Sangamon County, Illinois - The whole text, 1876 (part 29 of 31)

ELIZABETH, born June 8, 1828, in .Sangamon county, married Nov. 7, 1850, to William Kenney, who was born in 1827, in Harrison county, Kentucky, was a soldier from DeWitt county, Illinois, for one year, from June, 1846, in Co. E, 4th 111. Inf., in the war with Mexico, and came to Sangamon county in 1849. Mr. and Mrs. Kenney had five children, MARY A. died in her second year. JOHN B., VICTOR, SARAH F. and WILLIAM live with their parents, two miles west of Mechanicsburg, Illinois.

BOLIVAR, born August 12, 1831, in Sangamon county, married in the samecounty, Jan. 22, 1857, to Maria Wilson, who was born Nov. 15, 1834, in Nrw Hampshire. They had five children, onedied in infancy, and ALBERT J. died in his third year. GEORGE LINCOLN, NICHOLAS IRVING, and HENRY ELMER live with their parents on the farm where his parents settled in 1828.

JAMES, born May 4, 1833, married Oct. 20, 1853, to Mary B. Kenney. They had six children, JAMES T., AMBROSE, ADA BELLE, LAURA C., CHARLES H. and ELIZA A. Mr. Turley died August 26, 1862, and his widow and children reside five miles east of Springfield, Illinois.

HENRT D., born Feb. 3, 1836, in Sangamon county, married Sept. to, 1856, in Logan county to Eliza J. Scoggin,who was born in that county Dec. 12, 1840. They had nine children, four died under two years. FANNIE A., MARY A., CHARLES L., MAGGIE MAY and CHLOE E. reside with their parents, five miles east of Springfield, Illinois.

THOMAS J., Jun., born Jan. 20, 1838, married May 20, 1858, to Rebecca Barr. She died Feb. 14, 1874, leaving five children, ALVAN, ELIZABETH, FLORA A., JAMES and ELIZA A. Mr. Turley was married a second time, and resides three miles east ot Springfield, Illinois.

WILLIAM, born Oct. 16, 1840, in Sangamon county, enlisted July 25, 1862, in Co. I, i I4th 111. Inf., for three years, served until the end of the rebellion and was honorably discharged July 4, 1865. He was married August 10, 1865, in St. Louis, to Ellen Curran, who was born April 7, 1842, in Glasgow, Scotland. They had two children, JOSEPH W. and MARY E., and Mrs. Ellen Turley died August 8, 1872. Mr. T. and his children live with his mother, five miles east of Springfield, Illinois - 1874.

MART, born Dec. n, 1842, in Sangamon county, married Dec. 28, 1864, to Quintus Embree. They had one child, FANNIE A., born Nov. 4, 1865. Mrs. Embree was married Feb. 20, 1875, to William D. Henry. They have one son, WILLIAM D., Jun., and reside five miles east of Springfield, Illinois.

Thomas J. Turley died Sept. 7,1852, and his widow resides with her children, near where she and her husband settled in 1828, five miles east of Springfield, Illinois.

TWIST, JOHN, was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, went to Seneca Falls, when a young man, and was there married to Phoebe Russell, who was born in Newark, New Jersey. They had two children at Seneca Falls, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in 1821, in what is now Woodside township, six miles southeast of Springfield, where they had two children. Mrs. Twist made cheese and her husband hauled it to St. Louis on an ox wagon, where he found a market for it. In that way they raised the money to buy their first eighty acres of land. Early in 1826 they moved to a place on the Sangamon river, two miles northeast of Rochester, and about eight miles east of Springfield. Mr. Twist, in connection with Dr. Darling, of Springfield, built a saw and grist mill further up the river, four miles northeast of Rochester. It required all the men within a radius of ten or twelve miles to raise the mill. Mr. and Mrs. Twist had two children near the Sangamon river. Of their six children -

CICERO, born in 1820 in Seneca Falls, New York, married in Sangamon county, Illinois, May 21, 1845,10 Sarah A. Baricman, and moved in August, 1848, to DeWitt county, Illinois. They had ten children, CICERO S., the sixth, and SARAH P., the eighth, died young. Of the other eight, NORVILLA A. was married Sept. 20. 1866, to John W. Dunn, has one child, JAMES E., and lives in Macon county, Illinois. LOUISA was married June, 1872, to James Long, has one child, CHARLES, and lives in McLean county, Illinois. MYLO lives with his father. EVAN A. was married Feb. 19, 1874, to Jane Bennett. MARY E., WESLEY W., ADELIA E., and JOANNA live with their father. Mrs. Sarah A. Twist died Jan. 10, 1867, and Cicero Twist was married Nov. 3, 1867, to Sarah Enos, and resides near Weldon, DeWitt county, Illinois. .

JOHN A., born Nov. 12, 1826, near Rochester, Sangamon county, Illinois, was married Nov. 26, 1856, in Rochester, to Eliza J. Sattley. They have six children, IRA F., RALPH S., MARY A.,

EMELINE Stewart, born in Sangamon county, and married Addison Foley. They have two children, and live at Hay Market, Prince William county, Virginia.

Underwood, Reuben

UNDERWOOD, REUBEN, was born March 17, 1798, in Nicholas county, Kentucky. He was married in Bracken county, Kentucky, December 5, 1822, to Margaret Dawson, a sister of John Dawson. See his name. She was born August 31, 1796, in Fairfax county, Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Underwood lived for some time in Harrison county, Kentucky. Then moved with four children to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1833 m what is now Mechanicsburg township. Of their five children -

John R., Sarah M., Adelia E.

JOHN H., born July 31, 1825, in Harrison county, Kentucky, was brought up in Sangamon county, and married in 1859, at Rusnville, Illinois, to Jane E. E. Smith. They had six children, CHARLES E., JOHN R., SARAH M., ADELIA E., ARTHUR A. and ALBERT E., the latter twins. J. H. Underwood and family reside at Carrollton, Green county, Illinois.

THOMAS J., born Oct. 30, 1829, in Harrison county, Kentucky, was married at Mechanicsburg, Sangamon county, Illinois, Oct. 28, 1858, to Margaret D. Bondurant. They reside at the homestead, where his parents settled in 1833. It is three miles southeast of Dawson, Sangamon county, Illinois. Thomas J. Underwood enlisted August 6, 1862, for three years, in Co. I, 73d 111. Inf. He was elected second lieutenant, on the

Reuben Underwood died Feb. 10, 1844, and his widow died Jan. 9, 1875, both at the homestead where they settled in 1833. Reuben Underwood's widowed mother came with him to Sangamon county, he being the only child. Her maiden name was Sarah Con way. Her parents were among the earliest settlers in Kentucky. They had taken refuge from the Indians either in Randall's or Martin's station, and when those fortifications were captured and destroyed, June 22, 1780, by the combined forces of the British and Indians, she was separated from her parents and adopted by an Indian and his squaw. She was then about seven years old. They took her to Detroit, Michigan, and after a search of three years, her father, learning where she was, secured an order from the British officers for the Indians to restore her to her father. They also advised Mr. Conway to make the Indian a present to prevent his injuring her. Acting on their advice, he paid them forty dollars. She died at her son's residence, Sept. 19, 1845, aged about seventy-three years.

UNDERWOOD, JOHN, was born about 1785, in North Carolina. Went to Sumner county, Tennessee, when a young man, was there married to Clarissa Cook, and had eleven children in Tennessee. The family moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving November, 1829, in what is now Island Grove township, where one child was born. Of their children -

GEORGE, born Jan. 27, 1811, married in Sangamon county to Elizabeth Sweet, had six children, and she died, and he married Ann Campbell, had four children, and the parents died, leaving their children near St. Joseph, Missouri.

LA WRENCE, born August 5, 1812, in Davidson county, Tennessee, married in Sangamon county, April 9, 1835, ^° Abigail Colburn. They had fourteen children, four of whom died under nine years. Of the ten, ACHSA, born May 6, 1836, married Nov. 24, 1854, to William HufFmaster. See his name. Thev have ten children, and live at Owaneco, Christian county, Illinois'. NATHAN T.

born October i, 1837, married Mary L. Dorrance, have six children, and live near Loami, Illinois. A Z U B A, born April 18, 1839, married August 13, 1862, to Benjamin F. Weeks, who was born July 6, 1841, in Belmont county, Ohio. They have two children, AMY A. and i, AURA A., and reside in Loami, Illinois. Mr. Weeks enlisted August 2, 1862, in Co. F, 5 ist 111. Inf., for three years, served until June 29, 1865, when he was honorably discharged. He was in the dispensing druggists' department the last year. CLARISSA, born Jan. 4, 1841, married April 14, 1859, to Samuel M. Neal, have three children, and live near Springfield, Missouri. BARTON W., born Sept. 26, 1842, lives near Springfield, Missouri. JESSE T., born Sept. 4, 1847, man"ied June 25, 1868, to Abigail M. Kinney, and live at Linden, Osage county, Kansas. LAWRENCE T., born July 31, 1849, married July 8, 1869, to Martha J. Weir, have two children, and reside two miles west of Loami, Illinois. LUCY, born August 9, 1853, married June 16, 1870, to Scott Carter, who died, and she lives with her parents. DAVJD O. and FANNY live with their parents, near Bois D'Arc, Greene county, Missouri.

LOUl'SA, born May 29, 1826, in Tennessee, married in Sangamon county to Milton, Douglas. See his name. Her name is erroneously printed Eliza.

1866, near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, to Elizabeth Coble, a native of that place. James T. Underwood was for several years assessor of Island Grove township. He was elected in 1864 to represent that township in the board of supervisors of Sangamon county. He is now - November, 1876 - a Justice of the Peace, and resides in Springfield, Illinois.

John Underwood built a horse mill in Island Grove, soon after his arrival. It was the first in that part of the county. The settlers came from twenty to thirty miles to do grinding with their own teams. He died Oct. 27, 1866, in Island Grove, where he settled in 1829. His widow died Jan. 18, 1866, at Loami, Sangamon county, Illinois.

UNDERWOOD, WILLIAM, was born and married in Kentucky, and brought his family to Sangamon county, arriving about 1834 at Berlin. They had three children, one of whom died, aged ten V years, and Mrs. Underwood died. Their two sons, CHARLES and to their friends, in Kentucky, and went from there, as soldiers, in the Mexican war. William Underwood married for his second wife, Eliza Lemon, and he died in 1840. His widow married John Churchill. See his name.

