincy, Illinois. Mrs. Ann E. Smith died May 21, 1871, in Springfield. John W. Smith filled many important positions of honor and trust in Sangamon county. He discharged the duties of census commissioner in 1845, by appointment from the county court. In 1848 he was elected one of the representatives of Sangamon county in the State Legislature, and was again census commissioner in 1855. He was elected sheriff of the county in 1860 for two years, and mayor of the city of Springfield in 1863. He was appointed by the United States government, commissioner on the board of enrollment for military duty for the eighth congressional district in 1864, but soon resigned to accept the position of collector of internal revenue for the same district. He was one of the commissioners named in the law of Feb. 25, 1867, to manage the building of the new state house, and remained on the board until the laws of March 1 1 and 27, 1869, reduced the number from seven to three. He was elected Mayor of Springfield in 1871, and reelected in 1872. He was appointed by Gov. Beveridge in 1873 warden of the state penitentiary at Joliet. WThile discharging the duties of that office he was on his way from Chicago to Joliet on the night of Saturday, Aug. 16, 1873. The train on which he was traveling collided with a freight train near Sag Bridge, a few miles southwest of Chicago. He was in the smoking car at the time ' and was terribly scalded by the escaping steam from the broken pipes. He, with a number of others, were taken to Chicago, and died there at eight o'clock on the morning of the iSth. His remains were brought to Springfield and buried at Oak Ridge cemetery, Aug. 19th.

ELS1R A., born Dec. 30, 1821, in Henry county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county to Stephen Butler - brother of William Butler, recently deceased - in Springfield. They have ten children, two of whom are married. The family reside at Mondamin, Harrison county, Iowa.

THOMAS Z>., born Aug. 24, 1823, in Henry county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county Jan. i, 1851, to Julia A. Maxwell. They had seven children in Sangamon county, and moved from Berlin to Humboldt county, Kansas in 1869. T.

MART y., born April 24, 1825, near Vernon, Indiana, was married in Henry county, Ky., Dec. 21, 1847, *-° Owen T. McCormick. They lived in Shelby county, Ky., until November, 1849, when they moved to Island Grove, Sangamon county, 111., and had five children there. SARAH A. was married Oct. 29, 1842, to Benjamin R. B. Weber. See his name. TOSAPHINE A., OWEN T., Jun., MOLLIE E. and GEORGE R. live with their mother. Owen T. McCormick, Sen., died Oct. 27, 1865, and Mrs. McCormick resides at Pawnee, Sangamon county, 111.

HARRIET 0., born Sept. 19, 1830, married Addison Gibson, of Gallatin county, Ky. They left there in July, 1864, on account of the rebellion and came to New Berlin, where Mrs. Harriet O. Gibson died April 24, 1865, leaving six sons, all of whom live with their father in Kentucky.

Smith, Greenberry

SMITH, GREENBERRY, was born Feb. 5, 1793, in Washington county, Kentucky, and was married there to Nancy Killen, who was born in 1800 in the same county. They had one child there, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1830, in what is now Springfield township, where they had one child. Of their two children -

E THE LINDA J., born Dec. 21, 1826, in Washington county, Kentucky, married Nov. 21, 1844, in Sangamon county to John Prince. They had six children, WILLIAM P., JAMES L., NANCY J., GREENBERRY, JOSEPH and CHARLES, and live in Springfield, Illinois.

LAFATETTE, born Nov. 21, 1834, in Sangamon county, married Jan. i, 1857, in Springfield to Harriet A. Buchanan. They had seven children, two of whom died in infancy, and ALBERT G. died at fourteen years of age. FRANK B., EDWIN F., HARRY L. and FREDERICK WORRALL, reside with their parents in Springfield, Illinois. Lafayette Smith is the senior member of the firm of Smith & Hay, wholesale grocers, in Springfield.

SMITH, JONAS, was born April 10, 1810, on Long Island, New York. His father moved to Monroe county, Illinois, about 1820. In 1831 Jonas visited his sister Mrs. Ebenezer Colburn at Loami, and in July, 1836, came from Cincinnati to put up and run mill machinery for William and Ebenezer Colburn. He has been engaged in milling from that to the present time as owner and builder of mills on Lick creek and other parts of the country. Jonas Smith was married in 1839, at Loami, to Charlotte Colburn. They had six children, two of whom, Adam L. and Millard F., died young. Of the other four -

NOE N., born Nov. 24, 1845, enlisted May 2, 1864, in Co. E, i33d 111. Inf., for one hundred days, served until Sept. 24, 1864, when he was honorably discharged, and died at Loami, Nov. 3, 1864, of disease contracted in the army.

SMITH, JOHN, was born June 23, 1812, in Hartford, Connecticut, and at six years of age he was taken by his parents to Ontario county, New York, and from there to Michigan in 1830. John Smith went to St. Louis, Missouri, in February, 1840, and was there married Jan. n, 1841,10 Charlotte Getchel, who was born Nov. 5, 1812, in Maine. They came to Sprinfield, 111 , in February, 1841, where they had one child, and moved to Chatham, where four children were born. Of their children -

BENJAMIN P., born Jan. 12, 1843, in Sangamon county, enlisted Dec. 8, 1863. in Battery A., 3d 111. Art., served to the end of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged in Springfield. He was married in 1869, in Lynn county, Missouri to Elizabeth Dustin. They have four children, and live near North Salem, Lynn county, Missouri.

GEORGE W., born May 3, 1845, in Sangamon county, enlisted Dec. 8, 1863, in Battery A, 3d 111. Art., served to the end of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged in Springfield. He was married April 22, 1872, in Missouri to Mrs. Elizabeth Britton. They live near North Salem, Lynn county, Missouri.

Mrs. Charlotte Smith died Feb. 2, 1853, in Sangamon county, and John Smith was married Oct. 2, 1860 to Elizabeth Trumbo, They have two children -

SMITH, JOHN M., born Aug. ii, 1813, in Sanbornton, New Hampshire, spent six years as clerk in Boston, and married there to Almyra Andrews. They had three children and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving at Springfield May 4, 1839. Of the three children -

SARAH A., born in Boston, married in Sangamon county to James A. Poor. Sec his name. He died and she married lames McCausland, and live near Curran, Illinois.

