Sangamon County, Illinois - The whole text, 1876 (part 27 of 31)

CHARLES, born Oct. 12, 1820, in Essex county, New York, married in Sangamon county, March 21, 1847, to Julia A. Stafford. They had one child, JULIA A., born Dec. 6, 1847. She mar' ried Mitchell Lickerson. They have two children, and live near Rochester, Illinois. Mrs. Julia A. Stafford died Dec. 17, 1847, and Charles Stafford was married Sept. 27, 1848, to Mrs. Sarah A. Stafford, widow of John Stafford. Her maiden name was Wallace. She was born Dec. 24. 1822, in Culpepper county, Virginia. They had four children, MARY A., born Feb. 12, 1854, married George W. Boyce, has one child, and lives near Clarksville, Sangamon county, Illinois. ALBERT R., born. Sept. 17, 1856, lives with his parents. IDA L., born Jan. 4, 1860, died May 26, 1874. WILLIAM W., born April 6, 1868, lives with his parents at Clarksville, Sangamon county, Illinois.

HORACE, born June 23, 1822, in Essex county, New York, raised in Sangamon county, married in Taylorville, Illinois, Dec. 9, 1850, to Mary A. Gessner, who was born Nov. i, 1834, in Fredericktown, Maryland. They had three children, CHARLES J., the second one, died in infancy. MARIA L., born Feb, 27, 1852, and EDMUND W., born Oct. 7, 1855, live with their parents. Horace Stafford and family reside at Clarksville, Sangamon county, Illinois. He is postmaster thei-e, of Berry post office.

Mrs. Harriet Stafford died May 3, 1835, in Sangamon county, and Jewett Stafford married Mrs. Elizabeth Steele, whose maiden name was Robison. She had one child.

HARRIET A., born June 28, 1838, and married Nov. 10, 1860, to William E. Hill, who was born Nov. 9, 1839, in Macon county, Illinois. They had four living children/LAURA E., CARRIE F. and HARRY W. Mrs. Hill died in 1876, and William E. Hill and his children live at Clarksville, Sangamon county, Illinois.

Mrs. Elizabeth Stafford died March, 1842, and Jewett Stafford was married November, 1845, to Mrs. Prudence Stafford, whose maiden name was Putnam. Jewett Stafford died August 12, 1862, and

STAFFORD, CHRISTOPHER B., was born July 22,1797,31 Coventry, Kent county, Rhode Island. He was married in Essex county, New York, in 1820 to Laura Eggleston, who died in one year, and he married her sister, Sophronia Eggleston, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving July 25, 1824, at Rochester, where they had five children, two of whom died young. Of the other three -

Mrs. Sophronia Stafford died and he was twice married after that. His two last wives were sisters, by the name of Shelton. Christopher B. Stafford was an ordained preacher in the Baptist church more than forty years. Thirty years of that time he was a Justice of the Peace, or rather a peace maker, as it is said of him that he used his office to settle difficulties without law, although by that way of doing business he generally deprived himself of fees. He died March 17, 1870, near Rochester, Illinois, and his widow resides in Iowa.

HENRT C., born in 1804 in Essex county, New York, came with his uncles to Sangamon county, arriving July, 1825, at Rochester. He was married Dec. 27, 1827, to Clara Ann Gregory. See Gregory family. They had one child, ALFRED, born Jan. 31, 1829, in Sangamon county, and married April 27, 1856, to Lucy A. Foss, who was born Oct. 7, 1839, in Medina county, Ohio. They have one living child, CHARLES \v., and reside near Rochester. Henry C. Stafford died Feb. 2, 1834, in Sangamon county, and his widow married David Crouch. See his name.

Rhode Island. He was a son of John Stafford, consequently a cousin to Caleb, Oliver, Jewett, and Christopher B. William Stafford was married in Essex county, New York, to Prudence Putnam, who was born March 19 1801, at Lewis, in Essex county. She was a leneal descendant of Israel Putnam. William Stafford and wife had two children in New York, moved to Ohio, and three years later to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving Jan. i, 1834, at Rochester. Of their children -

William Stafford died in 1840, and his widow married Jewett Stafford. See his name. Mrs. Prudence Stafford now - September, 1876 - resides near Rochester, Sangamon county, Illinois.

STALKY, DANIEL, was born Feb. n, 1799, in Jefferson county, Va. His father moved to Cabell county, West Virginia, when he was a boy. He was married there in February, 1821, to Rebecca Bowen, who was born Jan. 9, 1802, in Guilford county, North Carolina. She was sister to Zaza Bowen. They had two children in Virginia, and the family moved to Sangamon county, arriving in the fall of 1826, in what is now Loami township, where seven children were born. Of their nine children -

SUSANNAH, born Aug. 12, 1822, in Virginia, married in Sangamon county to Levi Campbell. See his name. - He died and she married William B. McCray, and lives near Loami, 111.

MINER VA J., born in Sangamon county, married George Owens. They have seven living children, and live in Macoupin county, near Scottville, 111.

STEPHEN, born March 2, 1835 in Sangamon county, married March 15, 1855, to Isabel Jacobs. They have six children, MARY E., SARAH A., LIZZIE M., SUSAN, STEPHEN D., and DANIEL, and live two and a half miles west of Loami, Sangamon county, 111.

DANIEL, born Feb. 10, 1841, in Sangamon county, married March 7, 1861, to Elsa J. Hudson. They had five children. ALICE D., the third child, died young. The other four, ADA L., ARNfO V., WILLIAM Y. and JOE D., twins, live with their parents on the farm where his father settled in 1826. It is two miles west of Loami, Sangamon county, 111.

Mrs. Rebecca Staley died Nov. 24, 1847, and Mr. Staley married Mrs. Hepsey Nipper, whose maiden name was Gibson. She died March 8, 1873. Mrs. S. resides two and a half miles west of Loami, Sangamon county, 111.

STANLEY, THOMAS, was born March 23, 1790, in Virginia, and was taken by his parents to Ohio. Elizabeth Centre was born June 22, 1790, in New York. She was married there to Andrew Campbell. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was killed at the battle of Fort Meigs, leaving a widow and two children. Thomas Stanley was a soldier in the war of 1812 also, and after the war was married to Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell. They had four living children in Ohio and moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1829. Of their children -

ABRAHAM Campbell, born in 1811 in Ohio, came in 1829 to Sangamon county and married Phoebe Shepherd. He is a traveling preacher in the M. E. Church. They have four living children. JOHN W. is a physician. SOPHRONIA, MELISSA and WILLIAM artall four married and live in Illinois. Rev. Abraham Campbell lives now - 1876 - at St. Elmo, Fayette county, 111.

SARAH Campbell, born Sept. 14, 1813, near Columbus, Ohio, and came in 1829 to Sangamon countv, married John D. Swallow. They had three children. DANIEL E., born Jan. u, 1844, in

Menard county, married Cornelia Day. They have three children, EFFIE M., MAMIE E. and ELSIE M. D. E. Swallow is a Erinter and lives in St. Louis, Missouri. AMUEL M., born Jan. 27, 1846, in Mason county, married Mary K. Allen. They have two children, WILLIAM A., and JULIA B. S. M. Swallow is a printer and lives in Mexico, Missouri. HESTER, born Sept. 17, 1849, is unmarried and lives in Springfield. Mrs. Sarah Swallow lives in the latter city.

LEONORA, born in Ohio, was married in Sangamon county, to George Neal. They had four living children, and Mrs. Neal died. George Neal married again and lives west of Springfield, Illinois.

AQUILLA W., bora in Sangamon county, 111., enlisted in 1862 for three years in the looth 111. Inf., served about six months, and was discharged on account of physical disability. He married Elizabeth Dooley. They have five children, MARGARET, MATILDA, CHARLES, FRANK, and CORNELIA. Aquilla Stanley and wife live northeast of Linccln, 111.

STARR, ADAM, was born about 1777, in Culpepper county, Va., and went with his parents to Bourbon county, Ky., when he was a young man. He was married in Clarke county to Mary Carson, a native of Baltimore, Md. They had eight children in Clarke county, Ky., and moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1828 at Buffalo Hart Grove. Of their children -

HIRAM, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Nancy Robinson, had seven or eight children, moved to Pike county about 1858, and the parents died. Their children live near Rockport, Pike county, 111.

DIANA, born in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, 111., to Riley Barber. They had six children, and moved to Kansas in 1856. The parents and three of the children died. One son, HENRY, was killed in Arkansas by guerrillas during the rebellion. DEMETRIUS married Mary Griffith, and lives near Farlinville, Kansas. AMANDA married James Bastion, and lives in Farlinville, Linn county, Kansas.

BARTON, born in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county in 1835 to Rebecca Patterson. They had four children. Mrs. Starr died near Mt. Pulaski, and he died at Little Rock Arkansas.

SHELBT, born October, 1813, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, 111., in 1814, to Nancy Groves. They had five children, MARY, ALBERT, JOSIAH, LEANDER and SHELBY, Jun., who live with their mother in Vermillion county, 111. Shelby Starr died Aug. 8, 1855, in Sangamon county.

WILLIAM, born 1817, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Mrs. Nancy McDaniel, whose maiden name was Smith. They had two children, and he was drowned in 1860 in Sangamon river, near the crossing of the G., C. & S. R. R. The family live at Riverton, 111.

MART ANN, born Oct. 25, 1822, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county March, 1842 to William A. Constant. See his name. He died, and she married Casper Byerline, and lives near Buffalo Hart, Sangamon county, 111.

STARR, ANDREW, was born Jan. 27, 1795, in Bourbon county, Ky. He was a brother to Adam Starr, and was married in Kentucky, Dec. 27, 1821, to Mary Neal. They had two children in Kentucky, and the family moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1030, in what is now Chatham township, where three children were born. Of their five children - have two children. MARY A., married Oct. 9, 1865, to Edward W. Lucas. See his name, in connection 'with the Colburn family. ADDISON B., lives with his parents. William M. Starr and his wife reside at Loami, Sangamon county, 111.

JOHN ALFRED, born March 22, 1831, in Sangamon county, was married Sept. 20, 1854, to Marion Gould, who was born April 23, 1836, in Jefferson county, New York. They have six children. MARY C., born June 26, 1855, was married March 23, 1871, to Robert T. Hardin. They have three children, JOHN w., IDA MAY., and WILLIAM SHERMAN, and live near Sweetwater, Menard county, 111. LILLIE I., WILLIAM A., THOMAS S., ANNIE F., and CARRIE A., live with their parents, three and three-fourth miles west of Chatham, Sangamon county, 111., on the farm settled on by his parents in 1830. John A. Starr is now - 1876 - plowing his thirty-sixth season in succession on the farm where he was born, and has no recollection of a physician ever having been called to see him.

MART J., born July 3, 1834, married Sept. 5, 1851, to Dr. A. M. Browning, and died six weeks later. Dr. Browning is a practicing physician in Loami, Sangamon county, 111.