Utterback, Elijah

was born in Culpepper county, Virgiana, Sept. 25, 1776. When he was a youngman he went to Henry county, Kentucky, and was there married to Susan Bice - a sister to John Bice. They had three children born in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in October, 1835, ni wnat ifi novv Williams township, where one child was born. Of their four children -

VANCIL. This name - Vanzael, anglicised - is quite common in Germany, especially among the soldiers of the fatherland. The circumstances which led to its being transferred from Prussia to America were somewhat peculiar. A young man bearing the name, put to death a valuable dog belonging to an old German husbandman. This was deemed a grave offense, and he was called up by his father for trial. The boy plead guilty, but justified his actions. The venerable parent decreed that he' should be severely chastised or leave the country. The proud spirited stripling chose the latter, immediately embarked for America, and settled in Virginia. Nothing is known of his marriage, but his son, John Vancil married Mary Penrod. They had a large family, consisting in part of six sons, five of whom were over six feet high, and weighed upwards of two hundred pounds each. While these were yet children, John Vancil joined a company of rangers - the first military organizations at the beginning ot our troubles with the mother country - and sent his family into Maryland. One of his sons -

VANCIL, SAMUEL, born about 1768, was but six years of age at the beginning of the American Revolution, when his father separated his tamily upon going into the army. Samuel was placed in a family of Germans, who, from their religious convictions were opposed to war. At the close of the war John Vancil collected his family in Patrick county, Virginia, where Samuel was married about 1795 to Mary Peckelheimer, and moved to Montgomery county, in the same State, where they iiad two children, and then moved to Logan county, Ky., where they had one child, and moved back to Virginia, where two children were born, and then moved to Lincoln county, Ky., and from there, in i8ii,to

Warren county, Ohio, where one child was born; from there to Franklin county, Indiana, and after a stay of five yeai's, moved to Union county, Illinois, where he left his family, and with several others rode up to Sugar creek, and selected a tract of land about one mile southeast of where Auburn, Sangamon county now stands, where he arrived with his family late in November, 1818. They lived in their wagons until cabins could be built. Their only neighbors were the Drennan and Dodds families. Sec their sketches. Game being abundant, they lived largely on wild meat and honey. The Kickapoo Indians were quite numerous, though friendly. Of the six children of Samuel Vancil -

BETSY, was born in 1796, in Montgomery county, Va., married in Warren county, Ohio, to John Walker, and came with her parents to Sangamon county, where she died in 1830, leaving five children, three of whom, when last heard from, were living in Texas.

PENROD, born in 1797, in Montgomery county, Va., married in 1819, in Preble county, Ohio, to Elizabeth Houston. They had eight children, five of whom lived to maturity, namely: JAMES, married Martha A. Gatton. They had eight children, and she died. He married Sarah E. Greenawalt. He died February, 1872, in Virtlen, 111., leaving his widow and children there. NANCY, married Jacob B. Vancil See his name. ELIZABETH, married Abner Hayden. They had six children. WILLIAM D., married Mrs. Melvina Vancil, and live in Montgomery county, 111. SARAH E., married Noah Greenawalt, and lives near Cerro Gordo, Piatt county, 111. NANCY j., married James Cruise who died, and she lives in Piatt county. MARY j., married Francis M. Rape. See his name. EMILY K., married Francis M. Cross. See his name. EMILY E., lives with her sisters. Abner Hayden died, and his widow has since been married, but is now a widow living with her children, near Cerro Gordo, 111. MARY married A. Henderson. He died 'and she married William Forsythe. See his name. She lives at German Prairie Station, near Springfield, 111. GEORCE W., married Melvina Gatton, and died in May, 1872, leaving several children. Penrod Vancil

SARAH, born about 1800, in Logan county, Kentucky, married in Franklin county, Indiana, to John Houston. She died in Preble county, Ohio, leaving four children, one of whom lives in Iowa.

GIDEON, born Feb. 1,1802, in Montgomery county, Virginia, married in Sangamon county, Illinois, March, 1820, to Feraba Wilson, believed to have been the first marriage ever solemnized in the what is now Sangamon county. They had eleven children, all born in Sangamon county. CLARINDA, born in 1821, married in 1835, ^° Henry Duke. They had several children, all of whom died except one, who is married and lives in Dallas county, Texas. Mr. Duke died in 1864, and his widow lives in Dallas county, Texas. MARY J. is unmarried, and lives in Lawrence county, Missouri. ADAM, born August 16, 1826, died in Logan county, Illinois, Jan. 18, 1849. AARON BRYANT, born July 9, 1828, married in 1852 to Elizabeth Scott, have one child, and reside six miles southwest of Waverly, Illinois. JAMES M., born June 13, 1830, married in 1865 to Isabel Morland, have two children, and live in Camanche county, Texas. E L I Z ABETH, born May 26, 1832, married in 1850 to George W. Foster. He died in Texas, leaving a widow and two children, who live in Lawrence county, Missouri. GIDEON H., born May 23, 1835, married in 1862 to Martha A. Severe. They have four children, and live in Lawrence county, Missouri. SARAH A., born Nov. 13, 1837, married Dec. 4, 1851, to Robert Scott, have one child, and live in Carroll county, Missouri. THOMAS J., born Nov. 17, 1841, and died June 26, 1866. BENJAMIN F., born Nov. 7, 1843, is unmarried, and lives in Lawrence county, Missouri. MINERVA C., born Feb. 4, 1846, married J. C. Jenkins, and died in Texas, May 21, 1873. Gideon Vancil lived four miles southwest of Auburn, Sangamon county, Illinois, until 1847, when he moved to Hopkins county, Texas, where he lived until the close of the rebellion, when he moved to Missouri. Mrs. Feraba Vincil died in 1866, and Gideon Vancil resides with his children, near Mount Vernon, Lawrence county, Missouri.

SIMEON, born Jan. i, 1805, in Montgomery county, Virginia, came to Sangamon county, Illinois, in 1818, with his - father, was married March 16, 1826, to Mary Black. They had two children, WILLIAM, died in infancy; JACOB B., born August n, 1828, married Nancy Vancil. They had three children, all died young. J. B. Vancil died in 1873. His widow is married and lives near Auburn, Illinois. Mrs. Mary Vancil died in 1830, and Simeon Vancil was married Jan. 19, 1832, to Mary A. Gates. They had eight children, three of whom died young. Ot the other five, CORN ELI US P. married Emily J. Pritchard. They have three children, and live four miles south of Auburn. Illinois. PAULINE C. married Robert Hudgen. They have one child, OWEN, and reside near Cerro Gordo, Piatt county, Illinois. FRANCIS M., born Jan. 29, 1840, in Sangamon county, Illinois, took a select course at Shurtleff College, and studied law. In 1869 he moved to Brownsville, Nebraska, and engaged in a newspaper enterprise there for two years. He was married October, 1870,10 Emma Argo, of Vermont, Illinois, who was born September, 1851, in Jersey county, Illinois. They have two children EARLE FRANCIS and EMMA LEOLA. In 1872 Mr. Vancil initiated the movement and assisted in laying out the town of Bloomington, Franklin county, Neb. He resides there; is engaged in the practice of law and stock raising. MARGARET J., born Jan. 15, 1842, married George W. Cray. They have four children, and reside two miles northwest of Virden, Illinois. MARY A. married Andrew Eagen. They have two children, and live three miles north of Virden, Illinois. Mrs. Mary A. Vancil died Feb. 3, 1873, and Simeon Vancil died April, 1875, both at the homestead where they had lived more than half a century. It was three and a half miles southwest of Auburn, Sangamon county, Illinois.

Mr. Simeon Vancil was very fond of conversing on subjects connected with the early history of the country. Speaking of the " deep snow " of 1830 and '31, he said that it was about three and a half feet deep on a level, but that it drifted to a depth of eight or ten feet. After it became sufficiently hard by thawing and freezing on the surface to bear his weight, he remem- bered attempting to walk across a ravine -where the snow brought all on a level. The crust was weakened by hazel brush that came up through it, and at the deepest place he went down, quick as thought. When he brushed the snow from his eyes and looked up, he found the crust at least three feet above his head. It required a long time for him to work his way out, but he finally succeeded by using his gun to break the crust over his head. He said that after the snow disappeared the stumps from which they had cut the trees for fuel were from six to ten feet high. He said that from the Indians who were here at the time, he learned that a deep snow had fallen about thirty years before, and that the buffalo, unable to find food, would collect on the highest points, where the snow was thinest, and remain huddled together until they died of hunger and cold. He said their account of it was corroborated by large quantities of buffalo bones being found on nearly all those high places. Simeon Vancil was a man of strong mental capacities, hospitable and kind. With one exception, he was for many years the oldest settler of Sangamon county. That exception was William Drennan. They have both passed away.

REBECCA, born in Warren county, Ohio, was married in Sangamon county to Henry Landis, of Logan county, Illinois, and died there a few years later without children.

Mrs. Mary Vancil died in 1822, and Samuel Vancil married a Mrs. Wakefield. He died in 1828, both near where they settled on coming to the country. They were buried in the Wimer grave yard, southeast of Auburn, Sangamon county, Illinois.

Van Deren, Barnard

VAN DEREN, BARNARD, born May 22, 1789, in Harrison county, Kv., was married there May 27, 1813, to Eliza McKee, who was born May 16, 1795, in the same county. They had nine children in Kentucky, two of whom died there. The family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving June 12, 1835, in what is now Curran township. When they came to the county the greater part of it was flooded with water. Baraard VanDeren was never a strong man physically, and the over-exertion and anxiety connected with bringing his family to so new a country brought on disease. There was not sufficient vitality left to counteract it, and he died July 6, 1835, ^ess than a month ofter their arrival. Of their seven children -

CYRUS W., born May 6, 1815, in Kentucky, was married there April 2, 1835, to Margaret Patton, and came to Sangamon county, 111., in 1838, three years later than the other members of the family. They had three living children. ELIZA J., born March 7, 1836, in Kentucky, was married Nov. 21, 1855, in Sangamon county, to Jesse F. Taylor, who was born Jan. 2, 1828, in Clarke county, Ky. They have three children, first born in Jackson county, Missouri, and the last two in Helena, Montana Territory, where Mr. Taylor and his family reside. MARTHA S., born in Woodside township, Sangamon county, married John M. Taylor. They have three children, GEORGE WILLIAM, FREDERICK and

LUELLA, and live in Chatham, Illinois. MARY L., lives with her parents in Chatham, Sangamon county, 111. Cyrus W. VanDeren was for a number of years a justice of the peace, and before the township organization, he was one of the Sangamon county judges, and was elected state senator in 1856, serving one term.

BARNARD A., born May n, 1819, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, 111., Nov. 7, 1839, to Mary J. Mc- Ginnis. They had two living children. MARY J., died aged 12 years. JOHN D., married Lydia A. Smith, and lives in Oswego, Kansas. Mrs. Mary J. VanDeren died in July, 1852, and Barnard A. VanDeren was married Nov. 8, 1853, to Mary A. Baker. They had two children, THOMAS N. and MAGGIE L. B. A. Van Deran died Feb. 25, 1866 and his widow married John Lowry. They had two children. BARNARD A. died in infancy. MARY LOUISA lives with her parents. John L^wrey and family live near Loami, Sangamon county, Illinois.

DA VI D J/., born Feb. 12, 1824, in Kentucky, was married June 17, 1851, to Margaret Evans. Mrs. Margaret Van Demi died in December, 1853, and D, M.