Mrs. Almyra Smith died and he was married in 1844, to Julia A. Duff. She died and J. M. Smith married May 4, 1846, Harriet Baldwin. They have three children -

Loudon county, Virginia. His parents moved to Harrison county, Ky., when he was seven or eight years of age. At the age of fifteen he entered a store in Paris, Ky., as clerk, and afterwards became a merchant in Frankfort. He was married April 9, 1822, in Franklin county, near Frankfort, to Sally Taylor. She was born Nov. 22, 1807, in that part of Gallatin that afterwards became Trimble county, Ky. The family residence at the time was on a very elevated site opposite the city of Madison, Indiana, and was called Mount Bird. It afforded a fine view of the city and of the Ohio river, with its passing steamers. Her father, John Taylor, was a native of Virginia, and entered the Baptist ministry in that State. He became acquainted in Virginia with the father of General who was afterwards President, Zachary Taylor. Both moved to Kentucky, and although they were not related to each other, they married step-sisters and continued their intimacy during their lives. Miss Sally Taylor, now Mrs. Smith, was named for the mother of President Taylor. Joseph Smith and wife had four children in Franklin county, Ky., and moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in October, 1834, and settled on Richland creek, in what is now Cart w right township, where two -children were born. Of their six children -

J. TA YLOR was born March 6, 1825, in Frankfort, Ky., came so Sangamon county with his parents in 1834. In 1844 he engaged in the mercantile business in Springfield. J. Taylor Smith was married March 27,1850, to Sophia N. Ridgely. They had four children in Springfield, one of whom died in infancy. JULIA V. born March 31, 1851, died Aug. 27, 1873. FRED. E. was born July 18, 1853. In June, 1872, he entered the United States 'Military Academy, at West Point, N. Y., graduated there in June, 1876. He is lieutenant in Co. D, 1 3th U. S. Inf., and is now - Oct. 1876 - at New Orleans, La. JESSIE T., born Oct. 9, 1864, resides with her parents. Mr. Smith was in the mercantile business in Springfield from 1844 to 1874, when he retired. During

J/. W. De WITT, born Dec. 12, 1844, in Sangamon county, married Sept. i, 1864, to M. Adelia McConnell. They have three children, ANDREW SYDNEY, ELIZABETH ADELIA and TEMPLE. M. W. DeWitt Smith is a farmer and stock raiser at Bates, Sangamon county, 111.

Joseph Smith prosecuted the business of farming, and at the same time was in the mercantile business in Springfield, in connection with James M. Bradford. He also represented Sangamon county in the State Legislature. He died August, 1862, on the farm where he settled in 1834. His widow, Mrs. Sally Smith, resides with her son, Joseph S., at Bates, Sangamon county, Illinois.

SMITH, PHILIP, was born about 1790 in Montgomery county, North Carolina. He was manned there to Nancy Cooper. They had seven children, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in 1822 in what is now Cooper township, and the next year moved to Williams township, where five children were born. Of their children -

PHILIP Jim., born May 13, 1813, in North Carolina, married in Sangamon county July 17, 1834, had ten children. MARY A. married William Dolvan, have two children, and live at Elkhart, Illinois. JOHN enlisted in 1862 in Co. C, i i4th 111. Inf., for three years, served until June, 1864, when he was discharged on account of physical disability, married

Martha Williams, have two children, ULYSSES F. and IDA BELL. Mrs. Smith died March 13, 1872, and he resides with his parents - 1874. NANCY J. married Sylvanus Tuttle, had one child, RALSTON. Mr. Tuttle enlisted in 1862 for three years in Co. C, H4th 111. Inf., and was killed at the siege of Vicksburg, May 19, 1863. His widow married William H. Smith. They have two children, PHILIP and IVY MAY, and live in Wiliiamsville, Illinois. WILLIAM O. enlisted August, 1862, in Co. C, H4th 111. Inf., came home on sick furlough and died Oct. 13, 1862, in his 2ist year. HENRY T. married Harriet Kinnaman, have two children, and live in Williams township. REZIN married Izora Fisher, and lives in Williams township. JULIA F. married Edward Clapman, and live in Williams township. LAURA L. and SUSAN C. live with their parents, four and a half miles southeast of Wiliiamsville, Illinois.

JOHN, married Martha Brown, had two children, JOHN W. and ROMULUS, and Mrs. Martha Smith died. He married Elizabeth Hendrix. They had three children, SUSAN married in 1860 to William H. Smith, had one child, FLORA E., and Mrs. Susan Smith died. ALICE A. married WTilliam T. Ham. See his name. JENNIE married George Strawn, and lives in Wiliiamsville, Illinois. John Smith died and his widow married Stephen King. See his name.

NANCT A. married William Mc- Daniel, had two children, and he died, and she married William Starr, had three children, and he died and she married Mr. West, and lives- near Riverton, Illinois.

MART A. married Charles Kinnaman and had nine children. CELIA J.; ANTHONY W. served three years in Co. C, i i4th 111. Inf. He married Emily Blue, has two children, and lives in Wiliiamsville, Illinois. GEORGE \V. lives in Palmer, Christian county, Illinois. All the other members of the familv live at Clayton, Adams county, Illinois.

SMITH, THOMAS, was born in 1769 in Virginia, and went with his parents when he was a young man to Washington county, Kentucky. He .was there married to Elizabeth Peter, who was born in 1772 > she was an aunt of Zachariah Peter. -They had nine children in that county. In the fall of 1819 they moved to Madison county, Illinois, and from there to Sangamon county, arriving in February, 1822, in what is now Curran township, north of Liek creek. Of their children -

RICHARD, born June 6, 1795, married in Kentucky, Dec. 22, 1816, to Elizabeth Hart, who was born near Richmond, Virginia, May 11,1798. They came to Madison county, Illinois, and from there to Sangamon in 1823. They had seven children. Richard Smith died Feb. 2, 1859, and his widow resides with her son, Thompson, at Clinton, Illinois.

THOMAS, Jun., born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Mary Cooper. They had six children, and Mr. S. died in 1838, two miles east of Springfield, Illinois. Of the children, JORDAN P., died in 1848, aged twenty-one years. LUCY M., born Nov. 30, 1830, married Thomas Smith of Lick creek. See his name. The other four children and mother reside in DeWitt county, Illinois. She is now - 1874 - the wife of Samuel Smith.

HANNAH, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon-county to Henry Whitlock. They had ten children, and he was murdered in the spring of 1871 in Green county, Illinois, and his widow and children live there.

ELIZABE 777, married Augustus Kirkpatrick, had nine children. She and nearly all her children died at Camp Point, Illinois. Mr. Kirkpatrick lives there.