Andrew Starr died May 5, 1851, and his widow died Aug. 28, 1856, both on the farm where they settled in 1830, near Chatham, Sangamon county, 111.

STEELE, Mrs. ELIZABETH R., whose maiden name was Robison, was born in Delaware, and taken bv her parents to Nicholas county, Ky., where she was married to Samuel H. Steele, who was born in Ohio. They had six children in Kentucky, and Mr. Steele died in Natchez, Miss., of cholera, while on business there in 1832. His widow and children moved to Sangamon county, arriving December, 1833, in Buffalo Hart Grove, where her father, John Robison, had moved three years before. Of her six children - in Nicholas county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, to Amanda Rodgers, and had six children. Mr. Steele enlisted in 1862 for three years in Co. E, n6th 111. Inf. He died March, 1864, in military hospital at St. Louis, Missouri, See the Rodgers family name.

'JOHN R., born in Kentucky, came to Sangamon county in 1833 with his mother, went in 1842 to Arkansas, married there to Martha J. Hendrix. Being a Union man, he was killed by rebel bushwhackers in the fall of 1863, leaving a widow and three children.

NANCT A., born April 10, 1825, in Bath county, Ky., was brought by her mother to Sangamon county in 1833, mal"- ried Aug. 4, 1844, to Wesley Lanham. See his name. He died Aug. 26, 1861, and she was married Jan. 29, 1868, to Wil Ham Graham, who was born Jan. 13, 1808, in Lincoln county, N. C.; lived in Todd county, Ky., from 1827 to 1839, when he moved to Morgan county, 111., thence to Sangamon county in 1858. He has three children by a former marriage. MARY M., born Dec. 30, 1840, in Morgan county, married John Churchill. See his name. NANCY J., married B. M. Wood. See his name ^u^th the Burns family. JOHN F., is unmarried and lives near Illiopolis. William Graham and wife reside near Illiopolis, Sangamon county, Illinois.

ELIZABETH J., born April 4, 1827, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county in 1845 to Jonn M. Crary. They had two children. ANNIE E., married Isaac Newton Ransom. See his name. GEORGE E., lives in Wisconsin.

GEORGE R., born December, 1831, in Kentucky, raised in Sangamon county, went to California in 1849, an<^ ^os^ n^s' life by the caving in of a mine.

Stephenson, James

STEPHENSON, JAMES, was born July 3, 1482, in South Carolina. His parents moved about 1800 to Caldwell county, Ky. Margaret Clinton was born in North Carolina, and when she was about thirteen years old her parents moved to Caldwell county, Ky. James Stephenson and Margaret Clinton were there married, and had six children in that county, and the family moved to Wayne county, 111., where two children were born, and moved to Sangamon county, arriving in 1825, on Sugar creek, southeast of Springfield, where three children were born. Of their children -

WILLIAM C., born in Kentucky, raised in Sangamon county, and was a graduate of the Medical College of Ohio. He married Mrs. Diana Ruble, whose maiden name was Bowen. Dr. William C. Stephenson died at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, leaving a widow, but no children.

HANNAH A., born in Kentucky, raised in Sangamon county, married Jacob Zwingle. They have two children, MARTIN LUTHER and WILLIAM MELANCTHON, and live near Athens, Menard county, 111.

JAMES W., born in Kentucky, raised in Sangamon county, married Mary Allen, and have seven children. James W. Stephenson was a soldier in an Illinois regiment, and now lives at Mexico, Audrain county, Missouri. -

FINN1S E., born in Kentucky, raised in Sangamon county, and maried Maria Houghton. They had two children. FRANK died in infancy, and CHARLES lives with his father. Mrs. S. died November, 1857. F. E. Stephenson was sergeant of Co. K., 33d 111. Inf. He lives at Chandlerville, 111.

BENJAMIN F., born Oct. 3, 1823, in Wayne county, 111., and raised in Sangamon county. He graduated Feb. 7, 1850, at Rush Medical College, Chicago, and was married in Sangamon county March 30, 1855, to Barbara Moore. She was born in 1828, in Woodford county, Ky. They had three living children, BENJAMIN M., MARY H. and CARRIE A. Dr. B. F. Stephenson was surgeon of the I4th 111. Inf. He died August 30, 1871, and his widow and child reside in Menard county, three miles north of Salisbury, 111.

R. Houghton, who was born Dec. 9, 1855, in Menard county, 111., and served one year as a soldier in the Mexican war. They have three children, JAMES F., CHARLES W. and MARY A., and live six miles south of Petersburg, Menard county, 111.

HARRIET, born Oct. 5, 1830, in Sangamon county, married Nov. 14, 1860, to William N. Spears, who was born Nov. 12, 1826, in Menard county. They had four children. WILLIAM F., died at five years old. EMMA M., RUTH S. and VIRGINIA live with their mother. William N. Spears died in Menard county, 111., March 28, 1868, and his widow and children reside at Lincoln, Logan county, Illinois.

STEVENSON, MILES, was born in Tennessee, 'and came to Sangamon county about 1822, in what is now Cartwright township. He was married to Deborah Irwin. They had one child in Sangamon county, and moved to Menard county, where six children were born. Of their seven sons -

JAMES M., born Nov. 7, 1829, near what is now Richland Station, Sangamon county, 111. He was married May 4, 1856, to Martha A. Loving, of Logan county. They have two children, MINERVA J. and SOPHRONIA A., and live near Salisbury, Sangamon county, 111.

JOHN, enlisted in 1862 for three years in Co. F, 1 1 4th 111. Inf. He was captured at the battle of Guntown, Mississippi, June, 1864, was in Andersonville prison pen until the end of the rebellion, and came very near losing his life. He was honorably discharged in 1865, married Mary Loving, has two children, FRANLIN C. and MATILDA, and live near Salisbury, Sangamon county, Illinois.

STEWART, JAMES, was born Sept. 28, 1777,31 Fort Ann, Washington county, New York. That was in the very height of the conflict for American Independence, and at times all the families in the neighborhood were compelled to take refuge in the fort. On one occasion, when the men had gone for provisions, Indians entered the fort and found the subject of this sketch at his mother's breast, as she lay sick in bed. One of them took him by the heels and was about to dash his brains out, when she made the savages believe that she was in the act of summoning the white men. He dropped the infant and fled. James Stewart grew to manhood in that region, and followed the business of a lumberman on the Hudson river. He was married in 1803 in Bloomfield, Ontario county, to Roxana Stillman, and in 1806 moved to Buffalo, in the same State. In 1810 Mr. Stewart moved his family back to Bloomfield, thence to Junius, Seneca county. They had six living children in New York. In the fall of 1819 they embarked at Olean Point, on the Allegheny river, in a boat prepared for the purpose. Two other families, those of Joseph Inslee and Jesse Southwick, each occupied a boat. The three united in the purchase of a boat for the conveyance of their horses, wagons, and household goods. The whole party landed at Shawneetown on the last day of 1819. They made their way through the mud and water of the sloughs and running streams, all unbridged, until they reached Sugar creek, about eight miles south of the present city of Springfield, 111. Each of the families commenced improvements by building cabins. A few weeks later, the mother-in-law of Mr. Stewart - Mrs. Stillman - arrived with her family. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart started to accompany them to the north side of the Sangamon river. After seeing that part of the country they determined to settle there also. Mr. Stewart returned to Sugar creek, and moved his family and property, arriving in the spring of 1820, in what is now Williams township, where three children were born. On coming to the country, there were so small a number before them, that it was almost impossible to ob^in food. Mr. Stewart rode two days in search of provisions, and all he could obtain was a bushel or two of frostbitten corn - for which he paid two dollars per bushel - and a few pounds of rusty bacon, at twenty-five cents per pound. The nearest postoffice was at Edwardsville, seventy-five miles south, and they had to pay twenty-five cents for a letter from their friends. Of their nine children -

BENJAMIN H., born March 22, 1806, at Bloomfield, Ontario county, New York, married Margery Morgan, and had four children. Mrs. Margery Stewart died, and he married Nancy Hall. They had three children. Benj. H. Stewart died in 1871 in Missouri. His son, WILLIAM A., born Aug. 16, 1836 in Sangamon county, married Sept. 27, 1858, to Sarah L. Schick, a native of Danville, Pa. He enlisted Aug. 14, 1861, in Co. A, 3d 111. Cav. was discharged on account of physical disability, Dec. 30, 1861. He enlisted Jan. 20. 1864, in Co. A, 34th 111. Inf., served until April, 1865, when he was discharged on account of physical disability. He was appointed postmaster at Williamsville, April 8, 1869, and died April 1 8, 1870. His widow, Mrs. Sarah L. Stewart was appointed as his successor April 20, 1870.

WILLIAM A., born May 24, 1809, in Buffalo, N. Y. He was brought by his parents to Sangamon county in the spring of 1820. He was captain of a Sangamon county company in the Blackhawk war of 1832, and was in command of a supply train under his uncle, Isaiah Stillman at the time of his defeat on Rock river. Mr. Stewart taught school on Fancy creek for a time after the Indian war, and still later became a steamboat clerk on the Illinois river, and rose to the positions of pilot and captain. He was engaged in navigating the Illinois, Mississippi, Ohio and other western rivers, with his home at Cincinnati, until the breaking out of the great rebellion. William A. Stewart was married at Cincinnati October 14, 1841, to Elizabeth Haman. They had one child, JAMES E., born May 10, 1843, in Cincinnati. He had just completed his literary studies and graduated at Delaware, Ohio, when the rebel- lion broke out. His home was in Cincinnati, but he went over the river and enlisted on the eighteenth anniversary of his birth, May 10, 1861, in Co. D, 2d Ky. Inf., for three months, and re-enlisted for three years in the same company and regiment. He carried his musket for nineteen months, passing through Pittsburg Landing and many other battles. He was promoted August, 1862, to second lieutenant. In May, 1864, he was commissioned captain of Co. A, i6yth Ohio Inf., and March 13, 1865, promoted to Colonel of United States Volunteers. In October, 1865, he engaged in the practice of law at Cincinnati. In October, 1869, moved to Springfield, Ohio, where he succeeded to his father's interests, and was. elected Vice President of the Republic Printing Company, publishers of the Daily Republic ; is also a member of the City Council of Springfield. Colonel James E. Stewart was married April 3, 1871, at Mount Vernon, Ohio, to Mary E. Durbin, and resides at Springfield, O., 1874. Mrs. Elizabeth Stewart died at Cincinnati August 26, 1860, and W. A. Stewart was married in the same city Sept. 14, 1864, to Mrs. E. W. Hall, whose maiden name was Norton. They moved to Springfield, Ohio, in July, 1866. He died there July 21, 1869, and his widow resides there.