VanDeren was married Dec. 8, 1859, to Rebecca M. Kinney. They had one child, MAGGIE E., and D. M. VanDeren died Feb. 15, 1874, in Springfield, where his widow and daughter still reside.

MARGARET W., born June 9, 1828, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, March 13, 1849, *° William F. Thompson. See his name. They had one living child, ELIZA F., who lives with her mother. William F. Thompson died, and his widow was married July 18, 1854, to Lewis Johnson. See his name.

ARCHIBALD J., born Jan. 15, 1831, in Kentucky, brought up in Sangamon county, was married there May 22, 1866, to Mary W. Lloyd. They have four children, LLOYD, JOHN JAY, MARY and ARCHIE ALEXANDER. A. J. VanDeren and family live in Central City, Colorado. He was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Free Masons of Colorado in its early history, and was a member of the territorial legislature of Colorado for 1863.

Frank W., Helen, Charles

JOHN M., born May 26, 1833, in Kentucky, brought up in Sangamon county, was married there Sept. 8, 1864, to Louisa M. Coe, who was born April 1 8, 1838, in Waterbury, Connecticut, and raised in Morgan county, Illinois. They have five children, ARCHIE C., FRANK W., HELEN, CHARLES W., and JOHN E.; the latter died in infancy. John M. VanDeren and family now - September, 1876 - live in Chatham, 111., but expect soon to move to Boulder City, Colorado.

As an illustration of the slovenly ir>- nner farming has been done in Sangamon county, J. M. VanDeren says he has seen the corn on land that produced from fifty to sixty bushels to the acre stand in the field until time for planting again. Then they would knock down the stalks of corn and burn all together to clear the ground for planting a new crop. As already stated, Barnard VanDeren died within one month after bringing nis family to the county in 1835. His widow, Mrs. Eliza VanDeren, thus left alone in the prime of life, has remained a widow now more than forty years, and still lives with her children in Chatham.

she lives. There were present seven of the ten children of David and Jane - Wallace - McKee, of Harrison county, Ky. The parents and three children are dead. The seven present were Mrs. Eliza Van Deren, of Chatham, 111., aged seventynine, Mrs. Nancy McClintock, of Huntington city, West Virginia, seventy-two. Miss Margaret McKee, of Catlettsburg, Ky., aged seventy-one. Rev. D. D. McKee, of Hanover, Indiana, aged sixtynine. Mrs. E. G. Hamilton, of Vinton, Iowa, aged sixty-seven. Mrs. Cynthia A. Reynolds, of Murrayville, 111., aged sixtysix. Elder W. McKee, of Mexico, Missouri, aged sixty-four.

VANDEVER, AARON, born Feb. 7, 1785, in Virginia, was married in Henry county, Kentucky, in June, 1805, to Nancy French, who was born Nov. 19, 1789, in North Carolina. They had six children in Kentucky, and moved in 1814 to Washington county, Indiana, where four children were born, thence to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in October, 1829, where they had one child. Of their children -

SOPHRON1A, born Feb. 14, 181 1, in Kentucky, was married in Washington county, Indiana, to Barnett Davis. They have a large family, and live near Taylorville, Christian county, Illinois.

HORATIO N., born March i, 1816, in Washington county, Indiana, came with his parents to Sangamon county, October, 1829,. He was married in June, 1840, in Christian county, Illinois, to Mary J. Rucker, who was born in Kentucky. They have three children, WILLIAM T., born August 22, 1842, and EUGENE A, born August 27, 1853, are bankers in Taylorville, Christian county, Illinois. ELIZABETH, born Feb. 6, 1859, lives with her parents.

H. N. Vandever lesided in Sangamon county until the organization of Christian county, in March, 1839, when, without moving, he was placed in Christian county, the dividing line being near his farm. At the first election which occurred, in March,

1839, he was elected recorder for Christian county, and appointed clerk of the circuit court, also, holding the office until 1847. He was elected representative to the state legislature in 1842, raised a company for the Mexican war, but the quota was full. He was appointed by President Polk quartermaster, with the rank of captain, served two years, and during that time was at the battle of Buena Vista. In 1849 he was elected judge of the Christian county court, and filled the office by reelection two terms of four years each. He represented Christian and Montgomery counties in the state legislature for 1 86 1 -2. He was a member of the constitutional convention, and in 1862 was elected state senator. In 1870 he was elected judge of the circuit court to fill a vacancy, re-elected in June, 1873, and is now - 1876 - in office. H. N. Vandever and family live in Taylorville, Illinois.

ZIPPORAH, born in May, 1827, was married March 25, 1847, to William T. Duncan. Mrs. Zipporah Duncan died Dec. 31, 1849, leaving one child, AMANDA, who lives in Montgomery county, Illinois.

LA VlNA, born May 21, 1834, in Sangamon county, married Ransom Hargis. She died Sept. 20, 1858, leaving two children, WILLIAM R. and MARY J., living near Taylorville, Illinois.

Aaron Vandever died April, 1857, an(^ Mrs. Nancy Vandever died Aug. 7, 1 871, at Taylorville, Christian county, Illinois. Rev. Mr. Vandever was a distinguished minister of the Old School Baptist Church, known as the Regular Baptists.

Van Doren, Joseph

VAN DOREN, JOSEPH, was born February, 1790, in Somerset county, New Jersey. Maria Conover was born March, 1792,111 the same county, and they were married there about 1809. They had three children in that county, and moved, in 1824, to Warren county, Ohio, and from there to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving May 22, 1839, in what is now Curran township. Of their three children - in New Jersey, married in 1832 in Warren county, Ohio, to Sarah Hagaman, had one child, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1834, in what is now Curran township, being the first of the family to settle in the county. They had six children born in Sangamon county, and in 1845 moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where Mrs. Van Doren died, in October, 1848. In the spring of 1850 he went to California, and there married, in 1853, to Cornelia Fulkerson. He came to Springfield and kept the Chenery House from 1866 to 1868, and in August of the latter year returned to California, and resides in Petaluma. His son, JOHN S., lives in Petaluma, and his daughter, ANNA married John Rogers, and resides near Petaluma Sonoma, county, California.

ABRAHAM, born March, 1814, in New Jersey, married in 1837, in Warren county, Ohio, to Delilah Jack. They had one child in Ohio, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving July, 1838, in Curran township, where five children were born. The family moved to DeWitt county in 1855, and he died there in the fall of 1858, leaving a widow and two children, who reside near Clinton, Illinois.

PETER C, born April 11, 1818, in Somerset county, New Jersey, married Oct. n, 1837, m Warren county, Ohio, to Margaret Hathaway, who was born in that county, April 13. 1820. Her greatgrand-parents, on the mother's side, bore the name of Rogers. They emigrated from Ireland, and soon after the vessel sailed Mr. Rogers died at sea. A violent storm caused the destruction of the ship's stores, and in order to sustain life, three of the passengers were in turn killed and eaten. Mrs. Rogers had been selected by lot, as the next one to be slain. She asked for one hour to pray, which was granted, and all the preparations made for taking her life, the ship, meanwhile, carrying signals of distress. When but a tew minutes of the time remained, the sound of a cannon came booming over the waters, conveying the glad tidings that they were discovered, and her life was spared. On arriving in America she settled in Warren county, Ohio, with her only daughter, Elizabeth, who married Patrick Meloy. Their daughter, Amy Meloy, married Ebenezer Hathaway, and their daughter, Margaret Hathaway, married Peter C. Van Doren. Mr. and Mrs. Van Doren had one child in Ohio, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving May 22, 1839, in what is now Curran township, where eight children were born. Of their nine children, SARAH A., born Dec. 4, 1838, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county, Feb. 20, 1861, to Samuel Gibson, have three children, EMMA M., PETER V. and WILLIAM

L., and reside at Monticello, Piatt county, Illinois. JOHN M., born Jan. 15, 1841, in Sangamon county, married Jan. i, 1865, to Mary E. Sappington, have one child, CHARLES L., and reside at Waynesville, Illinois. EBENEZER H.. born Sept. 5, 1843, in Sangamon county, enlisted Aug. 20, 1862, for three years, in Co. B, i3Oth 111. Inf., served until August 15, 1865, when he was honorably discharged at New Orleans. He was married Nov. 13, 1867, to Frances I. McComas, and resides two and a half miles south of Curran, Sangamon county, Illinois. CORNELIUS P'., born May 22, 1846, married Sept. 30, 1868, to Eliza Stubbs, who was born April n, 1845, in Warren county, Ohio. They have one child, NETTIE, (WILLIE died in infancy) and resides three miles northwest of Curran, Illinois. HANNAH M., born Nov. 20, 1848, in Sangamon county, married Sept. 28, 1868, to William C. Nixon, have two children, FRANK v. and JOHN, and live on the farm adjoining that on which her father was raised, in Warren county, Ohio. MARGARET H., born March 27, 1851, lives with her parents. WILLIAM L., born Feb. 20, 1853, married Dec. 16, 1873, to Emma S. Darneille. MARY E., born Dec. 3, 1856, married March 9, 1873, to Hiram Alexander. See his name. AMY j., born March 10, 1860, lives with her parents. Peter C. Van Doren and wife reside on the farm where his father settled in 1839. It is three miles northwest of Curran, Sangamon county, Illinois.

Joseph Van Doren died August 30, 1845, and Mrs. Maria Van Doren died May i, 1864, both on the farm where they settled in 1839. He was a soldier in a Light Horse company from New Jersey, in the war of 1812, and although he was about fifty-five years of age, he went as a teamster in the Mormon war of 1844 and '45, in Illinois, was present and saw the

VAN HOFF, HENRY, was born in 1804, in the city of Philadelphia, and came to Springfield, Illinois, in the spring of 1838. He was for many years engaged in the wagon and carriage making business, with Obed Lewis. It was one of the first establishments of the kind in Springfield. Henry Van HofF was married in Springfield, March 4, 1840, to Susan A. Lewis. They had six children in Springfield.

HENRY L., born August 10, 1843, enlisted April, 1865, on the first call for seventy-five thousand men, for three months, in Co. - , 7th 111. Inf., served full time, re-enlisted August, 1862, in Co. G, i I4th 111. Inf., for three years, was commissioned first lieutenant and promoted to adjutant of the regiment in 1864, served until August, 1865, when he was honorably discnarged. He was married Oct. 26, 1871, in Laporte, Indiana, to Anna M. Eraser, who was born March 6, 1847, m Washington, D. C. They reside in Springfield, Illinois.

ADDIE, born July 20, 1847, was mar" ried June 7, 1871, to MifHin Bell, who was born Oct. 20, 1847, m Birmingham, Chester county, Pennsylvania. They have two children, SUSAN A. and MARY E. Mr. Bell is an architect, and is now - 1876 - assistant superintendent at the new state house. He resides in Springfield, Illinois.

JULIA A., born August 26, 1849, was married Sept. 15, 1870, to Albert C. Hayden, who was born April 23, 1850, in St. Louis, Missouri. They have two children, WILLIAM H. and LEWIS VAN H. Mr. Hayden is a member of the firm of Lord & Hayden, china and glassware merchants, Springfield, Illinois.