JOHN, born March 18, 1805, in Washington county, near Springfield, Kentucky, came with his parents to Sangamon county, Illinois, in 1822, and was married June 23, 1825, to Jane G. Drennan. They had six children. WILLIAM C., born March 24, 1826, was married June 16, 1844, to Rebecca TWalker. They had eleven children, the three eldest died under four years. JOHN D. married Martha Alsbury. They had three children, Anna L., Clemantine and Bertie. Mrs. Martha Smith died April 20, 1875, leaving an infant that died in October, 1875. John D. Smith lives near Woodside, Sangamon county, Illinois. WILLIAM J. married Eliza J. Cloyd. They have one child, Jesse N., and live near Chatham, Sangamon county, Illinois. RICHARD P. was married Sept. 16, 1875, to Marion E. Patteson, and live two miles south of CuiTan, Sangamon county, 111. The other five, HIRAM N., JOSEPH F., MARTHA J., MARY C. and THOMAS

E., live with their parents. William C. Smith and family live one and a half miles south of Curran, Sangamon county, 111. THOMAS, born April 4, 1827, married Lucy M. Smith. They have seven children. LOUISA married Dallas Davis. See his name. JOHN JORDAN was married Sept. 7, 1876, to Sadie Dennis, and lives near Curran, Sangamon county, Illinois. LAURA B., MARY A., THOMAS and RICHARD live with their parents. Thomas Smith resides three miles east of Curran, Sangamon county, Illinois. In order to distinguish himself from others of the same name, he is accustomed, in business transactions, to sign his name Thomas Smith, Lick Creek. REBECCA A., born Oct. 21, 1828, married William Barbre. See his name. ELIZABETH, C. born March 25, 1830, married William Poor. See his name. LUCY M., born April 17, 1831, married William Barbre. See his name. RICHARD C., born Feb. 12, 1833, married Amarine Shelton. They had eight living children, WILLIAM T., JOHN R., live with their parents. Richard C. Smith lived in Chatham township, Sangamon county, until 1874, when he moved to the vicinity of Tolono, Champaign county, Illinois. Mrs. Jane G. Smith died Sept. 16, 1833, and John Smith was married Oct. 6, 1834, to Rebecca Enochs. They have two children, MAHAL A J., born Dec. 21, 1841, married David Miller, who was born Jan. 28, 1838, in Coshocton county, Ohio. They have three children, JOHN M., THOMAS E. and LiLLiE M., and live near Curran, Sangamon county, 111. MARTHA H., born Jan. 13, 1847, married Andrew J. Drennan. -See his name. John Smith and his wife live three miles southeast of Curran, Sangamon county, Illinois.

He savs that two thousand Indians, camped on Lick creek, soon after the arrival of his father's family there in 1822, and remained about two weeks. They were very friendly. He also says that the first time he saw Springfield was in February, 1822. Elijah lies was keeping store in a very small cabin built of round logs and covered with clapboards held on by weight poles. There was not a nail used in the building. Mr. lies had sold out nearly all his goods and gone to St. Louis for more. The hotel consisted of a double log cabin, and was kept by Dr. Gershom Jayne and his wife. The store, hotel and blacksmith shop constituted the town.

SAMUEL, born in Kentucky, was married' in Sangamon county to Mrs. Marv Smith, whose maiden name was Cooper. They had two children, JOHN H. and AMANDA C., and live in Clinton, DeWitt county, Illinois.

SNODGRASS, JAMES. The place ')f his birth is not known, but he was married in Cocke county, Tenn., to Elizabeth Snodgrass. They had eleven children in Tennessee, and moved to Sangamon county, III., arriving about 1820, in what is now Cotton Hill township. Of their children -

JA^IES, Jmi., born in Cocke county, Tennessee, about 1785, married there to Mary Martin. They had two children in Tennessee, and moved to Madison county,

111., where one child was born and from there to Sangamon county, arriving in 1820 in what is now Cotton Hill township, where three children were born. Of their six children, SAMUEL D., born £ept. 22, 1812, in Tennessee married in Sangamon county, April 12, 1832, to Nancy W. Haines. They had seven living children, MARY j. born Dec. 7, 1834, died March i, 1852. MYRAH, born Jan. 22, 1837, married Daniel Rape. See his name. MELVINA, born Feb. 25, 1842, married Francis M. Rape. See his name. GEORGE W., born Sept. 7, 1844, enlisted in August, 1862, for three years in Co. - , 1 14th 111. Inf. His father dying a few days later, he was released from military duty, as the only support of his mother. He died at home April 12, 1863. ARSTILLIA J., born Dec. 25, 1846, married Nov. 2, 1865 to William H. Park, who was born Oct. n, 1839, in Hampshire county, Va. They have two children, Alice J. and Alvin L., and reside at Rienzi, near New City, Sangamon county, Illinois. JOHN S., born April 22, 1853, and SAMUEL N., born Dec. 16, 1857, reside with their mother. Samuel D. Snodgrass died Aug. 31, 1862, and his widow, Nancy W., resides one mile eastofNtw City, Sangamon county, 111. JAMES A., born April 25, 1814, in Tennessee, married in Sangamon county to Telitha Pippin. She died and he was married Aug. 10, 1837, to Mary A. Wise. They had six children. REBECCA J., born April 15, 1839, married Thomas J. Hardin and the second time married Daniel Rape. See his name. MELISSA, married Jackson Brent or Bunce, and died in one year after. JOHN w., ANDREW j., and NANCY all died under fourteen years. ZACHARY T., born Aug. n, 1844, married Sarah E. Rape. They have two living children, Ada A. and Lola B., and live four miles southwest of Edinburg, Christian county, 111. James A. Snodgrass died Feb. 18, 1849, and his widow died March 8, 1872, he in Sangamon and she in Christian county, 111. ELIZABETH, born Feb. i, 1819, in Madison county, 111., married in Sugamon county to John Rape. See his name. JOHN, born in Sangamon county in 1821, married Polly Bird, has five children, and lives near Ashley, Washington county, 111. GEORGE was twice married, and died, leaving a widow and a son, GEORGE, near Stonington, Christian county, 111. NANCY, married John Morris, has five children, and lives in Missouri. Mrs. Mary Snodgrass died Aug. 31, 1835, in Sangamon county, and James Snodgrass, Jun., married Mrs. Nancy Wilkison, whose maiden name was Moon. They had two children. WILLIAM H. Snodgrass, born Nov. 27, 1842, in Sangamon county, married Jan. 2, 1862, to Sarah S. Hall. They have five living children,

NANCY B., and live near New City, Sangamon county, 111. LEVINA J., born Oct. 18, 1838, married Oct. 17, 1856, to James L. McKee, who was born Nov. 13, 1831, in Frederick county, Va. They have six living children, NANNIE A., live near New City, Sangamon county, 111. James Snodgrass, Jun., died Jan. 27, 1864, and his widow lives - May, 1874 - with her son, William H. James Snodgrass, Jun., was captain of a company from Sangamon county in the Blackhawk war.

