Sangamon County, Illinois - The whole text, 1876 (part 30 of 31)

Webb, Hiram Luther

WEBB, HIRAM LUTHER, was born Nov. 12, 1799, in Rockingham, Vermont. The Webb family was a very old one in London and Weymouth, England, at the time the Plymouth colony was settled in Massachusetts. Two of them, Francis and Thomas Webb, were active members of the colony before it left England, but it is not certain that they came to America. Christopher Webb, of Weymouth, came to America previous to 1645, and settled in Braintree, Massachusetts. The name of his wife is not known, but they had six children. His eldest son, Christopher, born probably in England, about 1630, married Jan. 18, 1654 or '55, to Hannah Scott, lived in Braintree, Massachusetts, and had nine children. Their third child, Samuel, born August 16, 1660, married December, 1686, to Mary Adams, had four children, and moved to Windham, Connecticut, in 1707, where they had one child. Their second child, Samuel, born May 14, 1690, married Oct. 8, 1711, to Hannah Ripley, grand-daughter of Governor William Bradford. They had four children. Their fourth child, Joshua, born Feb. 9, 1721, married May 28, 1744, to Hannah Abbey. They had four children in Windham, Connecticut, and moved to Bellows Falls, Vermont, about 175^ where the$ had seven childred. The father, mother and eleven children lived until the youngest was forty-four years old. Joshua Webb, being one of the first settlers in Vermont, took an active part in the movement for erecting it into a separate state, and was a member of the state legislature for the first twelve years of its existence. His tenth child, Luther, born Oct. 24, 1763, following the example of several of his elder brothers, eagerly enlisted as soon as he was old enough to be received in the army of the Revolution, and served until Independence was achieved. One of his brothers was a colonel and another a captain, but Luther, being the youngest, served as a private. They all lived to be very old, and were entitled each to a pension, but declined to apply for it, saying they had fought for freedom and not for money. Luther was married Feb. 9, 1792, to Dorothy Wheelock, and had seven children. The fourth child, Hiram Luther, whose name heads this sketch, was married Dec. 15, 1823, in the town of Walpole, New Hampshire, to Martha B. Bates. She was born Sept. 30, 1799, in the town of Jeffrey, Cheshire county, New Hampshire. They made their home in Rockingham, Vermont, until five children were born, and started west, moving in wagons, and at the end of six weeks, which was the shortest trip made by any one from that region of country, they arrived in Sangamon county Nov. 13, 1834, and settled one mile west of the present Farmingdale Station, where two children were born. Of their children - MARTHAS., born Dec. 6, 1824,111

HARRIET J., born Feb. 26, 1827, in Rockingham, Vermont, married in . Sangamon county, August 9, 1848, to Joseph E. Cobbey, who was born November, 1824, in Ohio. They have three children, JOSEPH E.,Jun., THOMAS D. and JAMES W., and live at Vinton, Iowa.

JANE G., born Feb. 18, 1829, in Vermont, married in Sangamon county, Jan. I, 1857, to Edgar A. Kincaid, who was born in 1825, in Kentucky. They have four children, FRED L., MATTIE A., ALBERT E. and DICK BATES, and reside near Athens, Menard county, Illinois.

JAMES, born Jan. 12, 1833, in Rockingham, Vermont, is unmarried, and resides on the farm settled by his parents in 1834. It is one mile west of Farmingdale, Sangamon county, Illinois.

JOSEPH L., born August i, 1837, in Sangamon county, graduated at the Eclectic Medical College, of Cincinnati, Ohio, married Oct. 30, 1873, in Beatrice, Nebraska, to Louisa Kate Shepherd, and is a practicing physician there.

HIRAM P., born March 14, 1842, in Sangamon county, graduated at the State University of Indiana, at Bloomington, in the class of 1865, graduated in law in 1867, and was admitted to practice in Springfield, Illinois, went to Nebraska and was elected treasurer of Gage county in 1869, '71 and '73 for two years each term. He is also engaged in the practice of law and in banking in Beatrice. He was married Oct. 20, 1873, to Jenett Maxfield, in Beatrice, Nebraska, and resides there.

Hiram L. Webb died Oct. 21, 1847, an(^ his widow resides one mile west of Farmingdale, Illinois, where the family settled in 1834. Mr. Webb sold the first corn he raised in the county at eight cents per bushel in trade. He made several trips to Chicago, one hundred and eighty-five miles, with a wagon load of butter and bacon, exchanged them for stores and hardware, which he sold on his return home, after supplying his own needs. James says that his first business transaction, for himself and one of his brothers,

WEBB, JAMES G., was born Feb. 3, 1792, near Winchester, Clarke county, Kentucky. Elizabeth Petty was born May 3, 1795, in the same county. They were there married, and had two children, and the family moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1826 in what is now Loami township, south of Lick creek. In 1829 he sold his farm and moved to Buffalo Hart Grove, and in 1831 bought the same farm and moved back to Loami township. Five children were born in Sangamon county. Of the seven children -

WILLIS R., born Sept. 18, 1830, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, to Emily Darneille. They had three children, and the whole family died in Loami township.

JOHN ^.,born Feb. 10,1834, in Kentucky, raised in Sangamon county, married Mary Ream, a native of Maine. He went to Iowa and enlisted in 1861 in a cavalry regiment for three years. He was wounded in Arkansas in 1862 or '63, and was honorably discharged on account of physical disability occasioned by his wounds. They live at Abington, Jefferson county, Iowa.

CHARLOTTE, born Jan. 14, 1830, in Loami township, Sangamon county, Illinois, married Oct. 3, 1848, to James M. Turpin, who was born May 10, 1828, in Howai'd county, Missouri, and came with his parents to Sangamon county in 1845. He was a soldier in the Mexican war. He enlisted in August, 1862, in Co. I, 73d 111. Inf. for three years, was elected second lieutenant at the organization of the company, promoted to first lieutenant Dec. 6, 1862, served until after participating in the battle of Chickamauga, when he resigned on account of business engagements at home. Mr. Turpin is now a merchant in Loami, Illinois. He has represented his township in the Sangamon County Board of Supervisors.

WEBB, WILLIAM, was born about 1773 in Virginia, went to Tennessee, and was married to Jane Hillis, in Warren county. They had ten children. The family moved to Petersburg, Illinois, in the fall of 1830, and in 1835 moved to Spring creek, eight miles west of Springfield. Of their children -

ROBERT, born in Tennessee, married there to Elizabeth Lofton, came to Sangamon county with his father, has seven children, and lives near Oskaloosa, Iowa.

WEBER, GEORGE R., born Mav 29, 1808, in Baltimore, Maryland. His parents moved while he was an infant to Shepherdstown, Jefferson county, Virginia, their former home, and where they were married. George R., whose name heads this sketch, was married in Shepherdstown, May i, 1832, to Susan Shepherd. They soon after moved to New

York city, where Mrs. Susan Weber died. G. R. Weber returned to Shepherdstown, Virginia, and from there came to Springsfield, Illinois, arriving April 15, 1835. He was married in Springfield, Illinois, September, 1836, to Catharine Welch. They had eight children in Springfield.

CATHARINE C., born Oct. 4, 1844, was married in >pringfield, April 11, 1874, to Isaac Short, who was born Sept. 5, 1839, in South Bloomfield, Ohio. They reside in Springfield, Illinois.

ANNA M. lives with her parents. ^ GEORGE W., born Nov. 27, 1850, in Springfield, Illinois, was married April 27, 1876, in Taylorville, to Nemmie Shumway, daughter of the late Judge Shumway. George W. Weber is the editor and publisher of the Taylorville Democrat, and resides in Taylorville, Illinois.