Henry Van HofF died Dec. 20, 1854, in Springfield, and his widow was married Nov. 19, 1857, to Rev. John G. Bergen, D. D. See his name. He died, and she resides in Springfield, Illinois.

Vanmeter, Abraham

county, Virginia. When he was a boy his parents moved to Champaign county, Ohio. He came to Sangamon county in the spring of 1829, on business, expecting to make but a temporary stay, but he was married in 1830 to Nancy A. Hussey, and settled in what is. now Fancy Creek township. They had seven children, namely

HENRT, born July 8, 1831, in Sangamon county, married March 16, 1854, to Mary G. Council. They had two living children, CHARLES F. and THOMAS D., and Mrs. Mary G. Van Meter died April 5, 1862. Henry Van Meter studied medicine and graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, at the session of 1854 and '55. He commenced practice at Williamsville, in the spring of 1855, and continued until after the death of his wife. September i, 1862, he was commissioned assistant surgeon to the ii4th 111. Inf. December 8, 1863, he was promoted to surgeon of the regiment. He commenced his duties before the regiment was organized, and was never on detached duty, but remained with it until August 3, 1865, when he was mustered out at Vicksburg. Dr. Van Meter resumed practice at Williamsville, and was married Feb. 13, 1867, to Mary F. Zane. They had three children, JOHN R., ARTHUR L. and HENRY Z. Dr. Henry Van Meter died after a very brief illness, May, 1873. His family resides in Williamsville, Sangamon county, Illinois.

MART //., born in Sangamon county, married Dr. Hiram J. Van Winkle, of Morgan county. In the spring of 1864 he became assistant surgeon to the loth Minn. Vol. Inf. He was with the regiment in the field, taken sick, ordered home, arrived at Williamsville, Feb. 27, and died March i, 1865. His widow, having no children, resides in Williamsville, Sangamon county, Illinois.

HARRIET E. married June 13, 1866, to Oren S. Webster, who was born Jan. 9, 1831, in Tompkins county, New York, came to Sangamon county in 1861, and in 1862 enlisted in Co. B, 1301!! 111. Inf., for three years. He was detailed as chief clerk in the military postoffice, at Memphis, Tennessee, and remained there until he was mustered out in February, 1865. He was elected in November, 1865, for

Abraham Van Meter and his wife are both living and reside in Fancy Creek township, on the farm settled by her father, Nathan Hussey, March 10,1819. Itisfive miles west of Williamsville, Sangamon county, Illinois.

Van Meter, Seymour

VAN METER, SEYMOUR, was born Feb. 14, 1807, in Champaign county, Ohio, came to Sangamon county in the fall of 1830, and lived in the family of his brother, Abraham. He was a soldier from Sangamon county in the Blackhawk war of 1831 and '32, and afterwards returned to Ohio, where he was married August 5, 1834, to Catherine Bishop, who was born April 8, 1810, in Clarke county, Ohio. He came to Sangamon county with his bride, in the fall, and settled in Fancy Creek township, where they had four children, namely,

JOHN R., born Dec. 15. 1837, married Jan. 22, 1872, to Elizabeth J. Cresse, of Menard county. They have one child, SEYMOUR, and reside on the farm settled by his father in 1834, five miles west of Williamsville, Sangamon county, Illinois - 1874.

WILLIAM H., born Oct. 28, 1839, enlisted in 1862, in Co. F, j^d 111. Inf., for three years. In consequence of impaired health he was transferred in 1863 to the Veteran Reserve Corps, in which he served to the end of the rebellion and was honorably discharged. He married Kate Clarey. They have one child, ABRAHAM, and live three miles northwest of Elkhart, Logan county, Illinois.

Mrs. Catharine Van Meter died April 2, 1858, and Mr. Van Meter was married April 3, 1860, to Mrs. Mary A. E. Whitmore, whose maiden name was Kaizer. Seymour Van Meter died in Fancy Creek township, Sept. 4, 1866, and his widow resides in Logan county, Ohio.

Van Natten, Daniel

VAN NATTEN, DANIEL, was born March 3, 1800, in Fleming county, Kentucky. He was married Dec. 25, 1818, in Bath county, to Deborah Ferguson. They had one child in Fleming county, and the family moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1825, in what is now Fancy Creek township, where five children were born. Of their six children -

Daniel W., John N., Joseph J.

JOSEPH, born March 10, 1821, in Fleming county, Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, April 7, 1842, to Currency Stanley. They had nine children all born in Sangamon county. NORMAN A. enlisted in 1862 in Co. G, 73d 111. Inf., for three years, served full term and was honorably discharged. He was married after the war to Clarissa Tufts, and lives in Fancy Creek township. THOMAS M. enlisted for one hundred days in Co. I, I33d 111. Inf., served five months and was honorably discharged. He married Annie Renney, and died May 4, 1872, leaving a widow and two children near Springfield, Illinois. EMILY J. married James Renney and resides in Sangamon county. WARREN O. married Christiana Bowen, and lives in Fancy Creek township. MARTHA A., DANIEL W., JOHN N., JOSEPH J. and CLARISSA O. live with their parents, seven miles northwest of Springfield, Sangamon county, 111. JOSEPH Van Natten enlisted in 1862, for three years, in Co. G, 73d 111. Inf., served full term, and was honorably discharged at the close of the rebellion.

ELIZABE7^H, born in Sangamon county, married Joseph Van Natten - a relative of the family - have one child, and live near Edina, Knox county, Missouri.

NELSON, born in Sangamon county, married Elizabeth Patterson. He served three years in a Missouri Union regiment, was honorably discharged, and lives in Knox county, Missouri.

DANIEL, Jun., is married and lives in Knox county, Missouri. He served three years in a Missouri Union regiment to aid in suppressing the rebellion.

All the Van Natten family moved to Texas in 1858, and all the living returned to Knox county, Missouri, in 1859, except Joseph, who returned to Sangamon county in 1860.

Van Patten, Mindert

VAN PATTEN, MINDERT, was born Jan. 20, 1793, in Scoharrie county, New York. Hannah Cooper was born March 13, 1796, in Pennsylvania. They were married Jan. 7, 1815, in Somerset county, New Jersey, and had ten children there. The family moved to Sangamon county, arrriving at Springfield August 9, 1838, and soon after moved to what is now Curran township. Of their ten children -

MART A., born Oct. 3, 1815, in New Jersey, married there to Joseph Rockafellow, came to Sangamon county with her parents, and went to Fairview, Fulton county. They have seven children.

Charles M., William H.

AARON, born Nov. 17, 1822, in Somerset county, New Jersey, married in Sungamon county Nov. 28, 1844, to Martha J. Tollev. who was born Jan. 11, 1826. They had" seven children. JAMES M., born Sept. 2, 1845. CARRIE M., born Nov. i, 1848, married Feb. 17, 1870, to Edward T. Bradford. See his name. KATIE S., born March 7, 1851, married Sept. 9, 1870, to Knox L. Cooper. See his name, in the Talbott family sketch. CHARLES M., WILLIAM H., MARY E., and LEIGH R. resides with their mother. Aaron Van Patten died Sept. 12, 1870, in Sangamon county, Illinois, and his widow resides in Lincoln, Illinois.

JOHN C., born Jan. 21, 1832, in Somerset county, New Jersey, married in Sangamon county Dec. 28, 1853, to Rachel McCoy. They had six children, two died under four years. EDWIN, FRANK, EZRA and WILLIE live with their parents. Rev. J. C. Van Patten is connected with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He resides one and a half miles south of Farmingdale, Sangamon county, Illinois.

Mrs. Hannah Van Patten died Jan. 9, 1861, and Mindert Van Patten died Aug. 17, 1861, both in Sangamon county. His death was caused bv being thrown from a horse.

VAN NORSTRAND, WILLIAM, born about 1774, in Somerset county, New Jersey, was married there to Adaline Van Liew, who was born Dec. 24, 1777, in the same county. They had five children, and Mrs. Adaline Van Norstrand died in 1824 in Somerset county. William Van Norstrand came to Sangamon county on a visit to his son, Cornelius, and daughter, Margaret A., and died in Springfield, Dec. 22, 1839. Cornelius Y;m Norstrand returned to New Jersey and brought his sister, Maria, and his brother, Frederick. Of the five children of William and Adaline Van Norstrand -

CORNELIUS, born Dec. 3, 1807, in Somerset county, New Jersey, came to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in July, 1837, and settled on Round Prairie, four miles east of Springfield, Illinois. He is unmarried and lives on the farm where he settled in 1837.

ISAA C, born May 29, 1813, in Middlesex county, New Jersey, went to Louisiana in 1832 or '33, and was last heard from in April, 1842, at New Orleans, en route for Cuba. He was unmarried, and is supposed to be dead.

FREDERICK, born August 9, 1817, in Middlesex county, New Jersey, came to Sangamon county with his brother, Cornelius, in 1841, and was married May 22, 1850, in same county, to Margaret J. Blandon, who was born Sept. 6, 1827, in Warren county, Pennsylvania. They have fourchildren, WILLIAM, MARIA, MAGGIE and ADDIE, and reside four miles east of Springfield, Sangamon county, Illinois.

V E A T C H, WI LLJ AM, born about 1810, in Harrison county, Kentucky, and was married there to Ursula Foster. They came to Sangamon county in company with her brother, Evan Foster, in 1830, and lived on Lick creek until 1847, when they moved to Mechanicsburg. They had eight children, all born in Sangamon county, Illinois.

J. WESLEY, born Nov. 7, 1836, in Sangamon county, married April n, 1860, to Eliza Robbins. They have five children, JOHN H., URSULA E., ANN M., GEORGE T. and SARAH F., and reside three miles southwest of Mechanicsburg, Illinois.

SAMUEL, born in Sangatnon county, enlisted in the fall ot i86i,in Co. B, 3oth 111. Inf. for three years, re-enlisted as a veteran, served to the end of the rebellion, was honorably discharged, and died January, 1867, in Sangamon county, Illinois.

JOELM., born in 1847, in Sangamon county, enlisted in 1864, in Co. B, loth 111. Cav., and was killed in the battle at Little Rock, Arkansas, in the same year.

VIGAL, MATHIAS, was born August 28, 1779, in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. His father died, and his mother married Adam Mung. They moved to Jefferson county, Kentucky. Mary Roney was born March 13, 1777, on the eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, and was taken by her parents to Jefferson county, near Louisville, Kentucky. Mathias Vigal and Mary Roney were married and had four children in that county. They moved in 1820 to Clark county, Indiana, and from there to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1830 in what is now Cotton Hill township. Of their four children -

ELIZABETH, born July 9, 1801, in Kentucky, was married in Indiana to Samuel Slake. They had three children and moved to Springfield, Illinois, in the fall of 1828. In the spring of 1829 they moved to what is now Cotton Hill township, where four children were born, and Mrs. Slake died there July 25, 1855. Of their children, three only are living. WILLIAM is married, and lives in Taylorville, Illinois. JOHN and GEORGE are both married and live near Palmer, Christian county, Illinois. Samuel Slake is blind, and lives with his son, William, in Taylorville, Illinois.