FANNY, born in Cocke county, in Tennessee, married in Sangamon county to Henry Crull. They had seven children, four of whom are living. NANCY, born Aug. 17, 1835, in Sangamon county, married Oct. 18, 1858, to Philemon H. Plu miner, who was born Aug. 5, 1834, in Richland county, Ohio. They have five children FANNY E., JAMES P., LAURA D., SAMUEL N. and OLIVE w., aud reside - 1874 - at Breckenridge, Sangamon county, Illinois. CATHARINE married Mr. Poor; MARY married Mr. Martin; Mr. and Mrs. Crull are both dead.

ROBERT, born in 1808, in Tennessee, married in Sangamon county to Eliza Martin. They had six children, ISAAC, born in Sangamon county, married Sarah C. Ward. They reside in Springfield. JAMES and DALLAS, died in the army. Mrs. Eliza Snodgrass died, and Robert

Snodgrass married Sept. 15, 1854, to Mrs. Mary Ward, whose maiden name was Shivers. Robert Snodgrass died February, 1856, and his widow married Lemuel Hall. See Ward.

Snodgrass, Joseph

SNODGRASS, JOSEPH, brother to James, Sen., with whom he came to Sangamon county, in 1820. He was a wheelwright on Horse creek for about fifteen year,, and moved to the vicinity of Bloomington.

SOUTH WICK, JESSE, was born about 1762 near Lebanon, Conn. Nancy Moore was born Jan. 17, 1770,111 Connecticut, also. They were married and moved to Oneida county, New York, where they had four children, all died of the disease called cold plague. Thev then moved to Junius, Seneca county, in the same State, where they had seven children. The family embarked at Olean Point, on the Allegheny river, in a family boat, and arrived at Shawneetown, Illinois, in December, 1819. He was in company with James Stewart, and they moved in wagons from Shawneetown to a village called Milton, near Alton, where they halted until March, 1820, and then moved to Sugar creek and settled in what is now Woodside township, six and a half miles southeast of Springfield. Sarah Pierce, a niece of Mr. Southwick, came with them, also Joseph Inslee. The two latter were married in Sangamon county. Of the seven children of Mr. Southwick -

ORPHA, married in New York to Abram Pease. See his name. They came to Sangamon county in 1820 with her father. They both died in Sangamon county, leaving three sons. Brigham is married and lives in Ball township.

EUNICE, married in 1819 in New York to Patrick Lynch, and came to Sangamon county with her father. Mrs. Lynch died in Sangamon county October, 1820, leaving one child, JESSE LYNCH, who is a practicing lawyer at Chenoa, 111. P. Lynch married again, moved to Naples, 111., and died there.

ried in New York, August 1819, to Fortunatus Bailey, came to Sangamon county with her father, had three children, moved to Wisconsin, where both parents died.

LUCINDA, born 1805 in New York, married in Sangamon county late in 1823, to William Hawes, who was born Sept. 23, i So i. She died without children. Mr. Hawes married again, and lives at Magnolia, Putnam countv, 111.

WILLIAM, born Feb. 9, 1807 at Junius, New York, married September, 1831, in Sangamon county, to Louvicy Proctor, who was born Nov. 23, 1811, at Charleston, Clarke county, Ind. They had seven children in Sangamon county. NANCY E., born may i, 1^33, married Feb. 7, 1851, to Jerome Duncan. They have three children, MARY, WILLIAM D. and CHARLES, and live in Taylorville, 111. EUNICE, born Aug. 19, 1835, married July 4, 1855, to Craven O. Fox, who was born Aug. 29, 1825, in Loudon county, Va. He died Jan. 20, 1873, leaving a widow and four children, T. c. BOND,

Springfield, 111. DAVID, born July 23, 1839, enlisted in 1861 for three years in Co. A, 3d 111. Cav., served full term, and was honrably discharged in 1864. In 1 866 he went to Montana, and from there in the fall of 1870, to Cerbat, the county seat of Mohave county, Arizona, where he now lives - 1874. JAMES W. born April 20, 1842, enlisted for three years, Aug. 1862, in Co. E, ii4th 111. Inf., served full term and was honorably discharged in 1865. In 1867, he became a clerk in the quartermaster's department, was at Fort Harker, while it was being built. He was employed in connection with the building of the Central Pacific Railroad, until it was opened. He is now - Feb. 1874 - at Amarilla, New Mexico. JOHN H., born Feb. 14, 1844, left home Dec. 31, 1861, and enlisted at Camp Hall, Ky., in Co. - , 7th 111. Inf.; was at the siege and capture of Fort Donelson, was in hospital at Pittsburg Landing, during the battle, and was discharged on account of physical disability after four months service. He is now of the law firm of Stevens & Southwick, at Onavva City, Monona county, Iowa. PHILIP S., born Feb. 22, 1847, h'ves with his father. LAURA A., born July 28, 1851, married March, 1873 to Henry A. Stevens, and have one child. Mr. Stevens is of the law firm of Stevens & Southwick, Onawa City, Iowa. William Southwick and wife reside on the farm where they settled in 1820. It is six and a half miles southeast of Springfield, 111.

JAMES L,, born Jan. 16, 1814, in New York, married in Sangamon county, July 29, 1832, to Louvicy Trumbo, who was born April, 29, 1815. They had 13 children; four died young. JESSE, born May 12, 1833, married Theodosia Raney, have six children, and live near Oceola, Missouri. W^ILLIAM H,born Sept. 4,1834, married Sarah J. Brunk, and live near Cotton Hill, 111. HARNESS, born Nov. 3, 1837 has been for several years a member of the Sangamon county board of supervisors. He lives in Woodside township, seven miles south of Springfield. CAROLINE S., married H. Payne, have four children, and resides near Connersville, Missouri. ADAM, enlisted in the ist 111. Cav., and died at Rolla, Missouri, May i, 1862. AMANDA, married William Butler, and lives in Macoupin county, Barr's Store postoftice. MARTHA lives with her mother. ANDREW, married Ann M. Brunk. They have one child, JOHN, and live near Cotton Hill postoffice, Illinois. OLIVE M., lives with her mother. James L. Southwick died Jan. 26, 1868, and his widow resides seven miles south of Springfield, 111.