George R. Weber formed a partnership with John S. Roberts in April, 1835, *or the publication of the Illinois Republican. When the state capital was removed from Vandalia to Springfield, the State Register office came with it, and that paper and the Illinois Republican, being both . democratic, were consolidated in 1839, the proprietors becoming partners under the name of Walters & Weber. This partnership continued until 1846, when Mr. Weber sold out to Mr. Walters, and enlisted in Co. A, 4th 111. Inf., under Colonel E. D. Baker. While encamped on the Rio Grande, in Mexico, news of Mr. Walters' death reached there, and Mr. Weber being interested in the state printing, it was necessary for him to return. He accordingly was detailed to return home with those soldiers who were unfit for duty, and was never recalled. Alter the time expired for which he was elected public printer, he severed his connection with the office, and moved to his farm. He, however, contributed articles which appeared both as editorial and communicated to the columns of the Republican. Mr. Weber was also elected major in the Mormon war. He served six months as state commissary in our late civil war, and was appointed by President Lincoln as commissary at Camp Butler, which position he retained until the close of the rebellion. George R. Weber has now retired ffom business, and resides in Springfield, Illinois.

WEBER, JOHN B., born April 7, 1810, in Shephjerdstown, Virginia, was there married Sept. 23, 1832, to Sarah A. Woltz, sister of John Woltz. See his name. She was born in Shepherdstown, March 20, 1812. They had two children in Virginia, and moved to Springfield, Illinois, arriving April 16, 1836, and had eight children in Sangamon county. The eldest died, aged two years.

ANDRE W 7., born Sept. 9, 1840, in Springfield. At the first call for seventyfive thousand men, by President Lincoln, in April, 1861, he, with other young men of Sangamon county, organized a - company, but the quota of Illinois was already full. Andrew J. Weber was elected captain, and the company was sworn into the United States service as the ist Reg. U. S. Rifles. After a number of changes it became Co. B, nth Mo. Inf. More than nine-tenths of that regiment were Illinois men. Company B united with the regiment at St. Louis, July 20. 1861. It was fully organized on the sixteenth of August, and was in the battle of Fredericktown, Missouri, Oct. 21, 1861. Captain .Weber was promoted April 21, 1862, to major of the regiment. In the absence of higher officers he was in command of the regiment at the battle of luka, Sept. 17, and the battle of Corinth, Oct. 3 and 4, 1862, in which General, since Governor, and now United States Senator Oglesby, was shot and thought to be mortally wounded. General Rosecrans, in his report, says that the iith Missouri, under Major Weber, led the skirmish which opened the battle, October 3, and also led the charge that drove the last rebel from the field on the fourth. Major Weber was promoted and commissioned lieutenant colonel, March 20, 1863, and commissioned colonel May 15, 1863. All his commissions were signed by Governor Gamble, of Missouri. Colonel Weber was wounded in the head by a cannon ball, while on duty, on the Peninsula, in front of Vicksburg, June 29, 1863. The wound at first was not thought to be mortal, but he died the next day, June 30. According to militarv usage a single regiment only would have acted as an escort, but after the capture of Vicksburg, July 4, the whole brigade turned out and escorted his remains to the steamer, by which they were brought up the river, conveyed to Springfield, and deposited in Oak Ridge Cemetery, July 9, 1863. His native city may well cherish, with pride, the memory of this young hero, who rose by talent, energy and industry to a position far above his years, and yielded his young and gifted life, a willing sacrifice on the alter of his country. He was but twentytwo years, eight months and seven days old when he was commissioned colonel of his regiment in the face of the enemy; an incident unparalleled in the history of our country.

Miriam M., Sarah A., Timothy

GEORGE P., born Dec. 2, 1842, in Springfield, 111., enlisted at the same time and in the same company with his brother, Andrew J. He was elected and appointed orderly sergeant. When his brother was promoted to the office of major, he was promoted to second lieutenant of Co. B, and after that promoted to first lieutenant and adjutant of the regiment, the latter of which he did not accept, being physically unable to discharge its duties, which prevented his re-enlisting as a veteran with the regiment. He was honorably discharged at St. Louis, May i, 1864. George P. Weber was furloughed home with the remains of his brother, Colonel Weber, and was married July 28, 1863, to Vienna Meader. They have four children, MIRIAM M., SARAH A., TIMOTHY and ELI, and resides four miles west of Pawnee, Sangamon county, Illinois.

It is worthy of remark that when the nth Missouri Infantry, composed as it \vas of Illinois men, went through St. Louis in 1 86 1, stones and other missiles were thrown at the soldiers from the windows. When they returned on furlough, after re-enlistment, they were greeted with bouquets of flowers, a grand banquet, and were presented by the citizens of St. Louis with a magnificent stand of colors.

JAMES W. was born November 10, 1844, in Springfield, Illinois, enlisted Nov. 12, 1864, for one year, in his native city, in the loth 111. Cav., served full term and was honorably discharged Nov. 12, 1865, at

San Antonio, Texas. Three days after his discharge he started to come home on horseback, in company with two other members of the same regiment, William M. Brown, of Sangamon county, and John Ingalls, of Madison county, Illinois. They were followed from San Antonio, and on the 24th of November stopped at the house of a man named Deasonand obtained their dinners. That was in Rusk county, a few miles from a very small village bearing the local name of Rakepocket, but the postoffice is Pine Hill. After taking their dinners they continued their journey, and having passed through the village were followed by four men, also on horseback, who, after keeping near them about one mile, to the vicinity of Sharon, in Panola county, pretending to be in a hurry, the four men rode rapidly, overtook and passed the three travelers, when the four suddenly wheeled their horses, and each presenting a revolver, called on the travelers to surrender, which they did. Just at this moment a lad on horseback, who had been to mill, came near the parties, and seeing the men arrayed facing each other, and all on one side with deadly weapons drawn, paused to see if he could ascertain the cause of the strange spectacle. The boy was then ordered by the desperadoes not to remain any longer at the peril of his life, and he moved on quickly. Passing a turn in the ix>ad he halted and saw the four drive the three off the road into the woods. In a few moments more he heard the report of fire arms, followed by piercing screams, and then all was still. The boy reported that night to his parents, and the next morning upon search being made the three bodies were found, and decently buried. The assassins obtained three horses and equipments, and from a memorandum found it was thought they also got $2,100 in money. The four inhuman wretches were a one-armed desperado named A. J. Smith, a man by the name of Blackstock, and John and Jerry Deason, the two latter sons of the man at whose house the murdered men had taken their last dinner.

A few months after this occurrence John Deason came home sick and was secreted in his father's house. He was discovered and intelligence given to the soldiers at Shreveport, when a small band of them came upon and killed him on the spot.

Terry was afterwards killed in Leon county, Texas. Blackstock was killed in Robertson county, Texas. Smith fled to Mississippi, and his fate is unknown. These facts were obtained from a former citizen of Sangamon county, who was at the time living in the vicinity where the tragedy was enacted, and into whose hands one of the early sample sheets of this work had fallen, and in which he saw the name of James W. Weber.

BENJAMIN R. B., born in Sangamon county, married Oct. 29, 1872, to Sarah McCormick. They had one child, L ALL AH ANN, who died in 1875. They reside near Pawnee, Illinois.

Mrs. Sarah A. Weber died August 5, 1866. John B. Weber was married Nov. 28, 1867, to Mrs. Nancy J. Drennan,whose maiden name was Dodds. They reside adjoining Pawnee, Sangamon county, Illinois.

John B. Weber was engaged in the manufacture ot cabinet furniture in Springfield and at Hewlett, now Riverton, from 1836 to 1841, when he lost his left hand by a buzz saw. He was appointed by the legislature of 1842 and '43 to copy the land records of the state in numerical order, which kept him employed until 1849. He then went to California, and returned in 1851. He was quartermaster in the last expedition of the Mormon war of 1846. He was clerk in the commissary department in raising the first six Illinois regiments for the suppression of the rebellion. He was elected sheriff and collector of Sangamon county, and served from 1854 to 1856.

WEBER, PHILIP W., was born near Shepherdstown, Virginia, Jan. 28, 1812. He went south in 1835, built a mill in connection with others at Raymond, Mississippi, sold out there and came to Springfield in the Spring of 1837. ^e was married in Springfield June ib, 1839, to Amanda M. Shepherd. She was born Nov. 8, 1811. They have six children, all born in Sangamon county, namely - one of two companies which were consolidated to form Co. K, I24th 111. Inf., but was left out on account of his being young and small of his age. He went to St. Louis in 1863, and made another unsuccessful attempt. He was married Jan. I, 1867, to Henrietta Lough. They have two children, FRANK and ANDREW J., and reside in the extreme southeast corner of Pawnee township, Sangamon county, Illinois.