Of the public services of W. A. Stewart I can onlv make a very brief statement. When the rebellion burst upon the country he was engaged as an expert as one of a committee appointed by the United States Government to ascertain the channels and bearings of the Mississippi river. Whilst he was at Washington making his report in July, 1861, he witnessed the battle and defeat at Bull Run. He superintended, under direction of Commodore Foote, the fitting out of the gunboats Carondelet and Mound City, and was on the latter in its engagement with the rebel ram Van Dorn ; also in the battles of Fort Henry and Island No. 10. He was pilot of the United States Monitor Osage at the battle of Fort Durussy, in April, which was his last service in the war. He was appointed in April, 1864, United States Inspector of .Steamboats at Cincinnati, which he resigned in 1867. While in the naval service he and Commodore Foote co-operated with each other in holding religious services on the gunboats, on all suitable occasions. He was a member of Park Street M. E. Church and Sunday School, at Cincinnati, and of the High Street M. E. Church, Springfield, Ohio; also of the Masonic Fraternity.

MART M., born April 6, 1813, at Junius, New York, married in Sangamon county to Nathan E. Constant. See his name. Mr. Constant died August 25, 1843, and his widow married Miletus W. Ellis. See his name.

ROXANA, born Sept. 8, 1818, in Bloomfield, Ontario county, New York, married in Sangamon county, Jan. 30, 1873, to Ira Knights, a native of St. Lawrence county, New York. They reside at the family homestead, where her father settled in 1820, two and a half miles west of Williamsville, Sangamon county, 111.

The last years of his life James Stewart required a great deal of care, which was freely bestowed by his faithful daughter, Roxana, who declined very advantageous offers of marriage, expressing her determination to remain unmarried as long as herequired her attention, and most faithfully and lovingly did she discharge the selfimposed duties. Mr. Stewart died April 1 6, 1872, in the 95th year of his age, and on the farm where he had spent more than half a centurv of his life.

STILLMAN, Mrs. ABIGAIL, widow of Benjamin Stillman, came to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the spring of 1820, in what is now Williams township, accompanied by three sons and three daughters, all unmarried. She had a son and daughter married, the daughter came with the family, being the wife of James Stew- art. The son came two years later. The descendants of Benjamin and Abigail Stillman do not know where they were born or married, but they lived in Massachusetts until four children were born. They moved in 1793 to Bloomfield, Ontario sounty, N. Y., where four children were born, and Mr. Stillman died there. The family moved to Morganfield, Union county, Ky., where Philo Beers became acquainted with the family. They moved from there to Sangamon county, 111. Of their eight children -

Sl^EPPIEN, born in Massachusetts, came with the family to Sangamon county, selected the land where they settled in what is now Williams township, one and a half miles west of Williamsville. There was a beautiful natural grove on the land, which he called Fancy Grove. A postoffice was established there and called Fancy Grove postofHce, Mr. Stillman being postmaster. It was the first postoffice north of the river. The name has since been applied to a stream of water, and to a township. Stephen Stillman died in Peoria, between 1835 anc^ '4O>

JOSEPH B., born in Massachusetts, came with his mother to Sangamon county, and soon after went to the West India islands, and died therein 1825. He was a physician.

ISAIAH, born in Massachusetts, married in New York State to Hannah Sherwood, came to Sangamon county, about 1822, and settled on the farm now owned by B. F. Fletcher, one and a half miles southwest of Williamsville. They had three children, two daughters and a son, HENRY, who is a lawyer, and resides at C;-nton, Fulton county, 111. Isaiah Stillman was in command of a body of soldiers, as General Stillman, and was defeated at Rock river in 1832, in the war against the Indians, under their chief, Blackhawk. After the war, General Stillman moved to Canton, 111., and died there in 1865 or '6. His widow still resides there.

MARTHA, born in Bloomfield, New York, and came with her mother to Sangamon county. She was married Nov. 2, 1820, to Philo Beers. See his name.

STITT, WILLIAM, was born August 12, 1820, near Lebanon, Warren county, Ohio. He left home quite young, and traveled by water down the Ohio and up the Mississippi and Illinois rivers to Beardstown, Illinois, in company with William W. WykofF. They started from Beardstown with one horse to ride and tie. When within about fifteen miles of their destination, Mr. WycofF mounted the horse, gave Mr. Stitt particular directions about the road, and forgot to tie any more, for which he was excused by Mr. Stitt, because he was so near his family, from whom he had been absent several months. This caused Mr. Stitt to arrive on foot, alone, tired and hungry, at the south side of Richland creek, in what is now Cartwright township, in 1838. William Stitt was married Sept. 5, 1847, ^n Sangamon county, Illinois, to Elizabeth Hardin. They had five children in Sangamon countv. The fourth child died young.

HELEN A., LAURA L., and EDITH BELLE live with their parents, three and one-tourth miles southwest of Richland Station, Sangamon county, Illinois.

Isaac Stitt, the father of William, was born in 1779, in Pennsylvania, and married there to Elizabeth Phillips, who was born July 9, 1780, in New Jersey. They had nine children, and Mr. Stitt died in October, 1825, in Ohio. In 1845 Mrs. Stitt, her son, David and family, and her daughter, Elizabeth, came to Island Grove, Sangamon county. David moved the next year to Peoi'ia county, and died there June, 1865, leaving a widow and two children. Elizabeth married Joshua Butler. See his name. Mrs. Elizabeth Stitt

STONE, ASAHEL, was born Sept. 25, 1780, in Chesterfield, New Hampshire. His father, Colonel William Stone, was born in Groton, Mass., and was second in command at the taking of Crown Point, by Ethan Allen. He was a prisoner at Ticonderoga at the time of its evacuation by the British, immediately after Burgoyne's surrender. Col. Stone's wife was Submit Ward. At the time of his imprisonment, they had two children, aged respectively two and four years. The day before Col. Stone was to leave for Great Britain to be tried for high treason, Mrs. Stone left these two children at home alone and went to the fort, twelve miles distant, in a canoe, accompanied by her brother, David Ward, aged ten years - who was afterwards a Baptist minister and grandfather of Captain E. B. WTard, the late detroit millionaire. They reached the fort late in the afternoon, but the officer in command refused to admit her, notwithstanding all her pleading, and compelled her to wait all night in the boat. On returning home she found her children safe. The next day her husband was liberated. The rapid advance of our troops up the country having compelled the British to leave without being able to provide transportation for their prisoners.

Asahel Stone, whose name heads this sketch was a graduate of Dartmouth College, in the same class with Daniel WTebster. He was married February, i8o>", in Bridport, Addison county, Vt., to Laura Culver They came to Sangarnon county, 111., Nov. 1831, and entered the land now owned by Hiram E. Gardner six miles west of Springfield. They had six children, viz: -

WHEL OCK, S., born Nov. 28, 1805, in Madrid, St. Lawrence county, N. Y. He was a classmate of Dr. Hatfield, of New York city; Dr. J. J. Owens, Prof. Cozzensand D. B. Tower, at Middlebury College, and graduated there in 1828 with the second honors of his class. He afterwards became a minister of the gospel. He was married September, 1832,10 Martha Storrs and died at Mobile, Alabama, in 1837, of yellow fever.

father in 1831 and was married October 29, 1835, 'n Sangamon county, to Abigail C. Stewart, who was born in Junius Seneca county, N. Y., May 16, 1811. See James Stewart. They had four living children, namely: LAURA L., born June 7, 1840, in Sangamon county, was married March 30, 1858, to Jacob Gregory. See his name. They have two children, MARY and GEORGE, and reside in Decatur Illinois. JAMES A., born May 6, 1842, in Sangamon county, married September 26, 1866, in Morgan county, to Eliza Allyn. They have three children, JESSIE, PERCY A., and JAMES R. J. A. Stone owns and resides with his family on the farm entered by his father in September, 1834, the patent for which was signed by Andrew Jackson. The farm joins that entered by his grand-father, Asahel Stone. HENRY" A., born April 3, 1844, in Sangamon county, died April 21, 1861. CHARLES O., born May 4, 1847, in Sangamon county, is unmarried and resides in Springfield, Illinois. Ossian L. Stone died in 1850 and Mrs. Abigail Stone was married March, 1862, to Aaron Thompson and died in Springfield, 111., Feb. 15, 187^. Mr. Thompson is one of the firm of Thompson<& Newman, planing mill.

FRANCES S., born Dec. 17, 1813, in Bridport, Vt. Came with her father's family to Sangamon county, and was married at their farm residence Feb. 13, 1840, to Jonathan C. Bancroft. See his name. Rev. Dr. A. P. Happer, of the Chinese Mission, was groomsman at their wedding.

PHILIP Z., born Dec. 16, 1816, in Bridport, Vt., was married Feb. 1843, to Julia McCarty in Sangamon county. She died in 1852, while on their way to Oregon. P. Z. Stone resides in St. Louis, Missouri.

LAURA A., born April 10, 1821, in Bridport, Vt., was married at her father's farm residence in Sangamon county, 111., April 21, 1842,10 Jacob Ruckel. See his name.

Mrs. Laura Stone died June 21, 1845, and Asahel Stone was married September, 1846, in Springfield, 111., to Lucretia Dresser. He died there Oct. 2, 1871. His widow resides in Springfield. Asahel Stone was the last survivor of the class in which he graduated in Dartmouth college, of which it has already been stated that Daniel Webster was a member.

STONE, DAN, was born March 13, 1800, in Monkton, Addison county, Vermont, and graduated at Middlebury College, in his native State, in 1818. He went to Cincinnati and studied law with his uncle, Ethan Stone, and was married in that city in 1824 to Augusta M. Farnsworth, who was born March 8, 1808, in Vermont, also. Mr. Stone practiced law in Cincinnati a few years, and during that time was a member of the State Legislature of Ohio, and four years a member of the City Council. He moved to Springfield, Illinois, in 1834, anc^ m l&& was elected one of the Representatives of Sangamon county to the Legislature of Illinois. He was, consequently, one of the " Long Nine." See sketch tinder that heading. While a member of the Legislature he received the appointment of Judge of the Circuit Court, and was assigned to the district in the extreme northwestern part of the State, and moved to Galena. In 1838 he rendered a decision, with reference to the vote of an alien, that was distasteful to the Democratic party - he being a Whig. That decision led to a reorganization of the judiciary system of the State. The Supreme Court then consisted of four Judges. In February, 1841, the Legislature added five to the Court, all Democrats, and made it the duty of the nine judges composing the Supreme Court to act as Circuit Judges, also. Judge Stone, finding himself thus legislated out of office, soon left the State, and a few years later died in Essex county, New Jersey.

His son, Henry S., is unmarried and lives in San Francisco. His daughter, Jennie A., now the wife of Josiah Paul, lives in Cincinnati. His widow resides in Cincinnati, Ohio, also - 1876.

STOKES, JOHN, was born April 14, 1796, in Nicholas county, Kentucky. He was married in that county April 15, 1819, to Deborah Dickerson, who was born Feb. 4, 1798, near Hagerstown, Maryland. They had four children in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the fall ot 1830,111 what is now Rochester township,

John W., Jacob F., Minnie M.

BENJAMIN F., born Nov. 27, 1827, in Nicholas county, Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Malvina C. Cooper. She died and he married Elzirah C. Cooper. They had four living children, JOHN W., JACOB F., MINNIE M. and GABRIEL, live with their parents in Christian county, near Edinburg, Illinois.