WILLIAM W., born May 14, 1805, in Jefferson county, Kentucky, came to Sangamon county first in 1828. Since that time he has lived in Springfield, and Cotton Hill township, in the latter of which he now lives, and is yet unmarried.

JOHN T., born April 8, 1808, near Louisville, Kentucky, was married March 10, 1830, in Clarke county, Indiana, to Hannah Coble, who was born in that county May 20, 1811. They moved, in company with his father, arriving in the autumn of 1830, in what is now Cotton Hill township, between Brush and Horse ci'eeks. They had nine children in Sangamon county. MELVINA, born May 22, 1831, married Thompson C. Spicer. See his name. Mrs. Melvina Spicer died Dec. 9, 1873. WILLIAM H., born Jan. 22, 1833, was married Oct. 31, 1855, to Sarah A. Willian. They have six children, MARC! A A., EVERETT A., METTA E., WILLIAM M., FREDERICK H. and ERMIN

CARROLL, and live in Cotton Hill township, one and a half miles south of New City, Sangamon county, Illinois. W. H. Vigal was a member of Sangamon County Board of Supervisors in 1862, and is at present a member. He has been township treasurer since 1858. ALFRED, born April 28, 1835, was married Dec. 17, 1857, to Diana Carpenter, who was born Feb. 6, 1831, in Delaware county, Ohio. They had six children, CLARA i., JOHN F., ADALINE, the latter died Jan. 19, 1875, aged twelve years, ANTONIO, EDWIN ULYSSUS GRANT, and MARY L., and live near New City, Sangamon county, Illinois. MARY A., born April 30, 1837, married William H. Boyd. See his name. JOHN F., born July n, 1839, in Sangamon county, enlisted August, 1862, for three years, in Co. E, H4th 111. Inf., and was killed in battle at Tupelo, Mississippi, July 15, 1864. SARAH J., born August 25, 1841, died June 22, 1864. NANCY C., born Oct. 20, 1843, died aged ten years. DAVID M., born Nov. 2, 1846, is a teacner, and lives near New City, Illinois. CHARLES E., born March 10, 1852, was married Jan. 7, 1875, to Mary A. Miller. They have one child, LUTHER F. Mrs. Hannah Vigal died May 12, 1853, and John T. Vigal, lives where he settled in 1831, in in Cotton Hill township, near New City, Sangamon county, Illinois.

VINEY ABRAHAM, born in 1781, in Greenbrier county, Virginia, was married, either in that state or Kentucky, to Rebecca Skiles, who was born Nov. n, 1781, in Pennsylvania. They had one child in Virginia, and moved to Warren county, Kentucky, where seven children were born, thence to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the autumn of 1819, on the south fork of Sangamon river, fifteen miles south of where Springfield now stands. Of their children -

SARAH, born July 2, 1803, in Greenbrier county, Virginia, was taken by her parents to Warren county, Kentucky, at two years of age, and brought by them to Sangamon county in 1819, where she was married to Edward Clarke. See his name.

. \.MANDA A., born March 2, 1810, in Warren county, Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county to Mathew P. Kenney. See his name. She died July 9, 1876, in Sangamon county, Illinois. Her son, Ninian C. Kenney, was married Nov. 15, 1876, to a daughter of F. Ewing Dodds. See Dodds in Omissions.

JOHN N., born July 13, 1813, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county to Nancy Black, and both died. His death occurred Jan. 5, 1871. He was a preacher in connection with the Cumberland Presbyterian church.

Vredenburgh, John

VREDENBURGH, JOHN S., was born March 11, 1809, in Somerset county, New Jersey. The family moved in 1821 to New York city, where he was married, Sept. 22, 1832, to Ann E. Doremus. She was born there Oct. 12, 1810. They had two children in New York, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving Julv 20, 1835, in what is now Curran township, where they had two children. In 1837 they moved to Springfield, where they had four children. Of their children:

MARIA V. D., born June 28, 1833, in New York city, was married March 22, 1853, in Springfield, to Edward R. Ulrich, who was born Oct. 10, 1829, in Duchess county, New York. They had eight chil- dren, LOUIS, ANNA V., EDWARD R., Jun., CATHARINE, CHARLES, HENRIETTA, PAUL and MARIA. Anna V. died March, 1876, in her nineteenth year. All the living children reside with their parents in Springfield. Edward R. Ulrich came to Springfield in 1841, and was for many years a lumber merchant there. He has since been engaged in stock and grain dealing.

PEJ^ER, born Feb. 7, 1837, 'n Sangamon county, was married Dec. 27, 1866, to Mary A. Canfield, daughter of Rev. Josiah Canfield. She was born in New Jersey. They live one and one-half miles northwest of Curran, Sangamon county, Illinois.

THOMAS D., born March 15, 1841, in Sangamon county, was married in Warsaw, Illinois, May 22, 1866, to Maria Reynolds. They have one child, WILLIAM R. T. D. Vredenburgh is with his father, in the lumber business, and resides in Springfield, Illinois.

JOHNS., Jun., born Sept. i, 1844, in Springfield, Illinois, was married Oct. I5» 1868, to Elizabeth H. Kilman, who was born August 2, 1845, m Godfrey) Madison county, Illinois. They have two adopted children, and reside in Chicago, Illinois.

John S. Vredenburgh was formerly[a farmer, but has been engaged in mercantile pursuits in Springfield nearly forty years, and is now in the lumber trade. He served two terms as alderman, and one term, from April, 1864, to April, 1865, as mayor of the city. He now - November, 1876 - resides in Springfield, Sangamon countv, Illinois.

Wadsworth, Daniel

WADSWORTH, DANIEL, was born May 15, 1799. in Winthrop, Maine. He was married Dec. 3, 1823, to Margaret F. Goodwin, who was born Oct. 3, 1801, at Freeport, Maine. They had two living children in Maine, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in Auburn Nov. 17, 1840, where they had two living children. Of their four children -

EM1LT N., born Oct. 3, 1824, in Maine, married in Sangamon county, Oct. 12, 1843, to Jehu Harlan, who was born June u, 1818, near Hopkinsville, Kentucky. They had four children, two of whom died under ten years. EDWARD T. died in 1873, aged twenty-four years. MARGARET H., born August 31, 1851, in Sangamon county, married August 16, 1870, to John H. C. Irwin, who was born in Ballinasloe, Connaught, Ireland, July i, 1845, anc^ is third son of the late Rev. Canon John Irwin, D. D., who after a long service as clergyman in the Anglican church, and the Protestant Episcopal church in America, died in Canada, Feb. 12, 1874. Mr. and Mrs. Irwin have two living children, GERTRUDE H. and GRACE MAYNARD, and reside in Springfield, Illinois. Mr. Irwin is city editor of the Illinois State Jozirnal. Jehu Harlan died Nov. 23, 1851, and Mrs. Emily N. Harlan was married Nov. 13, 1853, to William M. Corzine, who was born March 14, 1834, in Marion county, North Carolina. They have one child, FRANKLIN W., and reside in Auburn, Sangamon county, Illinois.

Harrie E., Charles L., Mary

MOSES G., born Feb. 3, 1826, in Hallowel, Maine, married in Sangamon county, Sept. 23, 1847, to Elizabeth F. W heeler. They had five children. EUGENE W., born July n, 1848. MARGARET C., born Sept. i, 1850, married D. H. Tomlinson, and died March 15, 1875, at Butler, DeKalb countv, Indiana. FLORA E., born Dec. 5, 1852, married Jerry Ballenger, and resides in Auburn, Illinois. SUSAN E. M., born Jan. 14, 1855, married W. W. Lowry, of Carlinville, Illinois. They have one child, MINXIE, and reside in Auburn, Illinois. JAMES F. D., born April 6, 1857. Mrs. Wadsworth died May 4, 1857. Moses G. Wadsworth was married Nov. 1 6, 1862, to Mary E. Day. They had six children, two of whom died young. HARRIE E., CHARLES L., MARY F. and ADA C. reside with their parents in Auburn, Sangamon county, Illinois. M. G. Wadsworth was elected clerk of Auburn township at its organization, and served four years, was township collector four years, has been secretary of Ark and Anchor Masonic Lodge, 354, five years, and is editor and proprietor of the Auburn Citizen, one of the best weekly newspapers in the State.

SARAH A., born Sept. 19, 1841, at Auburn, married March 26, 1861, to John N. Williams, who was born March i, 1839, in Indiana. They have four children, REMIE A., SARAH A., MAUD B. and CHARLES N., and reside in Auburn, Illinois. Mr. Williams is a merchant in that place.

Daniel Wadsworth has been a member of the Masonic fraternity since 1821. He assisted in organizing the first Masonic Royal Arch Chapter in the State of Illinois, that of Springfield No. i. He has been a member of the M. E. church since 1822, and was postmaster many years in Auburn. He is now - 1876 - in his seventy-eighth year.

WADDELL, JpSIAH, was born Sept. 26, 1804, in Ohio county, West Virginia. He was there married, Jan. n, 1831, to Elizabeth Hall, of West Alexander, Washington county, Penn. She was a native of Virginia also. They moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving March i, 1835, m wnat is now Cotton Hill township. He spent twenty years in farming there. They have no children. They have since 1855, and now live in Springfield, Sangamon county, Illinois.

Waggoner, George

WAGGONER, GEORGE, was born in Pennsylvania, and when a young man went to Licking county, Ohio. He was married at Newark to Judea Wertzbaugh, who was born in Canada. They had eight children in Ohio, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in October, 1822, in what is now Gardner township, south of Prairie creek, where three children were born.

ELIZA, born in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to James Darrell, had eight children, and he died and she married Halsey Smith, who died and she married Freeman Marshall, and lives in Havanna, Illinois.

OZIAS, born in Ohio, married Rebecca J. Shepherd, had five children, and she died, and he married Hannah Leonard, had four children, two of whom died young. Ozias Waggoner lives in the southwest part of Springfield, Illinois.

"jf UL1A A., born in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to John Carman, had nine children, and Mr. Carman died in March, 1866, in Christian county. His family live near Nokomis, Montgomery county, Illinois.