AMANDA, born March 3, 1846, married May 9, 1867, to John W. Blakey. They have one living child, EDGAR L., and live in Pawnee, Illinois. Mr. Blakey is a merchant there,

Mr. Philip W. Weber went to California in 1849 and returned in 1859, and soon after, in connection with his brother, John B., bought land and engaged in farming. He now - November, 1876 - resides on his farm, adjoining Pawnee, Sangamon county, Illinois.

WEBER, JACOB J., was born February, 1815, in Frederick City, Maryland. He came to Springfield in the fall of 1837. He afterwards went to Fulton county, where he engaged in business and married Miss LaMasters. He came back to Sangamon county in 1855 and engaged in farming in Ball township. They had six children -

WEBER, PETER S., was born in 1817, in Frederick City, Maryland. He came to Springfield in 1837, being tne fifth brother, no two of whom came together. He -was married in Springfield to Miss Adams. They removed to La-

Salle, and his wife died soon after while on a visit to Springfield. He was married in LaSalle twice, and moved to St. Louis about 1850, and from there to New Orleans. He died in that city of yellow fever, August 25, 1853, leaving a widow and one son, GEORGE W. They soon after returned to her former home at LaSalle, Illinois.

1844. She was the mother of George R., John B., Philip W., Jacob J. and Peter S. Weber. She died Jan. 27, 1868, at the house of her son, Philip W., which had been her home for twenty years previons.

WEST, BENJAMIN, born May 15, 1812, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was educated at Harvard College, and came to Sangamon county, Illinois, about 1835, and settled at Rochester. He was married April 16, 1840, to Permelia A. Taylor. They had three children in Sangamon county, namely -

LOUISA, born Jan. 30, 1841, married Benjamin T. Rice, a native of Cambridge, Massachusetts. They have two children, HELEN W. and NATHAN, and reside at Millbury, Massachusetts - 1874.

FANNY, born May 2, 1843, died Decn, 1 86 1, caused by swallowing her false teeth, while asleep, on the night of the 9th of the same month. She died at the house of her mother, Mrs. John North, near Mechanicsburg, Illinois.

1845, U1 Sangamon county, and was educated in the Lutheran College at Springfield. He went to New Hampshire to visit his father's relatives, and from there embarked on board the ship Syren, Nov. 1 6, 1 86 1, at Boston, for San Francisco. The voyage was made around Cape Horn, arriving at the latter city in March, 1862. Captain Green, of the Syren, determined to sail for the Phillippine Islands. On arriving at the port of Manilla, the captain interested himself in the welfare of young Mr. \Vest, and secured for him a situation in the shipping house of Russell & Sturgis, of Boston. That was in July, 1862. After spending a year in their house at Manilla he was placed in charge of a branch house 150 miles distant on the island of Yoilo. Soon after his arrival at the latter place, he went in a pkasure boat with a small party of friends to a neighboring island, and on their return the wind capsized the boat some distance from the shore. His comrades expected him to cling to the wreck until they, who were more experienced, could go to shore and bring assistance. He attempted to swim to shore also, and when they returned no vestige of him could be found. He had gone down alone and unseen. That was on December 25, 1863.

Benjamin West was a lawyer, and was one of the representatives of Sangamon county in the state legislature at the session of 1846 and '47. He died at Rochester June 23, 1847, and his widow married Erastus Woodruff, who died and she married John North. See his name.

WEST, SAMUEL, was born Nov. 8, 1813, in Boston, Massachusetts. He came to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in 1834 or '35 at Rochester. He returned to Boston on a visit, accompanied by Mrs. Lucetta Stevens, whose maiden name was Putnam. Her husband, Samuel Stevens, having died in Rochester, she was returning to her friends in New- Hampshire. Samuel West and Mrs. Stevens were married July 7, 1840, at Unity, New Hampshire. They returned to Rochester soon after. She had one child by her first marriage, namely,

SAMUEL P. STEVENS, born Oct. 27, 1838, in Sangamon county, married at Rochester March 2, 1858, to Olive J. Slater. They live at Avilla, Jasper county, Missouri.

SAMUEL F., born May 28, 1843, married Nov. 6, 1867, in Rochester, to Margaret E. Barr. They have two children, NELLIE E. and CHARLES F., and reside near Pawnee, Sangamon county, Illinois.

MARTHA S., born Feb. 22, 1846, married Dec. 7, 1865, to William Jameison Cooper. See his name. She had four children, and died April 26, 1873.

Everhart, who was born May i, 1843, m London county, Virginia. They have two children, FRED B. and NORA, and reside in Rochester, Sangamon county, Illinois.

Mrs. Lucetta West died Oct. 14, 1859, in Rochester, Illinois. Samuel West was married July 29, 1860, to Mrs. Zilpha Kimball, whose maiden name was Putnam. He died Sept. 2, 1868, and his widow resides in Springfield, Illinois.

WEST, ELIJAH, was born July 30, 1786, near Carlisle, Nicholas county, Kentucky. He married Elizabeth Henderson, had nine children in Kentucky, and moved to Macoupin county, Illinois, and from there to Sangamon county, arriving in 1835, 'n Auburn township. Of their children -

ELIJAH A. was married in Sangamon county to Atha Organ. They had four children. ATHA A. married Scott Bumgarner, and lives in Auburn township. WILLIAM T., ELIJAH A., Jun., and MARGARET A. live with their mother. Elijah A. West died Nov. 20, 1855, and his widow lives in Auburn township, Sangamon county, Illinois.

"WHITED, JAMES, was born Sept. 8, 1804, in Virginia. His parents moved when he was an infant to Ferrtress county, Tennessee. Lucy Thurman was born in that county, August 23, 1811. They were there married March 5, 1828, had three children in Tennessee, and came to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving March

R1CHRD R., born in 1830, married Mary Grissom, had three children, and he was stabbed to death at a convivial party in Sangamon county, Jan. 17, 1860. His widow and children live at Albia, Monroe county, Iowa.

ROBERT H., born Dec. 9, 1851, married, August 25, 1869, Agnes J. Showers, have one child, CHARLES E., and live near Woodside, Sangamon county, Illinois.

Whitesides, Charles

WHITESIDES, CHARLES, born 1785 in Virginia, and taken by his parents to Fayette county, Kentucky. They traveled in boats from Pittsburg down the Ohio river to Limestone - now Maysville - Kentucky. Charles Whitesides was married in 1810 in Fayette county, Kentucky to Elizabeth Graves, who was born in 1788 in that county. They had five children in Fayette county, and in 1819 moved to Cumberland county, same state, where five children were born, and the family moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving June 30, 1831, in Springfield. In 1833 they moved to the vicinity of Williamsville, and in 1835 moved to German Prairie, northeast of Springfield. Of their children -

JOHN M., born April 11, 1811, in Fayette county, Kentucky, was married in Cumberland county, same state, to Elizabeth Dawson. They had five children, and Mrs. Whitesides died in Kentucky. He and his children came to Sangamon county in 1844, and now reside in Linn county, Kansas.

WILLIAM A., born Nov. 5, 1815, in Fayette county, Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, Illinois, Feb. 19, 1846, to Honor A. Branch. They had two children, ALBERT, born Dec. 27,

1846, died Dec. 7, 1860; LOUISIANA, born Sept. n, 1849, was married Oct. 13, 1870, to Edmond Miller. See his name. She died Nov. 23, 1871. Mrs. Rebecca Branch, the mother of Mrs. Whitesides, died at their house July 25, 1876. She spent the last sixteen years of her life in their family. William A. Whitesides and family reside two miles northeast of Rochester, Sangamon county, Illinois.