JOHN, born April 19, 1835, in Sangamon county, married April 18, 1858, to Drada Lovelace, who was born August 7, 1840, in Shelby county, Illinois. They have three living children, CHARLES H., IDA A., and HARRIET A., reside with their parents near Edinbuig, Christian county, Illinois.

THOMAS, born Nov. 4, 1837, in Sangamon county, married Priscilla Jones. They had three children, two of whom died young. Thomas Stokes enlisted August, 1862, in Co. E, ii4th 111. Inf., was taken sick at Camp Butler, conveyed home, and died Oct. 28, 1862. His son, HERSCHEL V., resides with his mother, who is now the wife of James Layard. They reside near Sunny Side, Montgomery county, Kansas.

EMILY, born April 14, 1840, in Sangamon county, married Samuel Hedrick, and died August 25, 1867, leaving two children, who live with their father near Morrisonville, Christian county, Illinois.

STOUT, the origin of this family in America is quite romantic. The principal points in their history may be found in Benedict's History of the Baptists. Some of his statements are based on the writings of an earlier historian. The

Some time during the seventeenth century, probably about 1680 or '90, a young couple just married in Holland, embarked on a vessel bound for America. The voyage was prosperous until they were nearing the port of New Amsterdam, now the city of New York. The vessel was wrecked off what is now the coast of New Jersey, and nearly all on board drowned. The young couple of Hollanders, escaped drowning and with a small number of the passengers and crew succeeded in reaching the shore. Upon landing they were attacked by Indians, who lay in ambush awaiting their arrival. The whole party were tomahawked, scalped and otherwise mutilated, and left for dead. All were dead except the wife, from Holland. She alone survived, and although her scalp was removed and she was otherwise horribly mangled, she had sufficient remaining strength to crawl away from the scene of the slaughter, and secreted herself in a hollow log which was concealed by underbrush. She lay there a day or two, during which time her mental and bodily suffering may be imagined but cannot be described. She finally made up her mind that there was no possibility of her escaping with life; that if she remained quiet she would certainly die of hunger and thirst, and if she attempted to seek sustenance, that would expose her to the Indians, who would be sure to kill her. At this juncture, a deer, with an arrow sticking in its body, ran past where she was. This led her to believe that Indians were near, and she reasoned that it would be a much easier death to let them kill her, than to endure the pangs of starvation by remaining where she was. She then summoned all her remaining strength and dragged her body out to an open space that the Indians might see her should they pursue the deer. In a short time three of the savages appeared on its trail. Two of them rushed upon her with uplifted tomahawks, but the third one, a chief, restrained them and saved her life. It was not humanity, but gain that prompted him to this act of mercy. He took his prisoner to New Amsterdam and there received a ransom for her. That placed her in the hands of friends who gave her the proper surgical treatment and nursing as she recovered. The name of her husband is not known, neither is her own family name, nothing but her first or given name, Penelope; a name that has stood for more than twenty-five centuries, in tradition and literature, as the highest ideal of a true and loyal wife. It will readily be understood that I allude to one ol the creations of Homer, the father of Greek poetry. A brief statement of the case, gleaned from his works will not be out of place here.

When the Greeks declared war against Troy, in consequence of the abduction of Helen, the wife of Menelaus, a Greek chieftain, it was found that one of their number, Ulysses, although a soldier by profession, and a farmer in time of peace, manifested great reluctance to leaving his young and beautiful wife, Penelope, and their infant son, Telemachus, for the purpose of engaging in the war. He feigned insanity, by sowing salt instead of wheat. As a test of his sanity, Nestor, whom all respected for his wisdom and probity, proposed that the infant son of Ulysses should be laid in the furrow in front of the oxen with which he was plowing. The device was successful, and caused him to throw off the disguise by saving his child. It was expected that the war would be brief, but it was extended to a long series of years, and of those who finally returned, Ulysses was the last, after twenty years's absence. Meanwhile, he was supposed to be dead, and many suitors for the hand of Penelope, pressed their claims, and a simple " No " from her was not taken for an answer. The very thought of marrying again, especially while the fate of her husband was in doubt, was peculiarly revolting to her and she announced her intention of choosing a husband among the suitors, when she had completed the weaving of a shroud for her father-in-law. Her ardent suitors waited with all the patience they could command until it was discovered that she undid at night what she had woven through the day. She was then obliged to proceed with her work when the long absent Ulysses returned just in time to save her from what seemed a horrible fate.

This modern Penelope had no such doubts to contend with. The death of her first husband was only too sure, having been witnessed by her own eyes.

After her recovery, she became acquainted with and married an Englishman by the name of Richard Stout. They then went over into New Jersey, made themselves a home and raised a family of twelve sons. One of them, Jonathan Stout, and his family, were the founders of the Hope well settlement, in Hunterdon county, New Jersey, where Hopewell Baptist Church was afterwards constituted. Of the first fifteen members, nine were Stouts. The church was organized at the house of a Stout, and for forty years their meetings were held chiefly at the houses of the Stouts; after which they erected their first house of worship. In 1790, two of the deacons and four of the elders were Stouts. Jonathan Stout lived until his descendants were multiplied to one hundred and seventeen. Another one of their sons, David, had a son Benjamin, born in 1706. He had a son, Jediah, born April 10, 1757. His son -

STOUT, PHILEMON, was born May 15, 1785, in New Jersey, and in 1789 was taken by his parents to Fayette county, Kentucky. He was married Feb. 8, 1810, in Woodford county to Penelope Anderson, settled in Scott county in the same State, and in 1820 moved back to Fayette county. They had seven children who lived to maturity. The family moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving Oct. 5, 1836, in what is now Ball township. Of their children -

JACKSON, born August 6, 1814, in Kentucky, married Jan. 8, 1838, in Sangamon county, to Matilda Willian. He died Feb. 24, 1839. His widow married Samuel Haines. See his name.

ELIHU, born Jan. 30, 1816, in Scott county, Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, Illinois, August 30, 1839, to Rebecca A. Patton. They had three children, JAMES M., born June 15. 1840, married Mollie A. Mason. They have two children, JAMES WILLIAM and JOHN PHILEMON, and live two miles south of Chatham, Sangamon county, Illinois. PHILEMON, born Feb. 22, 1842, married Mary Abernathy. They have two children, WILLIAM ADOLPHUS and MARTHA ANN, and live in Auburn, Illinois. Mrs. Rebecca A. Stout died Sept. 21, 1852, and Elihu Stout married Mrs. Sarah J. Moore, whose maiden name was Williams. They had two living children,

THOMAS ELIHU and CHARLES H., who live with their father. Mrs. Sarah J. Stout died Sept. 17, 1866, and Elihu Stout was married June 18, 1867, to Mrs. Margaret E. Davis, whose maiden name was Williams. They reside three miles southeast of Auburn, Sangamon county, Illinois.

CHARLOTTE A., born Oct. 13, 1817, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, Illinois, August 10, 1837, to Samuel L. Ridgeway. See his name.

PHILEMON, J^ln., born April 19, 1822, in Fayette county, Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, Illinois, Sept. 7, 1848, to Melissa Shoup. They had four children, three of whom are dead. Her only living child, SAMUEL J., born August 22, 1849, was married July 30, 1871, to Emma L. Brasfield. They had one child, EDNA MAY,.whodied in infancy. Mrs. Emma L. Stout died Dec. 20, 1875.

5. J. Stout lives in Ball township, two miles south of Cotton Hill P. O., Sangamon county, Illinois. Mrs. Melissa Stout died February 26, 1855, and Philemon Stout, Jun., was married Oct. 26, 1856, to Louisa P. Brasfield. Thev have three living children, JAMES B.JOAB PHILEMON and MELISSA J., live with their parents. Philemon Stout, Jun., lives one mile southwest of Cotton Hill P. O., Sangamon county, Illinois, where his father settled in 1836. He has represented Ball township, in the County Board of Supervisors for many years, and is one of the most extensive farmers in Sangamon county.

MART, born Feb. 22, 1825, in Fayette county, Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, Illinois, March 25, 1841, to Dickson Hall, who was born June 15, 1813, in Ohio county, West Virginia. They had six children, one of whom, CHARLOTTE, died in August, 1849. They moved to Christian county, Illinois, in 1849. Of their five children, ELIZABETH E., born March i, 1842, in Sangamon county, was married Sept.

6, 1870, to Abner Bond, who was born August n, 1832, in Belmont county, Ohio. In 1838 he was taken to Indiana, and in 1855 came to Christian county. Mr. and Mrs. Bond have three children, county, was married in Christian count}', March i, 1870, to George A. Kautz, who was born Jan. 23, 1833, in Brown county, Ohio. They have one child, DICKSON, and live in Moweaqua, Shelby county, Illinois. WILLIAM W., born Nov. 30, 1847, in Sangamon county, brought up in Christian county, was married May 28, 1874, in Waukegan, Illinois, to Sarah L. Stewart, who was born there. They live in Taylorville, Illinois. MARY N., born Dec. 31, 1849, in Christian county, Illinois, was married Sept. 15, 1875, to William M. Dalbey, who was born Feb. 28, 1838, in Pickaway county, Ohio. He came to Sangamon county, Illinois, in 1862, and is a stock raiser in Christian county, five miles west of Edinburg, 111. EMMA S., born in Christian county, lives with her mother. Dickson Hall died June 23, 1854, and his widow lives near Taylorville, Christian county, Illinois.

ELIZA P., born Sept. 25, 1827, in Kentucky, was married Sept. 21, 1848, in Sangamon county to William Forbes, who was born in Hardeman county, near Bolivar, Tennessee, where they had four children. Mr. Forbes was murdered there in time of the rebellion, but not connected with it. The widow and four children came to Sangamon county. Her son, John P., lives near Oswego, Labette county, Kansas. ROBERT lives with his mother, MATTIE married Joseph Drennan. See his name. MOLLIE lives with her mother. Mrs. Forbes lives eight miles south of Springfield, in Woodside township, near the line of Ball. Her postoffice is Woodside, Sangamon county, Illinois.

MARTHA A., born May i, 1830, in Kentucky, was married Dec. 3, 1847, in Sangamon county to Robert G. Simpson, who was born May 6, 1826, in Fayette county, Kentucky. TJiey ha^e three living children. ELLEN R., was married Oct. 24, 1872, to William S. Richardson. They have one child, CHARLES M., and live in Taylorville, Illinois. RANDOLPH J. is one of the firm of Barnes & Simpson, druggists, Taylorville, Illinois. Mr. Barnes, his partner, is a son of Ezra Barnes. -See his name. WILLIAM R. lives with his parents in Ball township.

The Stouts very justly take pride in their family history, and being mostly Baptists, they take pride in their Baptist history also. When they meet a stranger by the name of Stout, who manifests a disposition to claim relationship, they apply one test only in their family history. They do not ask him to pronounce the word Shibboleth, but ascertain if he has any knowledge of PENELOPE, and if he knows nothing of her, they know nothing of him. In other words, they do not cultivate his acquaintance, in the direction of relationship, any further.