Jesse Southwick died Sept. 25, 1826, and his widow died in 1845, he in Sangamon, and she in Putnam county, at the house of her daughter, Mrs. Hawes.

SOWELL, STEPHEN, was born February, 1785, on the river Roanoke, Charlotte county, Virginia. Jane Hannah was born Sept. 12, 1795, in that county. They were there married and had three children, and moved to Rutherford county, Tennessee, about 1817, where three children were born, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving April, 1828, in what is now Chatham township, thence to Cooper township, and from there to Loami township in 1830, where three children were born. Of all their children -

THOMAS, born . July 15, 1814, in Charlotte county, Virginia, married in Sangamon county, Nov. 10, 1836, to Theresa Barger. They had two children, MARTHA A. married William T. Graham, had three children, and Mr. G. died in April, 1871. The widow and children live near Chatham, Illinois. JOHN H. enlisted in Colorado in a cavalry regiment. He was wounded, after two years service, bv six shots in his body, from rebel bushwhackers in Missouri, and was honorably discharged on account of physical disability in the spring of 1865. He was married in Sangamon county, August 26, 1866, to Maggie Post. They have one child, and live in Osage county, Kansas. Mrs. Theresa Sowell died Dec. 4, 1846, and Thomas Sowell was married April 20, 1848, to Jane E. Lansden, who was born April 21, 1817, in Wilson county, Tennessee. They have one child, THOMAS A., and reside in Loami, Sangamon county, Illinois.

SALLT, born April 18, 1824, in, Tennessee, married in Sangamon county to Willis Goodell, had one child, and Mr. Goodell died. The widow married William R. Goodell. They have seven children, and live in Harrison county, Missouri.

WJLLIAM H., born in Sangamon county, married Maria N. Campbell. They have five children, and live at Macon Station, Macon county, Illinois. W. H. Sowell enlisted in 1861 for three years in Co. B, 3oth 111. Inf., served full term, and was honorably discharged in 1864.

SPATH, GEORGE, was born April 8, 1816, in Baden, Germany. He came to America and arrived at Alton, Illinois, in April, 1837, and in May, 1838, came to Springfield. He had learned the trade of cabinet maker in his native country and when he came to Springfield soon found employment at his trade. He was married in Springfield Nov. 3, 1843, to Mary Mischler, a native of Germany, also, and sister of Philip Mischler. They had eight children in Springfield.

MARGARET, born Feb. 14, 1847, married in Springfield, Feb. 10, 1868, to Charles Bouchert. They have one child, GEORGE, and reside in St. Charles, Missouri.

Mrs. Mary Spath died Sept. i, 1872, and George Spath married Mrs. Gertrude Meisenbach, whose maiden name was Wise. She was a native of Baden, Germany, also. They reside in Springfield, Illinois.

SPENCER, JOHN was born about 1800 in Adair county, Ky. Cynthia Harvey was born in the same county, and they were there married and had three children. The family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving August, 1836, in what is now Salisbury township, where two children were born. Of their five children.

DIANA, born in Adair county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, to John Shanahan, have three children and live at Point of Rocks, Wyoming Territory.

SPICER, LEMUEL, was born about 1770 in Kent county, Delaware, and was there married to Sarah Johnson, a native of the same county. They had one child there, and moved to Scott county, Kentucky, thence to Fayette county, in the same State, and from there to Clarke county, Indiana. In the spring of 1833 he moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, and settled in what is now Cotton Hill township. Of their only child -

UP SHEAR £>., born Sept. 24, 1795, in Kent county, Delaware, married in Fayette county, .Kentucky, April 27, 1816 to Nancy Clifton. They moved to Clarke county, Indiana, where they had seven children, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1833, in Cotton Hill township, where they had five children. Three of their children died young. Of the other nine, ELIAS S., born May 2, 1818, in Clarke county, Indiana, married in Sangamon county to Lucinda Kent. They both died; Mr. Spicer, Dec. 28, 1872, in Sangamon county, leaving three daughters in DeWitt county, and a son in Iowa. MINAS B., born July 12, 1820, in Clarke county, Indiana, married in Sangamon county to Mary Miller. They have four living children, and reside near Clinton, DeWitt county, Illinois. MARY P., born February 20, 1823, in Clarke county, Indiana, married in Sangamon county to Joseph Beam. See his name. THOMPSON C., born Dec. i, 1825, in Clarke county, Indiana, married in Sangamon county Jan. 18, 1848, to Melvina Vigal. They had seven children, two of whom died under four years, of age. MARY j., born Nov. 2, 1850, married Oct. 3, 1869, to Aaron C. Colean, who was born March

4, 1848, in Jersey county, Illinois. They have one living child, Etta Alice, and live two miles west of New City, Sangamon county, Illinois. OLIVER A., ALICE H., EMMA L. and CHARLES R., live with their father. Mrs. Melvina Spicer died Dec. 9, 1873, and Thompson C. Spicer resides one and a half miles west of New City, Sangamon county, 111. GEORGE W., born July 15, 1832, in Indiana, married in Sangamon county March 5, 1854, to Caroline E. Britton. They had four children, WILLIAM B.,died aged ten years,

A., and live near New City, Sangamon county, Illinois. SARAH and SOPHIA, twins, born August 18, 1834, the former died in infancy and the latter in her ninth year. JOHN, born May 21, 1838, in Sangamon county, married Mary E. Porterfield, and for his second wife married, March 4, 1871, Mrs. Mary J. Dee, whose maiden name was Waker. Her first husband, John C. Dee, was a member of the 44th Ohio Inf., and was killed at the battle of Fort Donelson, Feb. 14, 1862. Mr. and Mrs. Spicer live near Cotton Hill P. O., Sangamon county, Illinois. ROSE ANN, born Oct. 13, 1840, died June 26, 1856. EMILY, born August 13, 1843, in Sangamon county, married Oct. 27, 1864, to David Marshall, and have one child, MARY .FRANCES. They live in Cotton Hill township. Upshear D. Spicer died Feb. 15, 1855, and his widow married Adam Safley. See his name.