THOMAS H. born May 12, 1817, in Kentucky, was married to Mary Randolph. They went to Pike's Peak, where Mrs. Whitesides died, leaving four children, two of whom have since died. T. H. Whitesides resides near Mt. Pulaski, Logan county, Illinois.

CHARLES H. born March, 1819, in Fayette county, Kentucky, was married in Springfield to Emeline Sargent. They had five children, and moved to California in 1850. The last heard from them, in 1872, they were in the Sandwch Islands.

1847, to Agnes J. Turley. They had five children, two of whom died young. EMILY C., born March 4, 1850, resides with her father. MARY E., born March n, 1854, was married Jan. 19, 1873, to Wilson W. Yates, and resides near Plato, Iroquois county, Illinois. IDA A., born April 19, 1862, resides with her father. Mrs. Agnes J. Whitesides died May 19, 1863, and N. B. Whitesides resides four miles east of Springfield, Illinois.

GEORGE G., born Feb. 23, 1824, in Cumberland county, Kentucky, brought up in Sangamon county, Illinois, and married Elizabeth A. Berks. They had four children, SARAH E., ROBERT F., JOHN M. and WILLIAM A. Mrs. W. died, and G. G. Whitesides married Mrs. A. Benton, whose maiden name was

Copeland. They had one child, MAGGIE R. Mrs. G. G. Whitesides had two children hy her first marriage, LYDIA A. and EUNICE E. Benton. G. G. Whitesides and family reside in Logan countv, north of Illiopolis, Illinois.

T., Flora A., Emma Lm Henry

MART E., born May 15, 1828, in Cumberland county, Kentucky, raised in Sangamon county, was married March i, 18^5, to Andrew Buckles. They had seven children, two died young. MARY T., FLORA A., EMMA LM HENRY S. and ROBERT E., and reside near Mt. Pulaski, Illinois.

M ARION F., born August 28, 1830, in Cumberland county, Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, Jan. i, 1852, to Anna E. Black. They had four children, three died in infancy. MARY, the eldest, resides with her parents. M. F. Whitesides and wife reside in Springfield, Illinois.

Wikoff, William

WIKOFF, WILLIAM W., born March 23, 1808, in Monmouth county, New Jersey. His parents moved to Warren county, Ohio, in 1810. He was there married Dec. 24, 1829, to Sarah C. Sinnard, who was born in the same county Oct. 5, 1810. They moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving June 19, 1837, on Richland creek, and in 1838 to Island Grove township^ and in 1864 into what is now New Berlin township. They brought three children from Ohio, and had six in Sangamon county. Of their nine children -

ALBERT G., born Dec. 6, 1830, in Warren county, Ohio, married in Sangamon county, Dec. 14, 1854, to Ann E. Allen, who was born Dec. 14, 1837, *n Morgan county, Illinois. They had five children. THOMAS J. died aged three years. CORDELIA K., DORA BELL, EDWIN A. and ALONZO H. live with their parents one and three-quarter miles southeast of Berlin, Sangamon county, Illinois - 1874.

W. W. Wikoff was keeping tavern at Palmyra, now called Mason, Warren county, Ohio, at the time of the sudden change, Dec. 20, 1836. He remembers that the cold wave arrived there about nine o'clock P. M. WThen he came to Illinois and conversed with the people, he found that the change took place here about one o'clock p. M. It had taken about eight hours to travel 350 miles. See sudden change^ page 63.

WYCKOFF, SAMUEL, born in 1781, in Loudon county, Virginia. He moved in company with his parents to Bourbon county, Kentucky, in 1808. He was there married in 1812 to Rebecca Darneille, who was born at Bryan Station, Kentucky, in 1787. They had seven children in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, arriving Oct. 12, 1822, in what is now Chatham township, where two children were born. Of all their children:

JOHN THOMAS,\)orn 1814, married 1837 to Sarah Shelton, who died, and he married Amanda Jacobs, and she died and he married Jane Foster. She died and he died in 1856, leaving one child.

LORENA, born 1818 in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Allen Snyder. They have nine children, and live at Mowequa, Shelby county, Illinois.

AS HER P., born Nov. 28, 1821, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, Oct. 15, 1840, to Sarah M. Gibson, who was born April 24, 1817, in Todd county, Kentncky, and came to Sangamon county with her mother in 1828. The mother died March 12,1859, at Wyandotte, Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. W. had tea children, among them three pair of twins. Six of their children died under seven years of age. Of the other four, JOHN W. lives in Kansas. HENRY C. lives near Chatham, Illinois. They were both soldiers in an Illinois regiment. MARY A. married James Eaman, and lives in Ottawa, Kansas. WINFIELD S. was a soldier in an Iowa regiment. Asher P. Wyckoff and wife live in Kansas.

EMELINE,\>£>v\\ in Sangamon county in 1824, married Henry Hall in 1843, and both died leaving five children, near Loami, Sangamon county, Illinois.

WILCOX, JOHN, was born in Maryland on the eastern shore of the Chesapi-ake Bay. His parents died when he was quite young, and to keep from being bound out, he ran away, embarked on a sailing vessel and went to the West India islands, returning to Marvland, and when he was sixteen or seventeen years old went with a family to Virginia, and from there to the vicinity of Danville, Kentucky. He was married in Oldham county, Kentucky, to Lucinda Oglesby. She was born in London county, Virginia, and her parents moved to that part of Shelby which afterwards became Oldham county, Kentucky. Her father, William Oglesby, was a soldier in the Revolution. John Wilcox and his wife had two children in Oldham county, and moved to Davidson county, Tennessee, where one child was born, and then moved to Logan county, Kentucky, where eight children wei-e born. In 1818, the family moved to St. Clair county, Illinois, and from there to what became Sangamon county, arriving in the fall of 1819, about six miles east of where Springfield now stands, and settled between the mouths of Sugar creek and the south fork of Sangamon river. Of their eleven children -

MAHALA, born in Kentucky and married Thomas Moore. They had three children, and she died August 18, 1855, and Thomas Moore died April 28, 1866, both near Berlin, Illinois.

STEPHEN, born in Kentucky, married in 1824 to Harriet Newell. They had eight children. He died March 22, 1858, and his widow lives with her youngest son, STEPHEN, near Blue Mound, Macon county, Illinois.

ELLIS, born in Davidson county, Tennessee, about 1790, married Feb. 24, 1824, in Simpson county, Kentucky, to Ann Lewis, who was born Dec. 21, 1800, in Pendleton district, South Carolina. They had two children in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in 1828, in Island Grove, where they had five living children, namely, LUCINDA, born February 15, 1825, in Simpson county, Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Thomas Rhea. See his name. N E R I A H L., born in Kentucky, died in Sangamon county, aged ten years. THOMAS, born June 28, 1831, in Sangamon county, married Catharine Ruble. They have eight children, CHARLES L., ALBERT N., BENJAMIN F., MARY A., WALLACE B., FRANCIS,

CLARENCE and RUTH s., and live in Morgan county, six miles west of Berlin, Sangamon county, Illinois. JOHN F., born Feb. 12, 1836, in Sangamon county, married July 24, 1863, to Mary A. Rhea, had one child which died in infancy, and Mrs. Wilcox died May 16, 1865. He was married August 7, 1866, to Fanny Scott. They have three children, JAY GALE, N. ELLIS and NELLIE, and live three-quarters of a mile northwest of Loami, Illinois. CHARLES H., born May 10, 1838, married Sept. 11, 1864,10 Caroline Caruthers, have two children, and lives with his father. SAMUEL M. died Jan. 29, 1863, in the twenty-third year of his age. JOSIAH L., born Nov. 26, 1844, in Sangamon county, married Mav, 1861, to Alice V. Parker. They had one child, JOE A., and Mrs. Wilcox died Jan. 29, 1862. Dr. Joe L. Wilcox was appointed, May 19, 1862, second assistant surgeon of the nth 111. Cav., was promoted May 19, 1863,10 first assistant surgeon, served to the end of the rebellion, v/hen he was mustered out with his regiment, October, 1865. He was married Nov. 9, 1865, to Jean F. Patteson. They have thr.ee children, mv i GHT, AUGUSTUS p. and ANNIE. Dr. Wilcox was elected, November, 1874, as one of the representatives of Sangamon county in the twenty-ninth general assembly of Illinois, and is a practicing physician at Loami, Sangamon county, Illinois. Ellis Wilcox and wife now - 1876 - reside where they settled in 1829. It is five miles west of Berlin, Sangamon county, Illinois.