STOVER, SAMUEL, was born Nov. 10, i8io,in Franklin county, Pa. He was married Oct. 26, 1837, m Wellington county, Md., to Elizabeth Wolgamot. In the following spring they went to Pittsburg, and from there by water, down the Ohio, and up the Mississippi and Illinois rivers to Peoria, thence to Springfield in a wagon, arriving in June, 1838. He settled six miles south of Springfield, and had two children there, namely -

SUSANNAH, born Jan, 17, 1841, married May 31, 1864, to John Brotherton, a native of Franklin county, Pa. They had two children, SAMUEL S. and MAUD, and Mr. Brotherton died Dec. 3, 1867, in Springfield. He was a druggist. His widow and children reside with her parents in Springfield.

JOHN, born March 28, 1844, married Sept. 15, 1871, to Emma Wagner, of Ogle county. They had two children. He died July 15, 1875, in Springfield.

Samuel Stover and wife lived on the farm where they settled in 1838, until January, 1875, when they moved to Springfield, Illinois, where they now reside - November, 1876.

Strawbridge, Thos

STRAWBRIDGE, THOS., was born March 13, 1755, in county Donegal, Ireland. Jane Mitchell, was born in the town of Bally kelly, county Derry. Her mother's maiden name was Strawbridge, a second cousin to her father. The Strawbridge family was of English origin. Thomas Strawbridge and wife had seven children in county Donegal, and Mrs. Jane Strawbridge died in 1809. The family came to America, landing at Baltimore in May, 1810, and went to Northumberland county, Pa. In the fall of

1811, they moved to that part of Champaign, which is now Clark county, O. From there they moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving October, 1823, in what is now Fancy Creek township, near Cantrall. Of the se\7en children -

MARGERY, married in Baltimore to Hugh Jack, a sea captain. He abandoned the sea, and was about taking his wife back to Ireland, when she died in Baltimore.

JAMES, born Aug. 29, 1792, married October, 1839, in Springfield, to Mrs. Elizabeth McDonnald, whose maiden name was lies. They had two children. MARY E., married John W. Melton, have one daugnter, and live in Jacksonville, 111. ELIZA J., lives with her sister, Mrs. Melton. Mrs. Strawbridge died, and James Strawbriedge died October, 1868, 'both in Jacksonville, and both were buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, 111.

WILLIAM, born June, 1794, came to Sangamon county in 1823, married in 1834, in Jo Daviess county, 111., to Mrs. Mary Ames, whose maiden name was Mitchell. They lived in Sangamon county until 1838, and moved to Jo Daviess county, where he prosecuted the lead smelting business until 1849. He then went to California, was returning to his family, and died December, 1851, in New York city, leaving a widow and four children at Elizabeth, Jo Daviess county, Illinois. Of the children, MARY J., married John W. Shaffer. He was appointed Governor of Utah territory. Mrs. Shaffer died June, 1869. Gov. Shaffer died in office at Salt Lake city, Oct. 31, 1870, and was buried at Freeport, 111, They left three children, who live in New York city with their uncle, William F. Shaffer. MARGARET S., married Col. William F. Shaffer, a banker of New York city, and reside there. WILLIAM, Jun.. married Miss Coulter, and lives in Ottawa, Kansas. THOMAS, lives in Burlington, Kansas. Mrs. Mary Strawbridge, widow of William Strawbridge, resides with her daughter, Mrs. Shaffer, in New York city - 1874.

child, and Mr. McCain went to New Orleans on business, and is supposed to have lost his life there, as he was never heard of. His widow came to Sangamon county in 1823. Her daughter, MARGERY married in Sangamon county to Cyrus G. Saundeis. Mrs. McCain died Aug. 2, 1848, near Woodside, Sangamon county, Illinois.

THOMAS, Jun., born Feb. 8,1798 in county Donegal, Ireland, came with the family to America and to Sangamon county in 1823. He learned saddle and harness making at Lebanon, Ohio, and engaged in that business in the fall of 1823, in Springfield, the first in that line in the place. He consequently made the first saddle in Sangamon county and central Illinois. He has for many years been engaged in farming, is unmarried, and reside five miles southeast of Springfield, Illinois.

MART, born Nov. 30, 1800, in Ireland, married in Sangamon county, April, 1824, to David Anderson, a native of York county, Pa. He died July 16, 1825, in Morgan county. His widow married October, 1839, to Samuel Lyons, who was born near Belfast, Ireland. He died Oct. 12, 1842, in Sangamon county. Mrs. Lyons had no children by either marriage. She lives with her brother, Thos. Strawbridge, Jun., five miles southeast of Springfield, 111.

Strickland, George

1836, in Northampton, Massachusetts, to Sarah Little - sister to Thomas S. Little and Mrs. Sophia Phelps. Mrs. Strickland was born Nov. 21, 1814, in Northampton. They had one child, and moved to Springfield, Illinois, arriving in August,

ED WARD P., born May 14, 1837, in Northampton, Massachusetts, and raised in Springfield. He enlisted in the first call for 75,000 men in April, 1861, for three months, in Co. I, 7th 111. Inf., served full term and was honorably discharged. He again enlisted for three years in 1862, in Co. B, H4th 111. Inf., and commissioned as first lieutenant at the organization of the company. After the capture of Vicksburg he was promoted to captain. The regiment was put on provost duty at Memphis, Tennessee. - He was sent on an expedition and was taken prisoner in June, 1864. He was part of the time at Macon, Georgia, and part of the time at Charleston, South Carolina, where he was with other Union prisoners, placed by the rebel authorities under the guns of the Union army, in order to protect the city. He was moved from Charleston to Columbia, South Carolina, from where he escaped, and, with his first lieutenant, traveled thirty-five days, making a distance of between tour and five hundred miles, on foot, to Kno.xville, Tennessee, without seeing a white man, neither did they wish to. They traveled at night and subsisted on what they could obtain from the negroes, arriving Dec. 31, 1864. They were sent from Knoxville to Louisville, Kentucky, furloughed home, returned to the regiment, and was with it at the capture of Mobile, after which he was breveted major. He served until the fall of 1865, when he was honorably discharged. He now resides in Springfield, Illinois.

-SAP AH S., born Sept. 12, 1842, in Springfield, married Oct. 4, 1859, to Jesse D. Lloyd, a native of Springfield, also. He enlisted in 1861 in the nth Mo. Inf., was commissioned as first lieutenant at the organization of the company, and promoted to captain. He served to the end of the rebellion and died April 10, 1865,. leaving his widow and two children, \\ "INFIELD S. and FRANK M., residing in Springfield, Illinois.

HELEN C., born July 16, 1847, in Springfield, and married in her native city May, 1874, to Newell Sturtevant, a native of Maine. They reside in New York City.

Stringfield, James

a young man. He was there married to Nancy Simmons who was born in Roanoke county, Virginia. They had ten children in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county in the fall of 1820 in company with their son-in-law, John Strode. Of their children -

STRODE, JOHN, was born March 13, 1790, in Greenbrier county, Virgiana. His parents moved in 1804 to Warren county, Kentucky. He volunteered in a Kentucky regiment in the war of 1812 and served three months on Lake Erie. After Perry's victory he was honorablv discharged, again enlisted, and was in the battle of New Orleans. Jan. 8, 1815. He received a land warrant for his services but never drew a pension. The papers were ail burned at Bowling Green, Ky., in 1863. John Strode and Mary Stringfield were married August 14, 1815, in Warren county, Kentucky. They had three children there, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in October, 1820, in what is now- Fancy creek township, where eight children were born. When they came, there had been such an extensive and long continued drouth that they could walk across Sangamon river on the stones. They lived four weeks in a tent, while their house was building. Of their children -

JAMES B., born March 28, 1818, in Kentucky, was married August, 1845, *° Susan Hargis. They had eight children. WILLIAM R. enlisted in February, 1864, in Co. G, loth 111. Cav., for three years, served until the close of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged November, 186^, at San Antonio, Texas. He married Lucetta Plunkett, and lives in Springfield township. JOHN T. enlisted in Springfield May 14, 1864, in Co. I, I33d 111. Inf., for one hundred clays, served full term and was nonorably discharged Sept. 14, 1864. He lives with his mother

- 1874. AMANDA married John Miller. They have one child, and live in Fancy Creek township. MARY married Clarence Mallory. See his name, BARBARA and ELIZA live with their mother. James B. Strode enlisted in 1862, for three years, in Co. K, H5th 111. Inf.. and was orderly sergeant. He was killed at the battle of Chickamauga, Tennessee, Sept. 20, 1863. His widow lives near Cantrall, Sangamon county, Illinois.

BARBARA, born April 13, 1825, in Sangamon county, married Jan. 25, 1864, to John H. Cannon, who was born June 20, 1837, in Jefferson county, Ten lessee. They had two children, WILLIAM H. and LEONARD B., both died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Cannon live near Cantrall, Illinois.

ROLAND B., born March 24, 1831, married Lutitia Weese. They have five children, MARY E., CHARLES A., JAMES R., EMMA J. and MINNIE E., and live at the family homestead, near Cantrall, 111.

JOHN A., born Jan. 4, 1824, married Letitia Gilmore. Thev have four children, ALICE, MINNIE E., VICTORIA, and EVA M. John A. Strode enlisted at Springfield in 1862 for three years in Co. K, ii5th 111. Inf. He was at the siege and capture of Fort Donelson, was soon after sent to hospital and discharged on account of physical disability. He lived at Brookfield, Mo., a few years, but now lives near Cantrall, Illinois.

WILLIAM H., born July 19, 1836, in Sangamon county, married June 4, 1863, to Henrietta F. Strode, a distant relative. They had six children, NIREM P. and CORA BELL died under four years, LUZETTA A., THOMAS J., ELIZABETH and J. MAUD live with their parents near Cantrall, Sangamon county, Illinois.

JOEL B., born March 7, 1839, married Mary E. King. They have three children, JACOB E., MAGGIE M. and JOHN E., and live at the old homestead, seven miles north of Springfield, near Cantrall, 111.

John Strode died Nov. 27, 1866, and his widow resides on the farm settled by them in 1821. It is in Fancy Creek township, eight miles northwest of Springfield, Illinois.