WALLACE, JAMES, was born in 1776, in Pendleton district, South Carolina, of Scotch Presbyterian parents. They being Whigs were driven from their home by the British and Tories previous to his advent in the world, and he was born in a camp. On arriving at the age of manhood he went to Nova Scotia, and was there married to Ann Doole. About 1816 he moved back to South Carolina. Having lived where all men were free, on his return to his native State, it appeared to him as though slavery was indeed " the sum of all villanies," and he determined to seek a land of freedom in which to bring up his family. He accordingly moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving November 3, 1822, in what is now Auburn township, one mile south of the present town of Auburn. Of his five sons and six daughters, three only remained in Sangamon county, namelv,

JOHN, was married August 5, 1830, in Sangamon county, to Eveline Rieger. They had ten children in Sangamon county. GEORGE W. married Charlotte Dilner, who died, and he married Sarah Arnet, and lives in Missouri. ELIZABETH A. married Jonathan S. Frazier, who died leaving a son, CHARLES E. Mrs. Frazier married Joseph H. Lockridge. See his name. MARY J. married Thomas Black. See his name. ELIZA married William Crane, and lives in Elco, Nevada. AMANDA married John N. Kenney. See his name. WILLIAM and JAMES, twins. The former married Minerva Cox, and lives in Chatham, Illinois. The latter married Jennie Chapman, and lives near Auburn, Illinois - 1874. MARGARET C. and DAVID F., twins. The former married C. Columbus Cannon, and lives in Auburn, Illinois. The latter married Mary Kessler, and lives near Auburn, Illinois. JOHN B. lives at Placerville, California - 1874. John Wallace died Nov. 20, 1854, and Mrs. Eveline Wallace died August 20, 1876, both near Auburn, Illinois.

WILLIAM, was married in 1832 in Sangamon county to Amanda Rusk. They had four children in Springfield, namely: BENJAMIN F., married Mary Gregory. They have two children, GRACIE and STELLA, and live in Keokuk, Iowa. JOHN L., JANE E., and ADA ANN«live with their father. Mrs. Amanda Wallace died in 1848, and William Wallace was married in 1849 to Mrs. Allender, who died in 1864. Mr. Wallace was married in 1865 to Mrs. Eliza J. Gard, a native of Clark county, Ohio. They reside in Springfield, Illinois.

James Wallace moved in 1835 from Sangamon to Macon county, Illinois, taking three sons and five daughters with him. He died there about 1845.

WALLACE, JAMES, was born between 1780 and '85 in South Carolina. He was no relation to the other James Wallace from the same state. He was married there to Francis A. Benison. They moved to North Carolina, thence to northern Indiana, and from there to Henry county, Kentucky. In 1818 they moved to Shawneetown, Illinois, and in the spring of 1819 he moved to what hecame Sangamon county, settling on Lick creek. They brought nine children, namely,

ELIZABEJ^H, born in South Carolina, came with her father to Sangamon county, was married in Macon county to Edward Turpin. They have four children, and live near Hopewell, Macon county, Illinois.

ISAAC was married April 13, 1837, m Springfield, to Mrs. Eliza Hawker, whose maiden name was Lindsay. They had four living children, namely, SAMUEL, married Frances Grissom, and lives in Springfield, Illinois. HELEN married F. M. Scott has four children and lives in Mechanicsburg, Illinois. FRANCES married Emery Mayfiel'd, has one child, and lives near Auburn, Illinois. ALICE married benjamin Kessler, Jun., and live in Auburn, Illinois. Isaac Wallace and wife reside in Springfield, Illinois.

Wallace, William

WALLACE, WILLIAM S., was born August 10, 1802, in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and graduated April 8, 1824, at Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia. Dr. Wallace came to Springfield, Illinois, in 1836, and at once engaged in the practice of his profession. He was married May 21, 1839, in Springfield, to Frances J. Todd, who was born in 1817 in Lexington, Kentucky. See sketch of the

MART J. was married Nov. 15, 1865, in her native city, to Colonel John P. Baker, who was born July 24, 1838, at Kaskaskia, Illinois. Colonel and Mrs. Baker have five children, MARY, WALLACE F., FRANCIS J., MABEL and FLORENCE, and reside in Springfield, Illinois. John P. Baker graduated in 1856, at Shurtleff College, at Upper Alton, Illinois. He read law three years with his father, Hon. David J. Baker, and was admitted to the bar. In March, 1861, he was appointed by President Lincoln, second lieutenant, in the 1st United States dragoons, placed on duty in Washington Citv, and was at the battle of Bull's Run, July 21, 1 86 1. He served on staff duty at the headquarters of the 6th Army Corps in the Army of the Potomac, also on staff duty as Inspector General of Savannah, Georgia, in the early part of 1865. Lieutenant Baker was promoted July 17, 1862, to captain in the ist United States Cavalry, brevetted April 9, 1864, major in the regular army for gallantry and meritorious service at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana; also, brevetted lieutenant colonel for gallant and meritoritous services during the war. After the suppression of the rebellion he served with his regiment at the headquarters of General Sheridan in Louisiana, and in 1865 was ordered from there to the Pacific coast, spending three years in Nevada and Oregon, campaigning against the Indians. Colonel Baker returned to Spiingfield and resigned his commission in July, 1868. He then became one of the proprietors and associate editor with his brother, E. L. Baker, of the Illinois State Journal. He withdrew from the Journal in 1872, and has since held the office of United States assistant assessor and LTnited States ganger for the Eighth district of Illinois. WILLIAM F., FRANCES and ED WARD D. live with their mother. CHARLES E. died young.

Dr. William S. Wallace continued in the practice of medicine a full quarter of a century in Springfield, never making any distinction between the rich and the poor in his attentions. In 1861 he received from the hands of his brother-in-law, President Lincoln, the appointment of

Paymaster in the United States Army. He was on duty part of the time in Springfield, Illinois, then in the department of Missouri, and the remainder of the time at the front on the lower Mississippi river. By exposure and exhaustive service in the south he became debilitated and never regained his former vigor. After the suppression of the rebellion he was placed on the retired list and died May 23, 1867, in Springfield, Illinois. His widow, Mrs. Frances J. Wallace, resides in Springfield,

WALL, ISAAC, was born about 1790, near the line between V irginia and North Carolina. He was married in North Carolina to Nancy Duncan, and moved to Rockingham county, Tennessee, and from there to Sangamon county, Illinois, in what is now Auburn township, in 1830. They had four children -

WILLIAM, born iu Tennessee, married Nancy Haines, in Sangamon county, joined the Mormons, moved to Salt Lake, became one ot the twelve apostles, took more wives, and raised a large family.

JOHNS OA" C. married four times, and each wife died without children. He enlisted in the ist 111. Cav. in 1861, was captured at Lexington, Missouri, was released, and in 1863 he enlisted at Springfield, in Vaughn's Battery, and died at Little Rock, Arkansas, April 5, 1864.

RICHARD C, born March 15, 1829, in Rockingham county, Tennessee, married Oct. 16, 1845, in Sangamon county, to Mary Jones. They have six children. SARAH married Green Dallas, has three children, and lives in Cotton Hill township. NANCY D., M E L I N D A A., EVELINE E., MARTHA A. and ANDREW C. live with their parents three and a half miles north of Pawnte, in Cotton Hill township, Sangamon county, Illinois.

WALKER, DANIEL, was born about 1781, in Fauquer county, Virgiana, and was married about 1809, in Loudon county, in the same state, to Sarah Bail, a native of Chester county, Pennsylvania, and of a Quaker family. They had four children in Virginia, and moved to Ohio, where four children were born, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the spring of 1835, and settled on Horse creek, in what is now Pawnee township. Daniel Walker returned to Ohio on business and died there in the fall of 1835. Of their children, the eldest son -

HIRAM, born April 10, 1811, in Loudon county, Virginia, came with the family to Sangamon county in 1835, an<^ on the death of his father he assumed the care of the family and prosecuted the business of farming, part of the time in Christian county. He continued in that business until December, 1845, when he moved to Springfield, Illinois. He has for several years been engaged in the business of dealing in real estate.

WALKER, SAMUEL, was born Dec. 8, 1777, in Campbell county, Virginia. He was there married to Martha Hannah, who was born March, 1790, in the same county. They had three children in Virginia, and the family moved to Rutherford county, Tennessee, in October, 1816, where four children were born, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving October, 1828, in what is now Loami township, where they had two children. Of the nine children -

WILLIAM, S., born Nov. 2, i8n, in Virginia, married in Loami, Dec. 4, 1831, to Clarissa Colburn. They had thirteen children, four died under three years. ACHSA J., born April 28, 1834, married April 1855, to N. G. Estes, have six children, and live in Loami, 111. SAMUEL S., born April 22, 1836, enlisted August 6, 1862, in Co. F, 5ist 111. Inf. for three years, was wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863, recovered, served full term and was honorably discharged June 16, 1865. He was married May i, 1870, to Catharine Conrad, and lives in Loami, 111. WILLIAM H. H., born August 3, 1840, enlisted May i, 1864, in Co. E, i33d 111. Inf. for one hundred days, served full term and was honorably discharged. He was married Jan. 10, 1867, to Elizabeth Swink, have one child, SAMUEL s., and live one and a half miles northwest of Loami, Illinois. ELI J., born Oct. i, 1842, married Sarah Swink, have one child, and live one and a half miles northwest of Loami, Illinois. EUNICE M., born Jan. 22, 184^, married John G. Kelly, have three children, and live in Loami, Illinois. ELMINA F. and LUCY A. live with their parents. REBECCA A., born March 29, 1854, married Alfred Davis February 19, 1871, have one child, and live in Loami, Illinois. LEVI F. lives with his parents at Loami, Sangamon county, Illinois.

GEORGE J., born July 29, 1819, in Tennessee, married in Sangamon county, Oct. 22, 1843, to Elizabeth Back, who was born Dec. 25, 1827, in Garrard county, Kentucky. They had eight children, four of whom died in infancy. AMARINE, born Jan. 7, 1854, married Robert J. Collins, have one child, ALONZO D., and live at Loami, Illinois. GEORGE W., LUELLA and JOHN B. live with their parents in Loami, Sangamon county, Illinois.

BE VERLT ^f'.,born Feb. 8, 1825, in Tennessee, married in Sangamon county to Elizabeth Cooley, have five children, and live in Douglas county, Kansas.

HIRAM W., born April 3, 1832, in Sangamon county, married Martha E. Scott, have three children, MARY, LUCY A. and CHARLES F., and reside near McMurray Chapel, in Ball township, four miles southeast of Chatham, Sangamon county, Illinois.

W ALTERS, LYDIA, (widow of James Walters), was born in December, 1783, near Salem, Rowan county, North Carolina. Her maiden name was Donner.

She was sister to George and Jacob Donner. Her parents moved to Jessaminel county, Kentucky, about iSri. She was there married to James Walters. They had nine children in Kentucky, and in 1829 the family moved to Decatur county, Indiana. James Walters died there in June, 1830. In 1839 Mrs. Walters moved her family to Sangamon county and settled in Auburn township. Of her children -

POLLARD K. is unmarried, and lives at the family homestead in Auburn township, near the line of Macoupin county - 1876. He lost a leg by a reaping machine many years ago.

WILLIAM T., born April 21, 1822, in Kentucky, was married Jan. 17, 1858, to Sarah Green. They have four living children, WILLIAM A., CHARLES H., LYDIA MAY and JOHN CARROLL, and live two and one-half miles southwest of Lowder, Sangamon county, Illinois - 1874.