SPRINGER, Rev. FRANCIS, D. D., was born, March 19, 1810, at Roxburry, Franklin county, Pa. When a young man, he learned the business of sign and ornamental painting. He received his literary education in Pennsylvania College, and his theolgical studies were pursued at the Theological Seminary of the Lutheran church, both located at Gettysburg, Pa. He also studied under two distinguished ministers, one atOtsego, and the other at Schohaire, N. Y. He paid his expenses by occasionally working at his trade, and teaching school. He was licensed to preach by the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Maryland, Oct. 18, 1836, and was ordained by the same body Oct. 17, 1837. ^e was married April n, 1837, to Mary Kriegh, at Clear Springs, Washington county, Md. She was born Feb. 28, 1815, in that county. He taught school and preached in that vicinity from October, 1836, for about two and a half years. They had one child in Maryland, and moved to Springfield, Illinois, arriving May, 1839, where four children were born. In 1847 he moved to Hillsboro, 111., where they had two children, and in 1855 moved back to Springfield, where they had one child. Of their children -

PHIL. M., born July 15, 1840, in Springfield, is unmarried, and is of the firm of Springer Bros., stock breeders, in the southeast corner of Clear Lake township, Sangamon county. Their address is Springfield. Phil. M. Springer is Treasurer and Assistant Secretary of the American Berkshire Association. Office in Springfield, 111.

IDA M., born March n, 1842, in Springfiield, married Henry L. Sanford, They have three children, MARY S., ANNIE E. and FRANCIS S., and live near Elkhart, Logan county, 111.

JOHN (7., was born March 13, 1844, in Springfield. .He enlisted Sept. 20, 1 86 1, for three years in Co. B, loth 111. Cav., was appointed sergeant major and commissioned second lieutenant of Co. I, March, 13, 1862, and commissioned first lieutentant May 10, 1864, and commissioned quartermaster of the regiment Dec. 31, 1864. At the expiration of his first term, he re-enlisted as a veteran, was with the regiment at San Antonio, Texas, when it was discharged, in November, 1865, and received his final discharge at Springfield in February, 1866. He was in the third district internal revenue department of Arkansas, as clerk and assistant assessor from December, 1866, to June, 1873, and was married at Fort Smith, Arkansas, September 29, 1868, to

Frances A. Stratton. They have three children, FRANCIS S., JOHN P. and MIRIAM ESTELLA, and reside at Fayetteville, Arkansas. He is still in the government employ.

CHARLES W., born Oct. 5, 1846,111 Springfield, enlisted May n, 1864, in Co. A, I33d 111. Inf. for one hundred days. He served until Sept. 24, 1864, and was honorably discharged. Is unmarried and is a practicing lawyer at Hillsborough, 111.

FRANCIS K., born Dec. 21, 1848, at Hillsboro, Illinois, married in Sangamon county, Feb. 20, 1872, to Eveline H. Nesbitt. They have two children, HENRY and SAMUEL FRANCIS and live in the southeast corner of Clear Lake township, Sangamon county, 111. Is of the firm of Springer Bros.

Rev. Francis Springer commenced teaching soon after his arrival in Springfield, and continued to teach and preach until 1847, wnen ne moved to Hillsboro, 111., as President of Hillsboro, College. That institution was moved to Springfield in 1852, as Illinois State University. These were both under the direction and patronage of the Lutheran church. He resigned in 1855. He was afterwards school commissioner of Sangamon county, and was superintendent of schools for the city of Springfield, which position he resigned, and became chaplain of the zoth 111. Cav.. soon after the beginning of the rebellion in 1861. A short time after the battle of Prairie Grove, Ark. - Dec. 7, 1862 - he united with Dr. James Johnson in raising a loyal regiment in Arkansas, of which he became chaplain. It was the ist Ark. Inf. He was appointed in 1863 post chaplain at Fort Smith, which he held until 1867, when he resigned, and returned to his family, at Springfield. In 1870 he moved to Irving, Montgomery countv, 111., and continued preaching until the fall of 1873, when he was elected superintendent of schools for Montgomery county, with his office at Hillsboro, 111. He continues to preach, as opportunity offers, and fully believes that the only reforming influence in the world is Christianity. Rev. Francis Springer is a man of lively sympathy with the rest of mankind, without regard to race, color, nationality or religion. He has large faith in the perfectability of the human race by means of the labors and experiences of the life that now is, and the hereafter. His orthodoxy, as a religious man, does not descend to the minute particulars of a creed, but confides mainly in the cardinal fact of Christianity, that the only true ennobling of the race must be wrought out under the recognized leadership of the word's Redeemer "the Christ of God."

ST. CLAIR, LEVI H., was born May 6, 1800, in New York, near Lake Champlain, and there married to Lorinda Spaulding, a native of the same State. They had four children in New York, and moved to the vicinity of Cleveland, Ohio, where one child was born, thence to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving June, 1833, in what is now Rochester township, where two children were born. Of their seven children -

H. CICERO, born July 18, 1825, in Essex county, New York, was married in Sangamon county, Illinois, Nov. 6, 1851, to Eliza E. Neal. Mrs. " St. Ciair died near Rochester, Illinois, Sept. 27, 1854, leaving one child, MINNIE, who was born in Mt. Pulaski, Illinois, and resides with her grand-mother, Neal. H. C. St. Clair was married Oct. 7, 1858, to Katie Ring at Lancaster, Ohio. He enlisted at Mt. Pulaski in 1862 in Co. G, 35th 111. Inf., for three years, was commissioned as second lieutenant, and after serving one year was transferred to the quartermaster's department, in which he served the remainder of the three years. Mr. St. Clair lived in Logan and Macon counties until 1871, when he moved to Belle Plain, Sumner county, Kansas, where he was elected county commissioner in 1873, and state senator in 1874. H. C. St. Clair and family reside at Belle Plain, Kansas.

HELEN, born Sept. 24, 1826, in Essex county, New York, was married in Sangamon county, Illinois, Feb. 21, 1850, to George L. Ormsby. He died in August, 1868, leaving a widow and one child, ALBERT, in Decatur, Illinois.

Essex county, New York, was married in Sangamon county, Illinois, Oct. 19, 1852, to S. D. Fisher, who was born March 7, 1822, in Charlotte, Chittenden county, Vermont, brought up in Essex county, New York, and came to Sangamon oounty in 1844. Mrs. Marion J. Fisher died Nov. 10 1867, and he married E. M. Benton. They reside at Atlanta, Illinois. S. D. Fisher was elected in 1872 for four years to represent the thirteenth district in the State Board of Equalization. He served four years, from 1870, as a member of the State Board of Agriculture, and was elected January, 1875, for two years as secretary of the same, with his ofKce in Springfield, Illinois.