STUART, JOHN T., was born Nov. 10, 1807, in Fayette county, Ky., seven miles east of Lexington. His father, Robert Stuart, was born of Scotch-Irish parents, in Rockbridge county, Virginia. He was a Presbyterian minister, but went to Lexington, first as professor of languages in Transylvania University. He was there married to Hannah Todd, daughter of General Levi Todd. £>ee sketch of the Todd family. Rev. Robert Stuart, while connected with the University, became pastor of the Presbyterian church, at Walnut Hills, seven miles east of Lexington, where the subject of this sketch was born. John T. Stuart graduated at Centre College, Danville, Ky., in the fall of 1826, studied law with Judge Breck in Richmond, Ky., and came to Springfield, Illinois, arriving Oct. 25, 1828. He traveled on horseback and was ten days on the road. He at once engaged in the practice of his profession, and when the Indian troubles came on, that culminated in the Blackhawk war, Mr. Stuart became the major of the battalion in which Abraham Lincoln commanded a company. In 1832 Mr. Stuart was elected one of the Representatives of Sangamon county in the State Leg.slature. In 1834 he was re-elected. Abraham Lincoln was elected that year, also, and they roomed together at Vandalia. While they were taking a morning walk during that session, Mr. Lincoln asked Mr. Stuart his opinion in regard to his studying law. Mr. Stuart advised him to begin at once, proposed to loan him the necessary books and act as his preceptor, all of which was gratefully accepted by Mr. Lincoln, and when he was qualified for practice he gladly accepted the offer of his preceptor to become his partner. In 1836 Mr. Stuart was a candidate for Congress, but was defeated, as he expected to be, his object being to keep the Whig party - which was largely in the minority in his district - in order for future campaigns.

John T. Stuart was married Oct. 25, 1837, at Jacksonville, 111., to Mary V. Nash, a daughter of General Frank Nash, of St. Louis county, Missouri, and a niece of the late Judge Lockwood, of Illinois. They had six living children -

BETTIE, born July, 1838, in Springfield, married Christopher C. Brown. Sec his name. She died, and the Bettie Stuart Institute was named in honor of her memory.

JOHN T., Jun., born Dec. 16, 1842, in Springfield, was married there Sept. 6, 1866, to Emily W. Huntington. They have four children, GEORGE H., MARY V., ELIZABETH H. and EDWARD S. BROWN. John T. Stuart, Jun., is a merchant in Chicago, and, with his family, resides there.

John T. Stuart was elected to Congress in 1838, defeating Stephen A. Douglas, when the partnership between him and Mr. Lincoln ceased. He was again elected in 1840, served that term, and in 1843 formed a partnership with Benjamin S. Edwards, under the firm name of Stuart & Edwards. It is the oldest law firm in the State, and with one exception, Mr. Stuart is the oldest practicing attorney in the State. He was elected in 1848 State Senator for four years for the district composed of Sangamon, Menard and Mason counties. He was out of politics after that until 1862, when he was elected to Congress, serving one term. In 1866 he was elected President of the Springfield City Railway Company, President of the Springfield Watch Company, President of the Bettie Stuart Board of Trustees, and is one of the three commissioners for building the new State House. As Chairman of the Executive Committee of the National Lincoln Monument Association, it devolved upon him to do more than any other one man, in superintending the erection of that monument to the memory of his legislative colleague, law student and partner, and life-long friend - Abraham Lincoln. The law firm of Stuart & Edwards was changed in 1858, by admitting C. C. Brown, to that of Stuart, Edwards & Brown.

STLTBBS, ROBERT L,., was born Dec. 24, 1813, in Virginia, taken by his parents to Greene county, Kentucky, and came to Island Grove, Sangamon county, 111., in the fall of 1832. Martha Ann Smith was born Dec. 5, 1818, in Greene county, Kentucky. Her parents were from the vicinity of Nashville, Tenn., and both died in Kentucky; the father in 1823, and the mother in 1826. She came to Sangamon county in 1834, with the family of Dr. Richard Barrett. R. L. Stubbs and M. A. Smith were married August 4, 1836, and had fourteen children in Sangamon county.

MARTE., born June n, 1837, married Sept. n, 1856, to Samuel Clawson, have two children, WILLIAM H. and MARTHA M., and live near New Home, Bates county, Mo.

JAMES T., born March 5, 1839, married Oct. 29, 1867, to Hannah F. Robeson, who was born Dec. 12, 1840, in Morgan county. They have three children, ALBERT L., ELIZABETH A.and JAMES T., and live three and one-half miles east of Berlin, Sangamon county, 111.

SARAH F., born Dec. 3, 1840, married March 18, 1858, to A. Jackson Rude, have one child, EDWARD E., and live five miles west of Chatham, 111.

GEORGE W., born August 23, 1846, married Sept. 15, 1870, to Eliza Miller. They have one child, GEORGE R., and reside four miles west of Chatham, 111.

WILL I A At S., born Jan. 7, 1851, married Nov. 6, 1872,10 Annie A. Johnson, have one child, JAMES G., and live two miles west of Berlin, Sangamon county, 111.

SWEET, JOSEPH, was born March 15, 1789, in Otsego county, New York. He was there married to Abigail Neal, who was born Oct. 30, 1793, in Hartford Connecticut. They had eight children in Otsego county, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1830 at Lebanon, now Loami, where two children were born. Of their children -

ASENATH, born Nov. n, 1813, married in Sangamon county to John Kinney, had three living children, and reside at Linden, Osage county, Kansas.

MAN ASS EH, born August 10, 1815, married three times, had one child by the first, and three by the second wife. He died in 1872, in Canton, Missouri.

VERMELIA A., born Feb. 5, 1828, the last birth of the family in New York, married in Sangamon county to Washington Clawson, had two children, and Mr. C. died and the widow married Theodore Watson, had one child, and lives in Waverly, Illinois.

ARABELLA L., born March 18, 1831, the first birth of the family in Sangamon county, married August 22, 1848, in Springfield to Ebenezer B. Watson, who was born Nov. 21, 1819, at East Windsor, Connecticut. They had ten children, six of whom are dead, namely, ALICE died March 10, 1864, in her fifteenth year, PHILIP, GRACE A., HENRY, ARABELLA and MARY R. died under three years. The other four, ANNA, SERENA, EBINEZER

Joseph Sweet moved to Scyene, Dallas county, Texas, in 1852, and soon after became postmaster, and died in office in 1864. His wife died the same year.

SWEET, ROBERT, was born in 1791, in Otsego county, N. Y. He was married to Sarah Parker, and they had five children in that county. They embarked at Olean Point, in a family boat, and floated down to Shaweetown in May, 1820, and engaged in farming until the spring of 1824, when he moved to Diamond Grove, near Jacksonville, and from there to what is called Sweet's Prairie, in consequence of their being the first settlers there. It is about five miles west of Manchester, Scott county, 111, In 1830, he moved back to Diamond Grove, and in 1837 movecl to Loami, Sangamon county. They had four children in Illinois. Of their nine children -

DANIEL, born June 19, 1809, in New York, married Elcey Sweet. They had four children, and Mrs. Sweet died in 1849. He resides at Chenoa, 111.

MORRIS, born April S, 1813, in Otsego county, New York, married in Sangamon county May 2, 1839,10 Olivia Barger. They had nine children, SOPHRONIA I., married William McKee. See his name. SYLVESTER H., born August 12, 1841, enlisted August 12, 1861, in Co. C, nth Missouri Inf. for three years, re-enlisted as a veteran January, 1864, and died of disease April 17, 1865, at Memphis,Tenn. MONTGOMERY Z.,enlisted August, 1862, in the same company and regiment, was wounded at the battle of luka, Mississippi, Sept. 17, 1862, and discharged on account of physical disability. Resides at Loami. LETHE M. married Haskell Jones, had two children and mother and children died. MARCELLA and LORI.NTINE C. reside with their parents. LUCINDA married lohn Brash and reside in Loami. MARGARET J. and LUELLA reside with their parents in Loami, Sangamon county, 111.

LORENTINE, born Jan. 21, 1821, near Shawneetown, married Sarah A. Sweet. He died in 1851, leaving a widow and one child. They have since died at Waverly, 111.

SWEET, THEOPILUS, a cousin to Joseph and Robert, was born and married .in Otsego county, New York. Had children born there, and moved to Morgan county, Illinois, and from there to the vicinity of Loami, Sangamon county, in 1826. They brought six children and three were born in Sangamon county. I have not a full history of his children. His eldest son -

LE VI, born in New York, married in Sangamon county in 1832 to Lucy Colburn, a daughter of Isaac Colburn, who died at Louisville, Kentucky, in 1820. They had five children, moved in 1853 to Scvene, Texas, and Mr. S. died there in 1863, leaving his family there. Levi Sweet was a preacher in the Christian Church before he went to Texas, and continued to preach as long as he lived.

The wife of Theopilus Sweet died at Loami and he married Lucinda B. Harrison. He moved with part of his children to Scott county, and died about 1860 at Winchester, Illinois. His widow died August 20, 1873, on Richland creek, at the residence of her nephew, John H. Harrison. Theopilus Sweet was a preacher of the Old School Baptist Church when he came to Sangamon county, and soon after changed to the Christian, or what is called Campbellite. He preached in Sangamon about eighteen years, and was then the principal mover in organizing a phalanx of Fourierites at Loami in 1844. That was disbanded in two or three years. Mr. Sweet joined the Missionary Baptists two or three years before his death.

For the convenience of those consulting this volume, the explanation is again inserted, by which it may be known what generation of a family any person belongs to, by the kind of type used in printing his or her name. Original early settlers or heads of families are in LARGE LETTERS; second generation, ITALIC CAPITALS; third, in CAPITALS; fourth, in SMALL CAPITALS; fifth, in Italics.

TAFT, MRS. PHCEBE, whose maiden name was Davis, was born June 5, 1780, in Vermont. She was married there to Josiah Taft. They had eleven children, and Mr. Taft died Sept. 17, 1838, in Vermont. Mrs. Taft and some of her children came to Sangamon county, Illinois, part before and part after her arrival. She and two of her daughters arrived at Rochester in the fall of 1839. Of the five who came to Sagamon county -

WILLIAM W., born Sept. 7, 1803, at Vergennes, Vermont, came to Rochester, Sangamon county, in 1833 or '34, and was married Feb. i, 1838, to Eliza Delay. They had seven children, near Rochester, namely, JOSIAH, born Nov. 12, 1838, died Oct. 21/1866. JOHN, born March 14, 1840, died June 10, 1860. CAROLINE born Nov. 9, 1841, and HATTIE, born August 25, 1843, l've with their mother. WILLIAM and ELIZA, twins, born Nov. 23, 1846. Wiiliam lives with his mother. ELIZA married Dec. 18, 1873, to Dr. R. T. McNeill. See his name. HENRY, born July 20, 1850, lives with his mother.

William W. Taft died Feb. 16, 1855, and his widow resides on the farm where they settled in 1838. It is one mile west of Rochester, Sangamon county, 111.

SARAH, born August 13, 1805, in Vermont, married in Sangamon county to Caleb Sherman, and both died ; she in Sangamon county and he in Iowa.