EDIJ^H, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Duke Chilton, and died, leaving her husband and two children at Oneco, Stephenson county, Illinois.

WILLlAJM,\x>rb August 9, 1813, in Logan county, Kentucky, raised in Sangamon county, was a soldier in the Blackhawk war, married Nov. 8, 1835, in Oldham county, Kentucky, to Nancy Ellis, had five children, and Mrs. Wilcox died Oct. 2, 1852, leaving two children, ELLIS O. and GEORGE W. He was married Nov. 9, 1856, to Marv Wilbourne. They have two children, CHARLOTTE and WILLIAM BEN. E., and reside three miles west of Berlin, Sangamon county, Illinois.

WILCOCKSON, WILLIAM, born August 8, 1789, in Rowan county, North Carolina. Mary England, sister to Rev. Stephen England, was born March 14, 1786, in Virginia. Her pferentB moved to Bath county, Kentucky, when she was quite young. William Wilcockson and Mary England were there married, had seven children, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, in the fall of 1821, in company with their son-in-law, George Power. They settled in what is now Fancy creek township, where two children were born. Of their children -

A., Emeline F., Charles H.

STEPHEN E., born in Bath county, Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Mary J. Lake. They have eight children, BAYLESS L., LUCY J., ELIZA A., EMELINE F., CHARLES H., JAMES E., ELIZABETH C. and JOHN S. The second and third are married, and reside in Henry county, Missouri. All the others reside with their parents near Elkhart, Illinois.

WILLIAM B., born Oct. 15, 1822, in Sangamon county, married September, 1848, to Clarinda Claypool, who was born Nov. 17, 1823, in Champaign county, Ohio. They had four children, and Mr. Wilcockson died very suddenly, April 26, 1856, near Athens, Illinois. Of their children, LEVI C. lives with his mother and manages the farm. THOMAS R., is a student at Ann Arbor, Michigan - 1874 - with the intention of making the law his profession. JOHN W. and MARY E. reside with thcjr" mother, two miles north of Cantrall, amon county, Illinois.

Mrs. Mary Wilcockson died August 10, 1860, and William Wilcockson died July 24, 1864, both in Fancy creek township, Sangamon county, Illinois.

name who lived and died in the county of Armagh, Ireland. His first name is not preserved. It is not certainly known, but believed by his descendants, that he was a native of Scotland. He possessed considerable property, and died earlv in life, leaving as the executor of his will a brother, who defrauded the children of their property. Five of the children - probably all there were - emigrated to New York city in 1734 or '35. One of his sons, who, it is thought, bore the name of Alexander, was borr in 1711 in county Armagh, Ireland, married in New York city to Jane Bell. They had ten children, five of whom, two sons and three daughters, grew to be men and women. Their eldest son, Alexander, born Feb. 6, 1745, in New York, was eleven years old when his father died, about 1756, one year after Braddock's defeat. He was apprenticed by his sister Elizabeth - older than himself - to a tailor, and continued in that business thirty years. He married Elizabeth Carr, who was born May 19, 1752. They had ten children. He died Feb. 29, 1824, and she died Dec. 23, 1834. The eldest child, Alexander C., born June 22, 1770, in New York city, married August 27, 1795, to Sarah Coe, who was born Dec. 9, 1774. They had ten children, six sons and four daughters. Their daughter Sarah, born Nov. 24, 1802, married July 4, 1824, to Jonathan Mottashed, in New York city. He died there April i, 1832, and she married William W. Watson. See his name. They had a son, Alexander Wiley, also, but he never came west. Their son -

WILEY, EDMUND. R., born Feb. 1 8, 1808, in New York city, was married there August 3, 1830, to Catharine Beach. They had three children in New York, and came to Springfield, Illinois, in 1835, where six children were born. Of all their living children -

EDMUND R., Jun., born June 20, 1833, in New York, read law in Springfield, Illinois, and was admitted to the bar. He practiced his profession in Decatur for a short time and returned to Springfield. In 1861 he was appointed adjutant of the 62d 111. Inf., and served one year. He was major of 6ist (colored) Inf. for sixteen months, lieutenant colonel of 3d Colored Heavy Art. about six months, and colonel of the 88th (colored) Inf. one year. Colonel Wiley was clerk of Arkansas county from Nov. 5, 1867, to Oct. 7, 1871, represented said county in the state legislature of 1871 and '72, was elected sheriff in the autumn of 1872, and served until October, 1874. Colonel E. R. Wiley was married in Dewitt, Arkansas, Sept. 29, 1868, to Ladora E. Rice, who was born Oct. 3, 1852, at Springfield, Conway county, Arkansas. ' They have four children, ALFRED R., ANDREW E., CATHARINE and DORA E., who reside with their parents. E. R. Wiley is a farmer, and lived in Dewitt, Arkansas, until 1876, when he moved to Danville, Illinois.

AMELIA, born Jan. 17, 1837, in Springfield, Illinois, was married there May 3, 1866, to George White, who was born July 2, 1840, in Pottsclam, New York, and came to Springfield, Illinois, in 1865. They have three children, EDMUND R., GEORGE F. and HOWARD W., and reside in Springfield, Illinois.

ALEXANDER C. born Nov. 9, 1838, in Springfield, enlisted in Co. G, H4th 111. Inf., was in the siege of Vicksburg, served seventeen months and was appointed lieutenant of Co. E, 6ist United States Colored Infantry. He was in the battle of Tupello, Mississippi, served nine months and was honorably discharged Oct. 5, 1864, at Washington, D. C. Lieutenant Wiley was deputy circuit clerk of Arkansas county for six years. He was married April 17, 1871, in DeWitt, Arkansas, to Jennie Quertermous, who was born in Hardin county, Kentucky. They have two children, ROBERT E. and FREDERICK H., who reside with their parents in DeWitt, Arkansas county, Arkansas.

RICHARD B., born Jan. 15,1841, in Springfield, Illinois, enlisted in an Illinois regiment during the rebellion; is distinguished for his musical talent, and is organist in the Chestnut street Presbyterian church, Louisville, Kentucky.

ALFRED, born Sept. 7, 1848, in Springfield, Illinois, was married near Williamette, Arkansas, Sept. 7, 1876, to Pattie M. Hubbard, daughter of Dr. B.

C. Hubbard. Alfred Wiley was a farmer and lived near DeWitt, Arkansas until 1876, when he moved to Starr City, Lincoln county, Arkansas, and engaged in the practice of law.

Edmund R. Wiley, Sen., was in the clothing business in Springfield, until his death, which occurred July 19, 1864. His widow and daughters live in Springfield, Illinois.

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WILLARD, ALEXANDER P., born April 8, 1815, in Vernon, Oneida county, New York. He was married June 3, 1837, m Chemung county, in the same state to Louisa L. Higgie. They came the same year to Springfield, Illinois, where they had two children, one of whom died young.

LUCY E., was born March, 1839, in Springfield, married in her native city to William D. Richardson. They have two children and reside in Springfield, Illinois. Mr. Richardson at the time of his marriage was engaged in railroading. After that he became a contractor and builder. Among his largest contracts was the brickwork on the Macoupin county court house, the entire work of building the national Lincoln monument, and the greater part of the brick and stone work on the new state house of Illinois, on which he has been engaged from 1871 to the present time - November, 1876.

Alexander P. Willard was in partnership for a short time after coming to Springfield with E. G.Johns. In 1841 he formed a partnership with Robert B. Zimmerman. See his name. They continued in the business of painters and glaziers, and dealers in materials connected with their business until the death of Mr. Willard, which occurred very suddenly, May 5, 1865, in Springfield. Mrs. Willard resides with her daughter, Mrs. Richardson, in Springfield, Illinois.