OSCAR L., born Jan. 31, 1832, in Cleveland, Ohio, was married .in Sangamon county, Feb. 10, 1853, to Nancy E. Neal. O. L. St. Clair died Oct. 15, 1853, in Mt. Pulaski, leaving a widow and one child, OSCAR C., born May 6, 1854. They reside at the Neal family homestead, one mile west of Rochester. O. C. Neal is clerk in the State National Bank, Springfield, Illinois - 1875.

MORTIMER, born Oct. 11,1839,111 Sangamon county, married Lizzie Kimball. She died suddenly July, 1869, near Rochester, Leaving two children, MAGGIE L. and LEWIS S., who reside with their grand-mother, West, in Springfield, Illinois. Mortimer St. Clair resides at Belle Plain, Sumner county, Kansas.

Mrs. Lorinda St. Clair died Feb. 21, 1853, near Rochester. Mr. St. Clair was married in Springfield, Illinois, to Mrs. Eliza Rague. He died in April, 1866, near Rochester, Illinois, and his widow resides in Madison, Wisconsin.

STAFFORD. It has long since passed into history that a conspiracy, known as the Gun Powder Plot, was to have culminated in blowing up the English Parliament buildings, on the assembling of that body Nov. 5, 1605. The plot was frustrated by an anonymous letter, advising Lord Monteagle, a Roman Catholic member, to absent himself at that time. That letter led to an investigation on the evening of November 4th, when thirty-six barrels of powder was found in a mine under the Parliament houses. Guy Fawkes was arrested at the entrance, and boldly avowed it as his purpose to have fired the train at the time set. He, with seven of his confederates were tried, convicted and executed.

Another conspiracy, known as the Popish Plot, occurred nearly three quarters of a century later. Titus Gates, who claimed to be a Catholic, pretended to divulge a plot in 1678, on the part of the Jesuits, to murder the King and subvert the Protestant religion. Many prominent Catholics were arrested, tried and convicted of conspiracy, or being concerned in the plot. Titus Gates was afterwards convicted of perjury, and there were many reasons to believe that instead of revealing a plot he and his confederates were conspiring against those they accused. Among their victims was William Howard Stafford, an English statesman, who was born Nov. 30, 1612. As the successor of his uncle on his mother's side he became Baron Stafford, and in 1640 Viscount Stafford. On the oath of Titus Gates he was committed to the Tower of London, October 30, 1678. Witnesses on the trial testified that Lord Stafford had incited them to assassinate the King, and he was condemned and executed Dec. 29, 1680, on Tower Hill, London. The sympathy felt for Lord Stafford turned the tide against Oates, and there were no other executions. His brother, Edward Stafford, being also suspected, fled from England to America ami settled in Rhode Island. The only representative of the family left in England was a younger brother, who inherited the property and titles of the family. The Duchess of Sutherland, who died in England . but a short time ago was a descendant of that brother.

On his arrival in America. Edward Stafford abjured the Roman Catholic religion and embraced that of the Friends, or Quakers. He was married in Rhode Island to Margaret Green. They had three children. Rebecca and Edward died young. Joseph .married Orpha Sweet. They had three sons, John

Joseph and Stephen. The eldest and youngest died without children. Joseph married Nancy Green. Their eldest son, Joseph, was born April 25, 1759, in Coventry, Kent county, Rhode Island, and although his parents were Quakers he became a soldier in the American Revolution. He was under his relative, General Greene, from that State, who was also of a Quaker family, and of whom it is said that his mother, when she became satisfied that she could not change his determination to go in the army, said: " If thee must go, I do not want to hear of thee being shot in the back." After the Revolution, Joseph Stafford was married to Orpha Sweet, being the second couple bearing similar names. They had ten children, James, Job, Diadema, Caleb, Oliver, Jewett, Prudence, Christopher B., Moses and Joseph. Four of them came to Sangamon county, namely -

STAFFORD, CALEB, was born June 22, 1789, in Coventry, Kent county, Rhode Island, went with his father, Joseph Stafford, in 1804, to Essex county, New York, where he was married in 1810 to Rebecca Eggleston. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was in the battles of Plattsburg, Sept. 17, 1814, Bouquet river, and others in New York. Mr. and Mrs. Stafford had eleven living children in New York, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, in 1836, settling near Rochester. Of their children -

DIADEMA, born Dec. 25, 1812, in Essex county, N. Y., married there Dec. 25, 1833, to Gardner T. Bruce, born in 1806, in Keene, N. H.,and came to Sangamo-i county, in 1842. They had three children, namely, GARDNER AUGUSTUS, of Watson, now Buffalo, Sangamon county, 111., became second lieutenant of Co. L, roth 111. Cav., April 8, 1862; was promoted to ist lieutenant Sept. 29, 1862, promoted to captain July 13, 1864, transferred to captain of Co. A, the same regiment in Jan. 1865, when it was consolidated with the 1 5th regiment. He was honorably mustered out Nov. 22, 1865, at San Antonia, Texas. G. Augustus Bruce was married to Susan Constant, daughter of Jacob D. Constant. See his name. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce have two children, ADELAIDE and WILLIAM, and live at Corinne, Box Elder county, Utah. CHAS. T., has been a soldier in the U. S. army since 1859, and is now - 1876 - with the army in San Antonio, Texas. HELEN, died at Mechanicshurg, 111., aged eighteen years. Mrs. Diadema Bruce died at Mechanicsburg, 111., and Gardner T. Bruce married Mrs. Eliza Lyon, whose maiden name was Correll. See Correll and Lyon families. Gardner T. Bruce and wife reside in Atchison, Kansas.

'JHOMAS D., born Nov. 14, 1814, in Essex county, New York, and married there to Polly Fisher. They came to Sangamon county in 1836, and had three children. ELIZA married George Flagg, at Rochester, and now lives at Galesburg, 111. CECELIA married Neely Wood, and lives in Galesburg. NELLIE lives with her father. Mrs. Polly Stafford, died in 1872, and T. D. Stafford married Mrs. Butcher. They live in Galesburg, 111. He has been totallv blind for several years.