WALTERS, GREEN B., was born Oct. 28, 1808, in Jefferson county, Kentucky, and was taken by his parents to Decatur county, Indiana, when he was about thirteen years of age. He came to Sangamon county, Illinois, on a visit, arriving Sept. 15, 1829, at the house of his uncle, George Donner, and remained fourteen months, shaking with the ague. He returned to Indiana and was married Dec. 25, 1833, to Elizabeth Griffiths. He came to Illinois, first stopping in Logan county, and then came to Sangamon county, in 1840, and had nine living children -

EMILY A, was married Oct. 22, 1 86 1, to Leonard Ledbrook, who was born at Tipton, Staffordshire, England, and came to Sangamon county in 1859. They have one living child, MINNIE. Mr. Ledbrook is a druggist in Chatham, Illinois, and, with his family, resides there.

WARD, JOHN, was born July 19, 1810, near Romney, Virginia. Mary Shivers was born Feb. 8, 1814, near Fredricktown, Maryland, and taken by her parents, in 1830, to Virginia. John Ward and Mary Shivers were married near Romney, August 15, 1833. They had two children in Virginia, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving Oct. 2, 1838, in what is now Cotton Hill township, where five children were born, the four youngest died under seven years. Of the other four -

John Ward died Nov. 8, 1852, and his widow married Robert Snodgrass. See liis name. He died and she was married Sept. 15, 1859, to Lemuel Hall, as his second wife. Lemuel Hall was from Ohio. His daughter, Sarah S., born Feb. 19, 1844, is the wife of William H. Snodgrass. See his name.

WASH, MILTON H., born March 16, 1819, in Todd county, Kentucky, and came to Springfield, Illinois, in 1839, where he was married July 23, 1840, to Mary J. Bryan. See Bryan sketch. They had two children in Springfield,and moved to St. Joseph, Missouri, arriving Oct. i, 1844, where they resided until 1859, when they moved to Memphis, Tennessee, and from there to St. Louis, Missouri, arriving August 9, 1862. Milton H. Wash and wife had seven living children. Of their children -

JOHN M., born May n, 1841, in Springfield, Illinois, was married Dec. 23, 1860, in Missouri, to Belle Townsend. They had one daughter, R. E. LEE. J. M. Wash was again married, Nov. 20, 1874, to Mrs. Matilda Webb, of Baltimore, Maryland. They reside at No. 731 South Seventh street, St. Louis, Missouri.

BENJAMIN S., born July 26, 1851, at St. Joseph, Missouri, was married Feb. 22, 1875, to Sallie E. Kempland, of St. Louis. They have one child, MARY AMELIA, and reside at 1205 Wright street, St. Louis, Missouri.

FRANK H., born August 8, 1853, in St. Joseph, Missouri, was married Oct. i, 1874, in St. Louis, to Fannie L. Thornburgh. They reside at 1925 Carr street, St. Louis, Missouri.

WASHBURN, "WILLIAM, was born Jan. 24, 1813, at Westminster, Windham county, Vermont, and was raised in Orange county, in the same state. In 1832 he went to Seville, Medina county, Ohio, and taught school there one year, and in 1833 went to Shelby count v, Kentucky, where he taught nearly seven years. He was married there August 20, 1839, to Elizabeth R. Harding, who was born in that ctunty August 27, 1820. She is a niece of Mrs. Harriet Harding Talbott. Sec Talbott. Mr. and Mrs. Washburn had one child in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving Nov. i, 1840, in what is now Gardner township, where five children were born. Of their children -

WILLIAM H., born July 9, 1842, in Sangamon county, was married there Dec. 21, 1875, to Alice Jane Hurt, and lives in Philadelphia, Cass county, Illinois.

The Washburn family in the United States all come from John Washburn, who emigrated from Eversham, Worcester county, England. He was in Duxbury, Massachusetts, as early as 1632, and returning, sailed from England with his family April 12, 1635, O. S. He brought two sons, John, Jun., and Philip. John, Jun., married in 1645 to Elizabeth Mitchell. They had seven sons and four daughters. It is from these that the whole Washburn family in the United States sprang. William Washburn has the genealogy of his own branch of the family in a continuous line from John Washburn, of Eversham, England, to his son, John, Jun., and his son, Joseph, first, and his son, Joseph, second, and his son, Seth, first, and his son Asa and his son, Seth Washburn, second, who was twice married, and had eight sons by the first, and seven by the second marriage. William Washburn, whose name heads this sketch, is his second son by the first wife. William's brother, Asa R., married in Morgan county, Illinois, to Barbara Craig, moved to Sangamon county in 1852, and died at Putney, Vermont, Sept. 12, 1867, while there on a visit for his health. He left a widow and three children in Curran township, Sangamon countv, Illinois.

WATSON, ARTHUR, was born in 1770, in Berkley county, Virginia, and when a young man went to Mason county, Kentucky. Temperance Robinson was born August, 1774, in Baltimore county, about twenty miles from the city of Baltimore, Maryland, and in 1794 her parents moved to Mason county, Kentucky. Arthur Watson and Temperance Robinson were married about 1796 in Mason county, and had ten children there, the eldest and youngest of whom died in Kentucky. In 1812 Mr. Watson went from Mason county as a soldier in the war with England. The family moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving April 10, 1825, at Springfield. Mr. Watson soon after entered the land now occupied by the water works, watch factory, rolling mill, north coal shaft, and Oak Ridge cemetery. Of their children -

SANFORD, born Jan. 28, 1801, in Mason county, Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, June 3, 1833, to Betsy Ann Stevenson. They had one child, and the mother and child died September, 1835. He was married in 1842 in Morgan county to Maria Elder, and in 1849 moved to Oregon. Mr. Watson died July 6, 1870, leaving a widow and four children, near Bethel, Polk county, Oregon.

JAMES, born Feb. 29, 1808, in Kentucky, married in Sangaman county, February, 1833, to Mary Ridgeway. They had five children, and the family moved in 1847 overland to Oregon. Mr. Watson died in i86ij and his widow died in 1873. Four of their children reside near Kings Vallev postoffice, Benton county, Oregon.

LUCRETIA, died July 13, 1810, in Mason county, Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, Jan. 20, 1846, to James W. Simpson. They had two children. LAFAYETTE married Jennie Combs, and resides at Tallula, Illinois. CLIFTON L. resides with his mother. James W. Simpson died in August, 1862, and his widow resides near Tallula, Menard countv, Illinois.

WILLIAM H., born Dec. 15, 1812, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, in 1838, to Agnes Lloyd. He died Sept. 26, 1842, near Middletown, Logan county, Illinois.

WATSON, JOHN B., born Feb. 10, 1800, in York District, South Carolina, and came to Illinois with his father, settling somewhere in Randolph county. He was married in Kaskaskia, April 9, 1829, to Mary Gillis, who was born in Wilmington, Delaware, Jan. 31, 1814. They moved to Springfield, soon after they were married, Mr. Watson having been to Sangamon county, in 1827, to look at the. country. Of their seven children, all born in Springfield, the eldest died in infancy.

MART L., born June 30, 1836, has been a school and music teacher for twenty years. She is teaching at present - 1875 - near Petersburg, Menard county, Illinois.

JAMES G., born April 24, 1848, was married Sept. 2, 1875, to Lucy A. Montgomery, who was born Feb. i, 1856, on Fancy creek, Sangamon county, Illinois. J. G. Watson, formerly a farmer, is now residing in Springfield, Illinois.

J. B. Watson taught school the first year he resided in Springfield. He was afterwards county surveyor and engineer of the Great Western railroad. He went to California in 1849 and returned in 1852. Mr. Watson and his two daughters died of Asiatic cholera, August n, 1852. Ellen C. died at half- past one o'clock A. M. ; Margaret at half-past seven o'clock A. M., and their father died at half-past nine o'clock P. M. Mrs. Mary Watson's mother, Elizabeth Gillis, belonged to the Society of Friends, and she resided with her daughter in Springfield from about 1830 until her death, which occurred in August, 1852. She was buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery. John B. Watson's mother resided with her daughter-in-law in Springfield from 1854 until her death, which occurred in August, 1860. She was also buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery.

Mrs. Mary Watson was married - Dec. 16, 1863, in Springfield, Illinois, to Hon. S. W. Robbins, a prominent lawyer and temperance advocate. They had two children, who died in infancy. About 1860 Hon. S. W. Robbins and wife moved to their farm, seven miles northwest of Springfield, where he died, June 19, 1871, and she died Jan. 29, 1874,

Watson, William

WATSON, WILLIAM M., was born Oct. 16, 1807, near Vincennes, Indiana. He was married June 14, 1831, in Jefferson county, Indiana, to Sarah Talbott, who was born August 5, 1814, in Millersburg, Kentucky. They moved to Shelbyville, Illinois, where they had one child, and moved to Springfield, arriving Sept. 24, 1834, where they had eight children. Of all their children -

JAMES W., born Dec. 8, 1833, in Shelbyville, Illinois, married in Springfield, Jan. 16, 1856, to Angeline Cook, who was born Sept. 3, 1833, in Butler county, Ohio. They have one child, OSCAR A., born in Springfield, Nov. 5, 1856. He is an accountant. James W. Watson is a boot and shoe maker, and since 1871 has been Tyler for the Masonic bodies in Springfield, Illinois.

MA RT A., born and married in Springfield to Edward Miles. He was killed by an accident on the Toledo, Wabash and Western Railroad in 1865. She resides with her parents in Springfield.

CHARLES H., born Dec. 11, 1839, in Springfield, married Sept. 14, 1874, in Gibson, Illinois, to Mrs. Mary Waddell, whose maiden name was Whitely, a native of Little Rock, Arkansas. Mr. Watson is an artist and lives in Springfield, Illinois.

tucky, and was there married, March 15, 1818, to Mrs. Maria Humerickhouse,whbse maiden name was Cape. She was a native of Lexington. In the autumn of 1818 they moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where they had five children, and Mrs. Maria Watson died there July 17, 1834. The family soon after moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where Mr. Watson was in business about two years, and in the autumn of 1836 moved to Springfield, Illinois. Of his five children

BENJAMIN A., born Dec. 9, 1818, in Nashville, Tennessee, was married in Springfield, Illinois, Feb. 11, 1845, *° Emily R. Planck. They had seven living children, all except the youngest, born in Springfield. WILLIAM W., born May 13, 1847, was married Oct. 25, 1871, in St. Charles, Illinois, to Augusta C. Tolman. They have two children, WILLIAM \v., iun., and a boy babe. W. W. Watson transacts business in Chicago, and with his family resides at Washington Heights, Illinois. EMILY, born Oct. 12, 1849, was married Nov. 24, 1870, at Perry Springs, to Dr. A. B. Carey. They have one child, ALBERT WATSON, and reside at Pittsfield, Pike county, Illinois. JULIA, HATTIE CAPE, MOLLIE L., FANNIE and HARRY live with their father. Mrs. Emily R. Watson died July 30, 1871, at Perry Springs, Pike county, Illinois. Mr. Watson, with his unmarried children, resides there. Benjamin A. Watson was one of the ten young men who in 1840 traveled from Springfield, Illinois, to Nashville, Tennessee, to hear Henry Clay make a speech. See page 480.