W I L L I A M S, Edward

W I L L I A M S, EDWARD, was born June 3, 1789, in Hardin county, Kentucky. Margaret Neal was born April, 1788, in Nelson county, Kentucky. The places of their birth were only about six miles apart, and the parents of both moved when they were children to Ohio county, where they were married about 1806. They had five children in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving December, 1826, in what is now Gardner township, where two

NANCY C., born April 4, 1808, in Kentucky, married Dec. 19, 1872, in Sangamon county to Christopher Atterberry, and lives in Menard county, Illinois.

SAMUEL N., born in 1810 in Kentucky, married Margaret Martin, and she died. He married Mrs. Margaret D. Ralston, whose maiden name was Peak. They had four living children. Mr. W. died Jan. 9, 1866, and his family lives in Edinburg, Illinois.

ED WARD L., born in 1824, in Kentucky, married Susan H. Pearce in Sangamon county, and had four children. The parents and three of the children died. Their only living child, REBECCA A., married Samuel Cully, has one son, and lives near Taylorville, Illinois.

STEPHEN W., born Feb. 9, 1827, in Sangamon county, married July 25, 1850, to Abigail J. Fry, who was born July 22, 1827, in Smith county, Tennessee. They had two children, EDWARD H. and NANCY J., and Mrs. W. died Nov. 8, 1857. He was married June 30, 1859, to Elcy Davidson. They have five living children, JOHN D., MARY M., MICAJAH, FRANCES M. and MARTHA A., and reside in Christian county, near Pawnee, Sangamon county, Illinois.

WILLIAMS, ELI AS, born Feb. 27, 1770, near Clarendon, Vermont, was married in that state to Mary Boynton, who was born July 19, 1773, at Plymouth, Windsor county, Vermont. They had four children there, and the family moved to Essex county, New York, about 1804, where two children were born, thence to Hamilton county, Ohio, where one child was born, and from there to Butler county, in the same state, where three children were born. In 1819 the family moved to Wayne or Henry county, Indiana, and from there to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in February, 1822, in what is

SAMUEL, born April 24, 1800, in Windsor county, Vermont, came to Sangamon county, Illinois, before the family arrived in the autumn of 1821, and was married April 5, 1832, to Jane L. Trotter. They had five children in Sangamon county, NANCY T., born Feb. 26, 1833, married Henry P. Clark. See his name. JANE L., born June i, 1835, married Charles F. Humphreys. See his name. ELIZA, born Feb. 1 2, 1837, and HENRY H., born July 30, 1840. The two latter live with their father. WILLIAM T. died in his second year. Mrs. Jane L. Williams died Oct. u, 1865, and Samuel Williams lives one and a half miles southeast of Rochester, Sangamon county, Illinois. Mr. Williams became a member of the Christian church, June 29, 1817, in Ohio, and when he came to Sangamon county, there being no church of his own denomination, he united with the Methodists, with the understanding that he should sever the connection when a suitable time came for organizing one of his own. He united with others in 1832 in consituting the South Fork Christian church. About that time he commenced preaching, and has continued to do so to the present time. He has received between one and two hundred persons into the church, and has baptized about five hundred, including his assisting other ministers. He has probably married one hundred couple, and taught school in Rochester, Illinois, between the years 1831 and 1837.

ELI AS, Jun., born Feb. 15, 1802, in Vermont, was married in Sangamon county, in 1831, to Polly Baker, daughter of Isaac. They had eleven or twelve children, and moved to Kansas, thence to the vicinity of Nashville, Barton county, Missouri, where they now live.

JOSEPH, born Oct. 2, 1804, in Essex county, New York, was married in Sangamon county, Illinois, to Judith Delay. They had two children, who both died young. Joseph Williams died Oct. 14. 1850. His widow lives in Cotton Hill township.

MAR T, born Dec. 18, 1806, in Essex county, New York, was married in Sangamon county in 1824 to Richard E. Barker. They had one child, ELIAS, who married Dorothy Bound. He died in March, 1873. His widow and children live near Clarksville, Illinois. R. E. Barker died and his widow married Andrew Johnson. See his natne. He died and she married Greenberry Baker. See his name.

IS I AH BOTNTON, born June 20, 1810, in Hamilton county, Ohio, was married in Sangamon county April i, 1833, to Phebe Baker. They had eleven children, two died under five years. SUSAN, born Jan. 19, 1834, in Sangamon county, was married Nov. 10, 1853, to George W. Whitecraft, who was born Sept. 26, 1830, in Bath county, Kentucky, and brought by his parents, in 1835, to what is now Christian county, Illinois. In 1873 he moved to Springfield, where he now resides. MARY married James Martin. See his name. JAMES H. married Caroline Hedrick. They have three children, and live near Taylorville, 111. HARRIET married George Boyd. They had two children, and live near Taylorville, Illinois. MARTHA married A. M. Council, has two children, and lives near Edinburg, Illinois. AMOS S. married Jane Hatler. They have one child, and live in Cotton Hill township. SANFORD, EDWARD and ABRAHAM L. live with their parents in Cotton Hill township, east of New City, Sangamon county, Illinois.

AMOS, born May 10, 1818, in Butler county, Ohio, was married in Sangamon county to Caroline Deai'born. They had two children. ELIAS enlisted in the i6th 111, Cav., in 1862, for three years, and was captured at Cumberland Gap. He was several months in Andersonville prison, was exchanged, and died a few days later. ISAIAH B. married and lives in Cincinnati, Appanoose county, Iowa. Amos Williams went to California and died there in March, 1850. His widow lives with her son, Isaiah B., in Iowa.

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county, North Carolina. He is a nephew of Andrew Elliott. He came to Sangamon county in company with Terry Bradley, arriving at Springfield, Oct. 13, 1834. He was married October, 1851, to Mary Reford. They had six children in Sangamon countv.

Mr. W. went hunting soon after coming to the county, lost his way, and was escorted to camp about nine o'clock p. M. by a pack of howling wolves.

WILLIAMS, JOHN, was born Sept. n, 1808, in Bath county, Kentucky. His ancestors came from Wales and settled in Greenbrier county, Virginia. James Williams was born in that countv and married Hannah Moppin, who was born in 1776, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, of Scotch-Irish parents, who were Presbyterians. James Williams moved to Bath county, Kentucky, and after partly raising his family, moved to that part of Sangamon which is now Menard county, Illinois, arriving in 1823. James Williams and wife lived and died in Menard county. Their son, John, whose name heads this sketch, attended school in a log school house during the winter, and in the summer labored on his father's farm until 1822, when he obtained a situation in a store in Owensville, Kentucky. At the end of two years he came with some of his father's former neighbors to Illinois, and after spending two weeks with his parents he came to Springfield, Oct. u, 1824, and entered into an agreement to clerk for one year in the store of Major Elijah lies for ten dollars per month. At the end of the year Mr. lies gave him $150, being thirty more than the contract called for. His salary was raised to $200 and board, which was continued without change for five years. At the end ot that time his savings amounted to three hundred dollars. Mr. lies, wishing to retire from business, offered to sell his stock to Mr. Williams, and give him one year's time without interest. Mr. Williams preferred dividing it into four equal payments. Having previously visited St. Louis, on business for Mr. lies, he became acquainted with the wholesale merchants there, which he afterwards found to be quite advantageous. That, with his three hundred dollars, enabled him to keep up his stock. By honorable dealing he retained all the former patrons of Mr. lies, and met every payment promptly.

John Williams was married March 31, 1840, in Springfield, to Lydia Porter, who was born August 28, 1821, in Lima, Livingston county, New York. The wife of Major lies was her half sister. Mr. and Mrs. Williams had six children in Springfield, all now living, namely -

Louisa Iles, Albert Porter, John Edward, Julia Carter

LOUISA /., born Dec. 22,1840, was married in her native city, in 1859, to George N. Black, who was born March 15, 1833, in Lee, Berkshire county, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. Black have three children, and reside in Springfield, Illinois.