ORSON N., born Sept. n, 1816, in Willsboro, Essex county, N. Y. In 1829, he went to sea and led the life of a sailor until 1835, when he was disabled by a shipwreck, making him a cripple for life. In 1837 he was attached to a government surveying party, on the northern lakes, charged with the duty of selecting sites for light-houses. At Chicago - in his own words - not finding' that terrible monopoly, the railroad, to bring him here in eight hours, for six or seven dollars, he had the privilege of paying twenty-five dollars in gold for a stage ticket, enjoyed the luxury of eight days' jolting, and arrived at Springfield, Nov. 29. 1837. He was married in Rochester, 111., Aug. 29, 1841, to Eliza A. Sherman, a native of Addison, Vermont. She is a direct descendant of Roger Sherman, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. They had one child, EMMA E.,.born May 23, 1854, and died March 30, 1^55. O. N. Stafford has been in different kinds of business. He has sold dry goods, built and remodeled eighteen houses in Springfield, has been connected with the Illinois State Journal at various times for several years, was elected a member of the city council of Springfield for 1854 and 1855. He considers Springfield his home, but spends the greater part of his time at St. Augustine, Florida, engaged in the cultivation of oranges, lemons and other tropical fruits.

1818, in Essex county, N. Y., married in Rochester, 111., to Dr. Samuel D. Slater. They have five living children. ALBERT S., married Miss Lee, and is a physician and druggist at Wataga, Knox county, 111. AMANDA M., married Frank M. VanPelt, and lives in Atlanta, Georgia. ANNA E., married Mr. H. H. Harsh, a banker of Creston, Union county, Iowa, and resides there. FRANK, married Carrie Dutcher, and lives in Galesburg, 111. MINNIE married Dr. Herbert Judd, and lives in Galesburg. Dr. S. D. Slater resides in Galesburg, 111.

AMOS* born in 1824, in Essex county, N. Y., came with his parents to Sangamon county, in 1836, and married Sarah Johnson. They had three children. ADA A. married and lives in Galesburg, 111. EVA J. and Edward live at Maroa, 111. Mrs. Stafford died Sept. 26, 1867, and Amos Stafford died Nov. 26, 1867, both in Decatur, 111.

HIRAM P., born in Essex county, New York, married in Sangamon county to Mrs. Eunice Black, whose maiden name was Eggleston. Thev had five children. FRANCES, the third child, died young; LUCINDA, MOSES, WILLIAM and MINNIE live with their parents. H; P. Stafford lived in Decatur, Illinois, until the fall of 1876, when he moved to Carrollton, Missouri.

HENRT H., born July 16, 1829, in Essex county, New York, brought up in Sangamon county, was married Dec. 7, 1851, to Lauretta Ross. They had two children, and moved to Decatur Sept. 16, 1856, where they had one child. Of their children, ADELAIDE died Dec. 21, 1859, aged seven years and four months. ORLANDO C., born Jan. n, 1856, in Sangamon county, is a steam engineer in an oil mill at Decatur, Illinois. LAURETTA A., born Nov. 8, 1859, lives with her grand-father, Ross. Mrs. Lauretta Stafford died Dec. 7, 1859, in Decatur and Henry H. Stafford was married Aug. 6, 1863, in Jamestown, now Riverton, 111., to Lydia A. Wright. They had five children, CELESTIA M. and EFFIE G., the second and fourth, died young. MARY E., GRACIE H. and DAISY L. live with their parents. Henry H. Stafford is an engineer, and has been running stationary engines for twenty years. He resides in Decatur, Illinois.

L UCINDA M., born Sept. 10, 1826, in Essex county, New York, married in Sangamon county to John W. Priest. See his name. She died Sept. 10, 1851.

LOUISA, born in Essex county, New York, married in Sangamon county to James Matthew McCoy. See his name. He died and she married James Huston, and lives near Carrollton, Missouri.

RODNEY NELSON, born Oct. 2, 1834, in Essex county, New York, brought up in Sangamon county, and married in Rochester, 111., April 2, 1857, to Sarah M. VanOrmann. They moved to Decatur, October, 1858, and had six children. HENRY O., was killed on a railroad Nov. 19, 1873, aged about fifteen years. AMOS A., died young. MARY L., WILLIAM N,, REUBEN C. and ARTHUR C., the four latter live with their parents. When R. N. Stafford was about fifteen years of age he was run over by a wagon loaded with railroad ties, by which he came near losing his life. He enlisted Aug. 6, 1862, in Co. A, i i6th 111. Inf. He was wounded three times at the siege of Vicksburg, was with Sherman on his " march to the sea," and served until the close of the rebellion, when he was honorably discharged with the regiment, June 7, 1865, at Washington, D. C. Soon after his discharge he came near losing his life by the explosion of a boiler. He became a Christian in January, 1876. R.N. Stafford and family reside in Decatur, 111.

STAFFORD, OLIVER, was born in Coventry, Kent county, Rhode Island. He was married in Addison county, Vermont, to Polly Sattley, and came to Rochester, Sangamon county, in 1825. They had six children, namely -

DANIEL SA TTLET, born in Addison county, Vermont, married in Sangamon county to Mattie Parker. They had one child, CLARA A., born April 2, 1836, in Rochester, Illinois, married Jan. 2, 1856, to John H. Brown. See his name. Mr. Brown died April n, 1866, and Mrs. Brown was married May 5,

1869, to Dr. Justus Townsend. Dr. Townsend and wife reside in Springfield, Illinois, where he is engaged in the practice of his profession. Mi's. Mattie Stafford died in 1838. D. S. Stafford married for his fourth wife Eliza Patterson. They had two living children, EDWARD R. is in the United States Army; MATTIE married a Mr. Black, and lives in Decatur, Illinois. D. S. Stafford died Feb. 4, 1866, in Decatur, and his widow resides there.

JANE, born in Vermont, married in Sangamon county to Dr. Franklin Dickinson, and had several children. Their son John married Elizabeth Young, who was born in Anderson county, Ky. They have three children, and live near Rochester, 111. Dr. Dickenson and his wife both died in Rochester.

WILLIAM P., born near Vinccnnes, Indiana, brought up in Sangamon county, married in Whiteside county to Susan Coffman, and died there, leaving a widow and children.

OLIVER C, born July i, 1826, in Rochester, Sangamon county, 111, married in 1847 to Kitty A. Baker. They have three living children, CHARES, NETTIE and MARY, and live in Mt. Pulaski, Logan county, 111.

JOSEPH, born in Rochester, Illinois, married Mitylene Ann G. Bowling. They have two children, BURT and FRANK, and live in Galesburg, Illinois.

STAFFORD, JEWETT, was born Jan. 13, 1795, at Coventry, Kent county, R. I., was taken by his parents in 1804, to Essex county, N. Y. In 1812 he went as a soldier from that county in the war with England, was in the battle of Plattsburg, Boquet river, near Willsboro, his home. Jewett Stafford was married in 18:8 to Harriet Eggleston, in Essex county, New York. She was born there March 4, 1802. They had two living children in that county, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving July, 1825, where Rochester now stands, and had one living