TALBOTT, DAVID, was born Jan. 6, 1786, in Baltimore county, Maryland. " There is a tradition that has been handed down to the Talbotts in this country, that prior to, or about the year 1 700, three brothers came over from England, two of whom settled in Virginia and one in Maryland. They seem to have visited and continued their acquaintance, and in the course ot time united in looking up up their old-fashioned silver plate, of which they appear to have had a considerable quantity. After a general consultation, they decided to return this silver plate to England for remodeling. It was consequently shipped for that purpose, but the vessel in which it was sent was never heard from." The above was taken from a letter written by Thomas E. Talbott, of Dalhoff, St. Charles county, Mo., to his cousin, Thomas Talbott, of Sangamon county. He facetiously adds: "Perhaps some of the Spirit Rappers might call up the spirit of the captain of that old ship and ask him the name of the shippers of this precious plate." He thus disposes of the effort to trace the geneology of the three brothers, but at the same time makes it quite plain that the one who settled in Maryland was named John. He had a son Edward who married an English lady by the name of Margaret Slade. Edward Talbott died soon after marriage. A son, Edward, was born April 6, 1764, after the death of his father, on what was called " My Lady's Manor," in Baltimore county,

Maryland. This Edward Talbott was married in 1783, in Harford county, Maryland, to Elizabeth Standiford. They had twelve sons and one daughter. It was their second son, David, whose name heads this sketch. When David Talbott was about ten years old his father moved to Shelby county, Kentucky. He was there married Dec. 4, 1806, to Harriet Harding, who was born Dec. 25, 1787, in Berkley county, Virginia. Her father, Nathan Harding, moved to Shelby county about 1802. David Talbott and wife had twelve living children in Shelby :ounty, Kentucky. The whole family, with the exception of the eldest son, moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving April 16, 1835, in what is now Curran township, south of Spring creek. In the fall of that year they moved north of Spring creek, in what is now Garden township. Of their children -

FLETCHER, born March 24, 1810, in Shelby county, Kentucky, commenced the study of medicine in 1832, with Dr. Hanson Harding, in Shelbyville, Kentucky, attended lectures at Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, in the winters of 1834 and '5, and in the spring of the latter year commenced practice in Spencer county, Kentucky. He came to Springfield, Illinois, in the autumn of 1836, where he practiced medicine one year and returned to Lexington, Kentucky, attended a second course of lectures and graduated in March, 1838. He returned to Springfield in May and continued there until September, when he moved to the country a few miles west of Springfield, where he has continued practicing his profession until the present time. Dr. Fletcher Talbott was married in Morgan county, Illinois, June 18, 1839, to Ruth R. Gatton. They had seven children. WILLIAM T., born July 6, 1841, in that part of Morgan which is now Cass county, Illinois, was married November 2, 1864, in St. Louis county, Missouri, to Sarah F. Gardner, a daughter of Thomas Gardner. She was born April 6, 1842. They ru-ve five children, THOMAS G., JOHN F., NETTIE E., MABEL and CHARLES D., the latter born May 13, 1876, is the " centennial " of the family. William T. Talbott is one of the neatest farmers I have found in Sangamon county, or any other place. That he is thoroughly posted on all the late-t improvements in agriculture, a visit to his farm, "Elder Grove," will convince the most casual observer. He has an extensive library, a large collection of minerals, fossils, copper coins, etc., etc. Mr. Talbott and family reside at " Elder Grove," two miles northwest of Farmingdale, Sangamon county, 111. David C., born August i, 1843, in Sangamon county, was married Oct. 28, 1868, to Elizabeth A. Firkins. They have three children, namely, WALTER, CARLTON and HENRY FLETCHER, and reside in Curran, Sangamon county, Illinois. JAMES L., born April 25, 1846, in Sanfamon county, was married June 19, 1873, to Jennie Gill. They have two children, ROSE and JOHN GILL, and live two miles west of Springfield. FLETCHER H., born October 28, 1848. MARY R., EDWARD R. and CHARLES R. live with their parents. Dr. Fletcher Talbott and wife reside six miles west of Springfield, Illinois.

DA VID, Jun., born July 22, 1813, in Shelby county, Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, Oct. 3, 1850, to Susan Rickard. They had one child, ELLA BELLE, who was born July 5, 1855, and died August 20, 1875. David Talbott and wife reside six and one-half miles west of Springfield, Illinois.

77? OAM 3", born Feb. 21, 1816, in Kentucky, is unmarried and lives at the homestead, where his parents settled in 1835, six and a half miles west of Springfield, Illinois.

LUTHER, born Feb. 11, 1820, in Shelby county, Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, Illinois, June, 1851, to Mary M. Rickard. They have eight children, namely, CHARLES W., CATHARINE L., ELIZA F., THOMAS F.,

Arseneth H., Caroline L.

MART R., born Jan. 2, 1822, in Kentucky, was married Dec. 9, 1858, in Sangamon county, Illinois, to Rev. Moses Summers, of the M. E. Church. They have two children, EMILY F. and MOSES W., and live two miles north of Curran, Sangamon county, Illinois. Rev. Moses Summers was born Sept. n, 1818, in Onondaga county, New York. He came to that part of Morgan county which has since been added to Cass county, Illinois, arriving Nov. 3, 1838. He was there married to Eleanor Yaples. They had three daughters. AZUBA R. lives with her father, MARY E. married Preston H. Gibson, and lives at Brownsville, Nebraska. SARAH C. married Irwin B. Towl, and lives in Lincoln, Illinois. Mrs. Eleanor Summers died Oct. 5, 1857.

EMIL Y, born Oct. 21, 1823, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county to George Brunk. See his name. He died and she married Lindsey H. English, and resides two miles southeast of Springfield, Illinois.

CAROLINE, born August 24, 1825, in Kentucky, died April 22, 1875, at the family homestead, unmarried. Her death was the first ot the twelve children David Talbott brought to Sangamon county, forty years before.

SARAH, born May i, 1827, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, Oct. 12, 1847, to H. K. Cooper, who was born Jan. 5, 1820, in Mercer county, Pennsylvania. They had two children, ROSE H. married William E. Pirkins. See his name. WILLIAM K. married Kate S. Van Patten. They live one and a halt miles northwest of Bradfordton, Sangamon county, 111. Hugh K. Cooper died Sept. 7, 1850. Mrs. Cooper was married Sept. 5, 1858, to William J. Shaver, who was born May 10, 1834, in Rensselaer county, New York. They had three children, JAMES A., and THOMAS T., the eldest and youngest died under four years. GEORGE D. lives with his mother. Wm. J. Shaver died Jan. 25, 1864, and Mrs. Sarah Shaver lives in Gardner township, one and a half miles northwest of Bradfordton, Sangamon county, 111.

Talbott, Benjamin

TALBOTT, BENJAMIN, was born June 19, 1798, in Fairfax county, Virginia. He went to Kentucky, where he was married Jan. 21, 1808, to Mrs. Frances Lumsford, whose maiden name was Johnson. Her former husband, Mr. Lumsford, was an overseer and was poisoned by negroes in Kentucky. They had three children in Kentucky, and Mrs. Frances Talbott died Nov." 17, 1817. Benjamin Talbott was married April 8, 1818, to Elizabeth Johnson, sister of his first wife, and a native of North Carolina. They had two children. Benjamin Talbott moved to Springfield, Illinois, >in 1826. Of their children -

HANNAH, born Dec. 14, 1808, in Kentucky, was married there to Alexander Harrower. She died April 28, 1859. Mr. H. resides in Athens, Illinois.

WILLIAM H., born August 10, 1817, in Kentucky, was married Dec. 3, 1838, in Sangamon county to Matilda Enyart. They had six children, four died young. Of the two living children, CHARLES H., born May 13, 1845, in Springfield, is a merchant in Burton View, Logan county, Illinois. BENJAMIN F., born Feb. 10, 1848, in Springfield, is a printer and stockholder in the Springfield Printing Company. He is also Superintendent in the job department, and resides in Springfield. Mrs. Matilda Talbott died March 16, 1855, and William H. Talbott was married Oct. 2, 1856,10 Mary Winters, who was born August 2, 1824, in Franklin county, Penn. They had two children, MARY E. and WILLIAM H., Jun. The latter died March 14, 1871, aged 11 years. William H. Talbott, Sen., died Jan. 21,1874, and his widow resides in Springfield, Illinois. He was at the time of his death engaged in the business of carriage and wagon making, and had been for many vears.

MARJ^HA, born March 8," 1824, in Kentucky, was married in Springfield Oct. 27, 1842, to Daniel W. Witmer. They have one child, MARY E., born July 21, 1843, was ma^ied May n, 1863, to Reuben M. Huckey. They have two children, MATTIE R. and DANIEL w., and

J. Harvey, Benjamin S., Clara

R QBE RT A., born Nov. 5, 1826, in Springfield. He was married December, 1851, in Menard county, to Eveline Robinson. They had five living children, J. HARVEY, BENJAMIN S., CLARA W., BETTIE N. 'and ROBERT W., reside with their parents in Logan county, six miles west of Lincoln, Illinois. In the fall of 1874 R. A. Talbott was elected to represent Logan county for two years in the Legislature of Illinois.

Soon after Benjamin Talbott came to Springfield, in 1826, he acted as deputy sheriff and assessor, and filled other minor offices until 1836, when he was elected county recorder, which office he held until 1848, when, under the constitution adopted that year, the office of recorder was merged into that of circuit clerk. He was elected to the latter office four years, and after that had charge of the recorder's branch until his death.

TAYLOR, FRANCIS, was born August 23, i797> m Shelby county, Kentucky. Nancy Jackson was born march 18, 1795, in the vicinity of Richmond, Virginia, and was taken by her parents to Shelby county, Kentucky, when she was a child. They were married October, 1821, in Spencer county, where they had two children, moved to Oldham county, where three children were born, and then returned to Spencer county, where they had twins, one of whom died in infancy. The family moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving Oct. 13, 1834, at what is now Sangamon Station. Of their six children -

PER ME LI A A., born May 16, 1824, in Spencer county, Kentucky, married in Sangamon county April 16, 1840, to Benjamin West. See his name. He died and she married Erastus Woodruff, of Orange county, New York. (His son, Augustus Woodruff, by a former wife resides near Sangamon Station.) Mr. and Mrs. Woodruff had one child, MARY E., born August i, 1853, married Oct. 22, 1873, to Frederick D. Wilson, a native of St. Lawrence county, New York. They reside four miles northwest of Illiopolis. Erastus Woodruff died of cholera Oct. 30, 1854, on Round Prairie, five miles east of Springfield. Mrs. Permelia A. Woodruff married John North. See his name.

PHILIP W., born March 16, 1826, in Old ham county, Kentucky, married Ann M. Connelly. Thev had eight children, and live at Clinton, DeWitt county, 111.

FRANCIS J., born March 14, 1828, in Olclham county, Kentucky, married in Rochester, Illinois, to Mary T. St. Clair. They have five children, and reside at Decatur, Illinois.

FANNY, born August 7, 1830, in Oldham county, Kentucky, married in Sangamon county June 22, 1848, to Rev. Robert F. Shinn, of the Protestant Methodist Church, and resides in Quincy, Illinois.

*JOHN S., born Jan. 13, 1834, in Spencer county, Kentucky, married Julia Mills. They had two children, and Mr. Taylor was drowned near Henry, Illinois, Feb. 22, 1860.