George N. Black came to Springfield in October, 1850, and engaged to clerk for Colonel John Williams at fifteen dollars per month, and board himself. In 1856 he was admitted as a partner in the firm of John Williams & Co., dry goods merchants, and has continued to the present time. In addition to his mercantile business, Mr. Black has been one of the most persistent and efficient workers in originating and prosecuting enterprises calculated to advance the interests of Springfield. Among the enterprises in which he has taken an active part, was the organization of the Leland hotel company; the Pana, Springfield and Northwestern railroad company, of which he became a director and secretary. That became part of the S. & I. S. E., and is now part of the O. & M. railroad. He was one of the projectors of the G., C. & S. railroad, and was onetenth owner of the same. He was one of the principal movers in the Springfield and Northwestern railroad, and in 1875 was appointed receiver of the same. He is now - November, 1876 - in charge of the road. He is one of the principal stockholders of the First National Bank, and was cashier during the first year of its existence. He was one of the stockholders who organized the Springfield City railway company, March 3, 1866; was elected treasurer, and continues to hold that office to the present time. He was one of the original movers in the Springfield Watch company, organized Jan. 26, 1870, and was elected treasurer of the same, etc., etc.

Colonel John Williams was nominated as a candidate for congress in 1856, and supported by the combined influence of the remnant of the old Whig party, under Fillmore, and of the newly organized Republican party, under Fremont; but was defeated, as he expected to be, his object being to strengthen the state ticket, with Governor Bissell at its head. He was for six years treasurer of the Illinois State Agricultural Society. In 1857 ne became treasurer of the Illinois Stock Importing company, for the introduction of blooded stock. At the outbreak of the rebellion, Colonel Williams was appointed, by Governor Yates, commissary general of Illinois, and discharged the duties of that trust for years. He was appointed, by President Lincoln, disbursing agent of the United States government during the building of the United States court house and postoffice at Springfield. About three hundred and twenty thousand dollars passed through his hands in connection with that trust. After the death of President Lincoln, Mr. Williams was appointed one of the escort. He at once proceeded to Washington and accompanied the remains to Springfield. He was one of the original members of the National Lincoln Monument Association, and is now a member of its executive committee. He has been identified with the building of all the railroads to Springfield, but more particularly with the Gilman, Clinton and Springfield, and the Springfield and Northwestern railroads, the latter of which was built mainly through his exertions. He is now president of the Barclay coal mining company,

He commenced private banking in connection with his store, by his customers depositing with him. The business grew gradually for several years. When the national banking law was enacted he united with others in organizing the First National Bank of Springfield, Dec. 12, 1863, and opened its doors for business May i, 1864. He became president ot the bank at its organization and continued in that office ten years. For more than fiftytwo years he has been in the mercantile business in Springfield, and is now in his sixty-ninth year, still at the head of the mercantile firm of John Williams & Co. He has for many years been a member of the First Presbyterian church of Spi'ingfield, Illinois.

WILLIAMS, JOSEPH, a younger brother to Colonel John Williams, was born in Bath county, Kentucky, and with his parents came to Sangamon county, Illinois, in 1823. After his brother John went into business on his own account, he entered his store as a clerk, and a few years later went into the mercantile business for himself at Decatur, Illinois. He was married Nov. 10, 1836, in Springfield to Huldah Francis. See Francis family sketch. They had six sons, and Mrs. Williams died Dec. 10, 1848, in Menard county. Mr. Williams, with his sons, started April 3, 1851, overland for Oregon, and arrived there late in the fall. While exploring the country in May, 1853, he was killed by the Rogue river Indians in Oregon. His children were all brought back to Springfield by their uncle, Colonel John Williams. Of the six -

JAMES E., born July 8, 1838, in Springfield, Illinois, was married August 8, 1865, to Roscia King. They have three children, JOSEPH, FRANCIS and MATILDA. They lived at Irish Grove, Menard county, Illinois, until 1876, when they moved to Maryville, Nodaway county, Missouri.

JEREMIAH H., born Nov. 14, 1839, in Decatur, Illinois, was married Sept. 6, 1866, to Cynthia Scott. They have two children, SAMUEL and JOHN. Mr. Williams is a stock raiser, and resides near Sweet Water postoffice, Menard county, Illinois.

SIMEON F., born July 12, 1841, in Menard county, Illinois, and after the death of both his parents he went to live with his uncle, Charles Francis, at Laporte, Indiana. He enlisted in 1861 in the 2oth Ind. Inf., and died April 17, 1863, at Laporte, of disease contracted in the army.

WILLIAM BUCK, born " May 29, 1843, in Menard county, Illinois, was married Nov. i, 1870, to Ann M. Whitney. They have two children, ANNIE I. and WILLIAM H. W. B. Williams was engaged in farming and stock raising near Middletown, Logan county, Illinois, until March, 1876, when he moved to Maryville, Nodaway county, Missouri.

NE WTON A., born Oct. 17, 1845, in Menard county, Illinois. He was married Oct. 17, 1871, to Mary C. Cox. They have two children, CHARLES and LYDIA, and reside near Maryville, Missouri.

JOHN C., born Dec. 28, 1846, in Menard county, Illinois. He is a shipper and resides at Indian Point, Sweet Water post office, Menard county, Illinois.

WILLJAN, THOMAS, was born Feb. 21, 1797, in Kent county, Delaware. When he was two yeai'S old his parents moved to Green county, Kentucky. He was there married March 18, 1819, to Mary Crowder. They had two children in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving late in 1829, first stopping where the family of Hon. Jesse K. Dubcis now resides, west of Springfield. He entered land on Horse creek, in what is now Cotton Hill township, and moved on it in 1831. They had three children in Sangamon county. Of their five children -

MATILDA J., born Dec. 21, 1819, in Green county, Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county to Jackson Stout. See his name. He died, and she was married May 10, 1842, to Samuel Haines. See his name.

WILLIAM C., born Jan. 4, 1822, in Green county, Kentucky, was married Oct. 27, 1858, in Sangamon county, Illinois, to Samantha C. Chapman, who was born July 5, 1828, at Elsworth, Trumbull county, Ohio. William C. Willian died Feb. 19, 1875, and Mrs. Samantha C. Willian died April i, 1875, both in Cotton Hill township, Sangamon county, Illinois. They left an adopted son, ED WARD L. WIL-

Carey E., Thomas W.,William

NANCT J., born March 4, 1837, in Sangamon county, was married Sept. 12, 1861, to Walter J. Barnes. They have five children, namely, LOUIS M., CAREY E., THOMAS W.,WILLIAM J. and MARY O. W. J. Barnes and family reside near Edinburg, Christian county, Illinois.

THOMAS 7., born June 25, 1840, in Sangamon county, Illinois, enlisted April, 1861, in Co. G, 7th 111. Inf., for three months, on the first call for 75,000 men, and served full time. He re-enlisted August, 1862, for three years in Co. K, i24th 111. Inf., and was commissioned first lieutenant at the organization of the company. He was taken sick at Camp Butler, and died in Cotton Hill township, Nov. 5, 1862.

Mrs. Sarah Willian died Oct. 30, 1868, in Christian county, Illinois, and Thomas Willian lives with his daughter, Mrs. Barnes, near Edinburg, Christian county, Illinois.

Day Willian, the father of Thomas Willian, and Day Willian's brother, John, came to Sangamon county with their families about 1829, remained a year or two, became dissatisfied and returned to Ken- Kentucky.

WILLIS, Mrs. HENRIETTA, whose maiden name was Earnest, a sister to Jacob and Thomas Earnest. She was born Sept. 15, 1783, in South Carolina, and married in Simpson county, Kentucky, to William Willis. They had seven children, and Mr. Willis died in Kentucky. Mrs. Willis, with her children, came to Sangamon county about 1825. Of her children -

RICHARD, spent ten or twelve years in Sangamon county, and went to Iowa. He left there in 1849 or '50, and was last heard from in California.

Sl^ARLING, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Sarah Halliday, had children, moved to Knox county, Illinois, and from there to Oregon.