ABIGAIL, born Nov. 5, 1822, in Nashville, Tennessee, was married in Springfield June 27, 1843, to John G. Ives, and resides in Springfield, Illinois.

HESTER,\>orn. July 21, 1826, in Nashville, was married in Springfield, Illinois, to Thomas Billson. Thev had three children in Springfield. CORDELIA married George Wass, and lives in Painesville, Ohio. WILLIAM W., was married in Portland, Maine, to Alice Harford, and lives in St. Paul, Minnesota. BELLE F. lives with her brother William W. Thomas Billson went from Springfield to

California in 1849, and died there in 1850- Mrs. Hester Billson was married in Springfield, Illinois, about 1856, to Chas. Reeves, of Cleveland, Ohio, and went there to reside. They had two children, GEORGE, now living with his father in Cleveland, and EDWIN C., who lives with his aunt, Mrs. Thomas S. Little, in Springfield. Mrs. Hester Reeves died March 26, 1862, in Cleveland, Ohio.

William W. Watson was married May 19, 1842, in Springfield, Illinois, to Mrs. Sarah Mottashed, whose maiden name was Wiley. He died Nov. 2, 1874, in Springfield, and his widow lives in Decatur, Illinois.

WATTS, BENJAMIN, born Nov. 22, 1769, at Warwick, Franklin county, Massachusetts, was the eldest child of Nicholas Watts and Eunice Newton, his wife. Mary Barbour was born Jan. 4, 1771, in Warwick, Massachusetts. Benjamin Watts and Mary Barbour were there married and moved to Shoreham, thence to Windham, Vermont, and from there to Lyman, Grafton county, New Hampshire. They moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, in the fall of 1837. Of their sixteen children six died young. Of the other ten who came to Sangamon county -

JOSEPH, born Sept. i, 1793, in Vermont, was married in Lyman, New Hampshire, to Mahala Smith, came to Sangamon county in 1838, and moved to Menard county, Illinois, where they both died, leaving five children. ALONZO is married and lives in Iowa. GEORGE, BENJAMIN, NEWELL and AUSTIN.

SALL T, born Jan. 26, 1800, in Lyman, New Hampshire, married Joel Buckman. See his name. Their only child, BENJAMIN, is married, and lives near Farmingdale, Illinois.

NICHOLAS, born Dec. 31, 1801, in New Hampshire, married Elizabeth Pallady. They have one child, BENJAMIN, who is married, and lives in Macon county, Illinois. Nicholas Watts and

CHARLES, born Jan. n, 1804, in Lyman. Grafton county, New Hampshire, was taken by his parents to St. Lawrence county, New York, in 1821. He was married at Brasher, in that county, Nov. 22, 1823, to Elizabeth Innes. They came with one child, in a colony of fifty-two persons, arriving in the fall of 1833, at Old Sangamo. July 4, 1834, they moved to a place one-fourth of a mile south of the present Farmingdale station. Of their ten children, ALEXANDER J., born Oct. 29, 1831, in St. Lawrence county, New York, brought up in Sangamon county, Illinois, left for Oregon in 1851, returned to Sangamon county in 1866, and was married April 4, 1867, in Jacksonville, Illinois, to Alexina J. Lander. They left the same month for Oregon. Mrs. Alexina J. Watts died May 15, 1868, near Applegate, Jackson county, Oregon. Alexander G. Watts resides there, and is county surveyor - 1874. ANN JANE, born Dec. 31, 1833, in Sangamon county, was married there Nov. 10, 18^3, to Thomas P. Stacy, who was born May 2, 1827, in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. They have seven children, ELIZABETH A.,

Mathew K., Alexina J., William H.

SALLIE M., THOMAS E. and GATES, and reside in Jacksonville, 111. CHARLES H., born Dec. 2, 1836, in Sangamon county, lives near Farmingdale. EDWIN, born June 14, 1839, in Sangamon county, was married Oct. 19, 1871, to Laura E. Rickard. They have one child, and live five miles southwest of Farmingdale, Sangamon county, Illinois. ALBERT B., born Oct. 23, 1841, in Sangamon county, was married Nov. 19, 1867, to Amelia L. Dustin, who was born June 20, 1847, m Jacksonville, Illinois. They have four children, ANNA j., LUCRETIA, CHARLES and JAMES, and live threefourths of a mile northwest of Farmingdale, Illinois. SAMUEL W., born Aug. 14, 1844, in Sangamon county, lives with his parents. RICHARD N., born Jan. 13, 1848, in Sangamon county, was married Jan. 19, 1871, to Ellen F. McDermott. They have two children, and live in Shelby county, near Assumption, Christian county, Illinois. THOMAS B., WILLIAM and MARY E. live with their parents adjoining Farmingdale, Sangamon county, Illinois, on the south. Mr. and Mrs. Watts counted twenty-nine of the fifty-two persons forming the colony in which they came to Sangamon county. About half of this colony of fifty-two are now living - 1876.

IS A A C was married in St. Lawrence county, New York, Nov. 28, 1833, to Jemima Nevin, who was born June 5, 1815, in county Down, Ireland. They had two children in New York, and moved to h-angamon county, Illinois, arriving Oct. 7, 1838, in what is now Cartwright township, where two children were born, one of whom died in his fifth year. Of the other three, GEORGIE K., born Nov. 10, 1834, in New York, was married in Sangamon county, August 10, 1864, to Andrew Wilson. See his name. RUSSELL, born August 24, 1836, in New York, was married August, 1871, in Iowa, to Mary E. Hardin. They have one child, ISAAC, and live at North Platte, Nebraska, on the Union Pacific railroad. JOHN N. Isaac Watts resides two miles southwest of Farmingdale, Sangamon county, Illinois.

BENJAMIN, Jun., was married in St. Lawrence county, New York, to Calista Jacobs, came to Sangamon county in the fall of 1838. Their only child died young, and Mrs. Watts died in 1840 or '41. Benjamin Watts was married in 1842 to Orpha Bates. They had four children, one of whom died young. CALISTA P. and JAMES A. live with their mother. BENJAMIN O. married Sept. 26, 1876, to Miss Brown at Pleasant Plains. Benjamin Watts, Jun., died February, 1862, and his widow lives three miles west of Pleasant Plains, Illinois.

RUSSELL came to Sangamon county in 1835, and was married March, 1839, to Diantha Holmes. Thev had three children, and moved in 1847 to Calapooga, Lynn county, Oregon, where Mr. Watts died Dec. 11,1854, leaving five children. His widow has since married.

WAY, JOHN, was born Sept. n, 1793, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. His half sister, Rebecca Way, six years younger than himself, married Joseph Taylor, and they are the parents of Bayard Taylor, the world-renowned author, historian, poet and traveler. The mother of John Way died when he was a child, and his grandfather Ash brought him up in Chester county, Pennsylvania. Ann St. Clair was born in Chester county, August 16, 1803. john Way and Ann St. Clair were there married in the spring of 1823. They had two children in that county, and moved to Philadelphia, where two children were born, two of the four children died in infancy. In the spring of 1838 Mr. Way took his family to Chester county, and left them there while he visited the western country. He decided to make Springfield his home, and wrote to his wife to come on with the family. She fortunately learned of a gentleman by the name of Clendening who was coming west to visit a married daughter. He drove a light wagon, and Mrs. Way made arrangements to come and bring her two children. Mr Way rode on horseback to Paris, Edgar couhty, Illinois, and met them there. The whole party arrived at Springfield in November, 1838. Mr. Way was a plasterer, and the public buildings and other improvements here called for his services. Some ot his work in the Marine Insurance Company's bank building, Springfield, is likely to stand for many years to come. They had six children in Springfield. Of their eight children -

REBECCA, born May n, 1828, in Chester county, Pennsylvania, died Feb. 9, 1846, at St. Louis, Missouri, while visiting a relative of the family.

RA CHEL E., born June 19, 1824, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, married Dec. 31, 1851, in Springfield, Illinois, to Christian Schwarberg. They have four children. EDWARD J. married Emma Kidd, and lives near Springfield. ANNIE, GUSSIE and FRANK V., live with their parents four and a half miles northwest of Springfield, Illinois.

Sept. 27, 1855, to John C. Stansbury, who was born April 12, 1834, at Basking Ridge, Somerset county, New Jersey, and came to Springfield, June 27, 1854. They have four children, ANNA M., was married Sept. 24, 1873, to Arthur C. Hammond. They have one child, WILLIE T., and live in Loami, Illinois. CHARLOTTE E., ADA B. and FRANK H., live with their parents. Mr. Stansbury is engaged in the business of carriage and wagon manufacturing in Loami, Sangamon county, Illinois, and resides there.

CHARLOTTE E., born Dec. 20, 1841, in Springfield, married January, 1863, to George Riley Stevens. They have three children, ANNA, HARRIET and FRANK, and live in Montgomery county, Illinois.

JOHN C., born Feb. 25, 1844, in Springfield, enlisted August, 1861, at St. Louis, in what became Co. B, nth Mo. Inf. for three years, was discharged on account of physical disability March, 1862. He re-enlisted June, 1864, for 100 days in an Illinois regiment, went to Rock Island to guard prisoners, acted as commissary clerk, served full time and was honorably discharged, and lives in Montgomery county, Illinois.

MART T., born_ Feb. 19, 1846, in Springfield, married July, 1865,10 Preston H. Souther. They have three children, viz: MAUD, MABEL and HO WARD, and reside at Topeka, Kansas.

J ULIA A., born June 20, 1850, married November, 1865, to August Schwarberg, who died March, 1866. His widow married November 10, 1869, to Benjamin Vanderver. They have one child, GRACIE, and reside at Coatsville, Pennsylvania.

Mrs. Ann Way died May 12, 1864, in Springfield. John Way was married in 1869, to Mrs. Coverdill. She died August, 1871, and he died suddenly Jan. 18,1875, at Gerard, Illinois.

WEAVER, LEV/ IS, was born AugustS, 1798, near the river Rhine, in Germany. He came to America when a young man, and was married in Franklin connty, Pennsylvania, to Savilla Earhart, a native of Maryland. They had four children in Pennsylvania. He started to move to Jefferson City, Missouri, but changed his mind and came to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in 1838 or '39, near Springfield, where four children were born. Of their children -

-SAMUEL, born Oct. 16, 1834, in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, married Feb. 14, 1860, in Sangamon county, to Maria Jane Lake, who was born March 13, 1843, in Knox county, Ohio. They have six children, RACHEL L.JACOB F., MARY C., PHILIP L. and JESSIE E., and live in Cooper township, four miles southwest of Mechanicsburg, Sangamon county, Illinois.

ELI, born Jan. 15, 1840, in Sangamon county, married near Chatham to Anna Haddon. They have one child, MARY A., and live near Blue Mound, Macon county, Illinois.