TAYLOR, EDMOND, was bora Oct. 22, 1785, in Christian county, Kentucky, married there to Mary Pugh, had five children, and she died. He married Constant Blakey, who was born June 22, 1791, in Georgia. They moved to what became Sangamon county, arriving in the fall of 1819, on Sugar creek, and in 1822 or '23 mcved to the south side of Spring creek, four and a half miles west of Springfield. They had eight children in Sangamon county, three died young. Of his ten children -

'JOHN, born in Kentucky, raised in Sangamon county, married in 1829, in Pike county, to Eveline Mclntire. They have seven children, and live in Seneca, Nemuha county, Kansas.

Fannie E., Laura A., John G.

DANIEL, born Nov. 28, 1829, in Sangamon county, married Oct. 12, 1858, to Nancy A. Ralston. They have six children, WILLIAM E., JAMES H., FANNIE E., LAURA A., JOHN G. and JANE K., and reside on the farm where his parents settled in 1822 or '23. It is four and a half miles west of Springgeld, Illinois.

AMERICA A., born Nov. 18, 1831, in Sangamon county, and married John Vulgamott. They have nine children, and reside near Oakley, Macon county, Illinois.

T A Y LO R, J O H N . was born May i, 1772, in Maryland. Three brothers, Isaac, James and William Taylor, came from England to America long before our Revolution. \Vhere James and William settled is unknown to the decedants of Isaac, who settled in Maryland, and who was the father of John, whose name heads this sketch. The parents of John Taylor emigrated when he was quite young to Chester district, South Carolina, where John was married to Susan Mobley. They had seven children there, and moved in 1805 to that part of Barren which afterwards became Hart county, Kentucky, where one child was born, and Mrs. Susan Taylor died there in 1808 or '9. John Taylor was married in that county in 1816, to Susan Trotter. They had one living child there, and the family moved in 1818 to White county, Illinois. In the spring of 1819 they moved to Wayne county, where five children were born, and from there to Sangamon county ,arriving in May, 1829, on Wolf creek, in Williams township, where three children were born, making a total of seventeen children. John Taylor spent six vears in Sangamon coim- ty, and then moved to Moultrie county Illinois. In 1849 he settled in Davis county, Iowa. He left home in Davis county to tend a religious meeting in the adjoining county of Appanoose, and died there Nov. 7, 1856. His widow now resides with some of her children near Drakesville, Davis county, Iowa. Of all the children of John Taylor, three only settled permanently in Sangamon county. Simeon, the eldest, James, the fifth, and Isaac, the eighth, all hy the first marriage. Of the other fourteen I shall speak first.

ELIZABETH, born Sept. 27, 1796, was married in Kentucky to David Garrison. They moved to Whits, and from there to Wayne county, Illinois, brought up a family, and both died there.

MARY, born March 5, 1798, in South Carolina, was married in Hart county, Kentucky, to George Coats, and still lives there, near Mumfordville.

NANCT, born Oct. 4, 1803, in South Carolina, was married in Wayne county, Illinois, to James Bowling, moved to Moultrie county, brought up a large family, and lives near Sullivan, Illinois.

JOHN M., born April 24, 1805, in South Carolina, was married in Kentucky to Nancy Wilson, moved in 1849 to Appanoose county, Iowa, brought up a large family, and died there.

HARRISON, born about 1817 in Hart county, Kentucky, came to Sangamon county with his parents, and was married in Moultrie county, Illinois, to Eliza Killian. They moved to Appanoose county, Iowa, and he enlisted in the 37th Iowa (Graybeard) Regiment. Harrison Tavior died in Iowa, a member of that regiment, leaving a large family near Drakesville, Davis county, Iowa.

ANN, born in Wayne county, Illinois, was married in Moultrie county to Albert Killian, ant' died in Appanoose county, near Drakesville, Iowa.

DENNIS, born in Wayne county, Illinois, was married in Sangamon county to Caroline Simpson, and died in Davis county, Iowa, leaving a widow and four children, one of whom died young. Of the other three, PASCO, in stepping from one railroad car to another, fell through and was killed instantlv, in June 1875. ADDIE and LULA live with their mother near Drakesville, Iowa.

AL VIN S., born June 19, 1834, in Sangamon county, was married there August 7, 1856, to Louisa J. Wilson. They had two children in Sangamon county, and moved in 1860 to Drakesville, Davis county, Iowa, where two children were born, one died in infancy. Mr. Taylor enlisted August 9, 1862, in Co. B, 3oth Iowa Inf., for three years, was appointed first sergeant at the organization of the company, promoted to first lieutenant, but before receiving his commission, was promoted to captain and commissioned by Governor Kirkwood, to take rank from May 30, 1863. He entered upon its duties in Mississippi, Sept. 2, 1^63, and was mortally wounded May 13, 1864, at Resacca, Georgia. He died there in military hospital, June 7th. Of his three children, CHARLES W. died Jan. 22, 1876. The other two, S. LESLIE and NELLIE A., live with their mother, half a mile south of Barclay, Sangamon county, Illinois.

TAYLOR SIMEON, born May 10, 1795, near Chester Court House, Chester district, South Carolina, was married March 5, 1817, in Hart county, Kentucky, to Sarah Sturgeon. They had one child there, and, in company with his father's family, moved, in 1820, to Wayne county, Illinois, where two children were born. Mr. and Mrs. Tavior, with their children, returned to Kentucky on a visit, and Mrs. Taylor died there August 19, 1824. In September, Mr. Taylor returned with his three children to Wayne county, where he resided until the spring of 1829, when, in company with his brother James and family, he moved to Sangamon county, and settled in what is now Williams township. Of his three children -

JAMES S., born May 29, 1818, in Hart county, Kentucky, was married Feb. 25, 1841, in Sangamon county, to Sarah Halbert, They had five living children. SIDNEY E., born Feb. 26, 1842, married James VV. Jones. See his name. MARGARET J., born Dec. 9, 1843, was married March i, 1866, to John L. Wright. They have one living child, SARAH H., and reside five and one-half miles southeast of Williamsville, Sangamon county, 111. SUSAN C., born Nov. 22, 1848, was married March 29, 1869, to Benjamin F. Cleverly. They have one child, LENA, and live at Illiopolis, Sangamon county, 111. DRUSILLA, born Oct. 28, 1851, married Mr. Hunter, and lives at Riverton, Sangamon county, 111. ANNIE, born Feb. 6, 1854, lives with her parents, three-fourths of a mile south of Barclay, Sangamon countv Illinois - 1874.

SUSANNAH, born Jan. 27, 1823, in Wayne county, Illinois, was married in Sangamon county to John Webb. See his name. They have six children, and live in loka, Keokuk county, Iowa.

JOHN B., born Nov. 2, 1833, married Anna Thompson, who had one child, JANE M., and Mrs. Anna Taylor died. John B. Taylor married Jane Dickerson. They have one child, JOHN W., and live five miles southeast of Williamsville, in Logan county, Illinois.

NANCY, born Nov. 23, 1834, was married August 17, 1854,10 Adam Braughton, who was born June i, 1829, in Franklin county, Ohio. They had nine children, three of whom died under nine years of age. JAMES A. died August 19, 1872, in his tenth year, caused by the kick of a horse. WTILLIAM M., GEORGE W., A DEL BERT C., EMELINE and ETHEL live with their parents, two miles

Simeon W.,Charles A., Ninian

NINIAN, M., born Dec. 26, 1835, was married Jan. 15, 1857, to Elizabeth P. Constant. She died Feb. 2, 1858, and N. M. Taylor was married Jan. 11, 1859, to Mahala E. Lard. They have four children, SIMEON W.,CHARLES A., NINIAN L. and LORIN O., and live four miles southeast of Springfield, Illinois.

Mrs. Jane Taylor died Feb. 23, 1843, ant* Simeon Taylor was married April 15, 1850, to Susan Hendrix. They had one child, SIMEON, which died in infancy, and Mrs. Susan Taylor died July n, 1852. Simeon Taylor resides on the farm where he settled in 1829, three-fourths of a mile north of Barclay, Sangamon county, 111.

TAYLOR, JAMES, born Nov. 2, 1801, in Chester district, South Carolina, moved with his parents to Hart county, Kentucky, and thence to Wayne county, 111., where he was married to Mary Kelly, who was born in Hart county, also, and taken by her parents when young to Wayne county. They had five children, and moved to Sangamon county in the spring of 1829, settling in what is now Williams township, near Barclay, where seven children were born. Of their nine children who lived to any considerable age:

NINIAN R., born Feb. 13, 1825, in Wayne county, Illinois, was married April i, 1847, 'n Sangamon county, to Catharine (Kittie) Halbert. They have five living children. JOHN B., born May 22, 1851, was married Dec. 2, 1873, to Miranda Turley, and lives in Williamsville. LEWIS C., born April 9, 1854, graduated at Bellevue Medical College, New York, March i, 18755 and is practicing medicine at Auburn, 111. ELLEN, EMMA and FRANK H., live with their parents. Ninian R. Taylor was elected in 1870 to represent Sangamon county, in the twentyseventh General Assembly of Illinois, for two years. He and his family reside at Williamsville, Sangamon county, 111. He is a merchant there.

R.HODA, born in Wayne county, Illinois, was married in 1848 in Sangamon county, 111., to Wm H. White. She died of cholera in 1851, leaving one child, BERTRAND D. WHITE, who lives near Gibson, Ford county, 111.

ISAAC J., born Oct. 12, 1830, in Sangamon county, married Margaret Halbert. They had two children, ALEXANDER D , born May 9, 1854, graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, in 1875, and is practicing medicine at Cotton Hill, Sangamon county, 111. MARY ETHEL, lives with her father. Mrs. Margaret Taylor died May 16, 1863, and I. J. Taylor was married May 27, 1864, to Mary A. Mc- Ginnis. They have two children, JOHN

JAMES H., born Dec. 25, 1832, in Sangamon county, was married Jan. 5, 1855, to Rachel C. Groves. They had six children. JAMES A. died in his fourth year, BARBARA A., MARY E.,DORA B., GERTRUDE C. and WILLIAM H. live with their parents. James H. Taylor moved his family to Danville, Illinois, Nov. 28, 1868, and now - 1876 - reside there.

SIMEON M., born Feb. 2, 1835, in Sangamon county, married Louisa Buchanan. They have one child, MARY K., and reside on West Monroe street, Springfield, Illinois

FRANCIS K., born June 14, 1840, in Sangamon county, was married Oct. 24, 1 86 1, to Elizabeth Kalb. They had three children, FLORA L., died Nov. 1 8, 1875, in her thirteenth year; NELLIE

F. died Nov. 25, 1875, in her tenth year, and JAMES C. died Nov. 14, 1875, in his sixth year, all of malignant diptheria. F. L. Taylor and wife reside at the homestead where his father settled in 1829, three-fourths of a mile north of Barclay, Sangamon county, Illinois.

Mrs. Mary Taylor died July 27, 1852, and James Taylor died July 27, 1857, both where they settled in 1829, near Barclay, Sangamon county, Illinois.