MARTHA married in Sangamon county to Samuel Jones, moved to Knox county, had three children and he died. She marrried Benjamin Sims, and she died.

DRUCILLA, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Asher Simpson. They have eight children, and reside near Clinton, Dewitt county, Illinois.

WILLIS WILLIAM, was born Sept. 23, 1775, in North Carolina. His father, Jacob Willis, was born in Wales, but whether he was married before or after coming to America is not known to his descendants. He enlisted in the Revolutionary army and was killed in battle about 1780, leaving a widow and the son, whose name heads this sketch. His widow married James Phillips, and about the year 1783 moved to the vicinity of Crab Orchard, Kentucky, taking William with them. He grew to manhood there, and then went to Adair county, Kentucky, where he was married to Elizabeth Steel. They had eight children, and Mrs. Willis died October, 1822. Mr. Willis was married to Martha Morrison. They had three children, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1830 in what is now Gardner township. He brought all his children except the three eldest sons. Of all his children -

HENRY, born April 20, 1803, in Kentucky, married June 7, 1825, to Rhoda Cooley, had six children, and came to Sangamon county in the fall of 1836. He moved back to Kentucky one year later, had three children there, and all returned to Sangamon county in 1848, except their only daughter, who died young. Of their eight sons, JACOB married, and he and his wife died, leaving a son, now in Texas. JOHN married, has five children, and lives in DeWitt county, 111. GEORGE

W. went to California in 1852, and has not been heard of in eight years. WILLIAM T., born Feb. 6, 1834, enlisted August, 1862, in Co. B, i i4th 111. Inf., for three years, was wounded at the battle of Guntown, Mississippi, June 10, 1864, and died ten days later. EDMOND, born Nov. 18, 1835 married June 7, 1869, to Ellen M. Pitcher, have two children, ADAM F. and CARLOS E., and live near Salisbury, Illinois. JAMES D., born June 10, 1838, enlisted in Co. D, 33d 111. Inf., August, 1 86 1, for three years, served full term, re-enlisted as a veteran in 1864, married Elizabeth Hall, and died on shipboard May 15, 1865, between Mobile and New Orleans. ADAM C., born Jan. 10, 1840, enlisted August, 1861, in Co. D, 33d 111. Inf., for three years, served full term, re-enlisted as a veteran January, 1864. He was wounded by a railroad accident near New Orleans, March i, 1865, and died March 5, 1865. About three hundred Union soldiers were killed and wounded at the same time. PARKER H., born Nov. 19, 1842, married Mary A. R. Ward, have three children, and live in Salisbury township. Henry Willis and wife reside near Salisbury, Sangamon county, Illinois.

LA VINA, born March 31, 1805, married in Kentucky to John Cooley. They came to Sangamon county with her father and had eight children. Two of their sons, WILLIS and JOSEPH Cooley, were soldiers in the ii4th 111. Inf., and both died of disease in the army at Memphis, Tennessee. Three sons and three daughters, all married, live in Kansas. John Cooley died in Sangamon county, and his widow lives with her children in Kansas.

JACOB, born Jan. 24, 1807, in Adair county, Kentucky, married there Jan. 29, 1828, to Lucinda T. Barger, a sister to Rev. John S. Barger, of Bloomington, Illinois. She was born May 20, 1814, in West Virginia. They had two children in Kentucky, and they moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving Oct. 8, 1833, in what is now Gardner township, between Richland and Prairie creeks, where they had seven children. Of their children, ANN E., born Nov. 4, 1829, married James R. Stone, have four children, and reside at \Vichita, Kansas. JAMES S. B., born July 9, 1833, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Mary A. Campbell. They have four children, and live near Clinton, Illinois. SARAH E., born May 30, 1835, married Jason Miller. See his name. FRANCIS M., born Oct. 30, 1837, married Milicent Ann Turner, have two children, and live atWapella, DeWitt county, Illinois. JOHN W., born July 10, 1842, married Danelia W. Sayre, have two children, and live near VVapella, Illinois. LAURA B., born Feb. 9, 1844, married William B. Capron, have three children, and live near Wapella, Illinois. MARY A., born Oct. 9, 1846, married Henry C. Porter, have three children, and live near Clinton, Illinois. VINCENT H., born Oct. 9, 1846, married Helen M. Wadleigh. He is a traveling preacher in the M. E. church, and was on Twin Grove circuit, near Bloomington, in 1873. ELBERT F., born Jan. 15, 1851, married Oct. 8, 1872, to Laura A. Jameson, have one child, and live in Gardner township. Mrs. Lucinda T. Willis died Oct. 20, 1866, and Jacob WTillis was married June 29, 1869, to Mrs. Charlotte R. Laborence, who was previously Mrs. Capron, and whose maiden name was Dodge. She was born April 7, 1814, at Albany, New York, and came to Sangamon county in 1854. She had three children by her first marriage, and five by her second. Of her children, CATHARINE D. Capron married Jacob Perlier, have six children, and lives near Wapella, Illinois. WILLIAM D. Capron married Laura B. Willis, and resides near Wapella. CHARLES S. Capron married Mary Batterton, and lives near Palmer, Illinois. RACHEL Laborence married Oliver Ross. See his name. CHARLOTTE D. married Edward East. They had one child, and Mrs. Charlotte D. East died Jan. 2, 1874, in Bates county, Missouri, and her remains were brought to Salisbury, Illinois, and buried there. John A. Laborance lives at Colorado Springs, California. Laura W. married David East, and lives in Missouri, near Metz, Kansas. Annie E. Laborance was married Feb. 17, 1875, to Charles V. Durgy, and lives ten miles south of Bloomington, Illinois.

Jacob Willis died March 31, 1876, and his widow lives at the homestead near where Mr. Willis' father settled in 1833, in Gardner township, near Cross Plains post office, Sangamon county, Illinois.

WILLIAM, Jun., born May 22, 1809, married Melinda Thurman. They had seven children, and she died March 24, 1852, and he married Tasty Daniels. They had ten children, and he died. The family reside in Logan county. William Willis, Jun., has but one child living in Sangamon county, namely, NANCY J., by the first wife, married Asa W. Plunkett. See his name. His son, JOHN M. Willis was a soldier in Co. F, 114th 111. Inf., and died at Memphis, Tennessee.

CLARISSA,born Dec. 28, 1814, married Lewis Campbell. They have eight children. Their daughter LEAH married John Slater. See his name. Lewis Campbell and family live near Athens, Menard county, Illinois.

Mrs. Martha Willis died in 1842, and William Willis, Sen., died July 9, 1866, both in Garden township, Sangamon county. He was ninety years, nine months and sixteen days old.

WILLS JOHN Q. Benoni Bell married his daughter, and she died. Dr. Jones married another, and she died. Another daughter, Mrs. Inslee lives in Sangamon county.

WILSON, ROBERT L., was born Sept. 11, 1805,111 Washington county, Pennsylvania. His parents were Scotch- Irish, their ancestors having emigrated from Scotland and settled near the city of Belfast, soon after the conquest of Ireland by Oliver Cromwell in the sixteenth century. In 1778 they sailed for America, settling in York county, Pennsylvania.

In 1782 they moved to Washington county, Pennsylvania, on pack horses, as there had not then been any roads made across the Allegheny mountains. From Washington county, where the subject of our sketch was born, the family moved in 1810 to the vicinity of Zanesville, Ohio, where his father died in 1821, and Robert L., then sixteen years of age, determined to educate himself. He first qualified himself for teaching a country school, and taught until he laid up some money with which he entered Franklin College, Ohio. He sustained himself during his college course in the same way, and graduated in four years. In the fall of 1831 he went to Kentucky, where he taught an academy and studied law. He was married March 28, 1833, in Sharpsburg, Bath county, Kentucky, to Eliza J. Kincaid, and admitted to the bar as an attorney at law. They soon after moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1833 at Athens. That not now being a part of Sangamon county, he would not properly be included as an early settler of this county, but his having been one of the " Long Nine " is a sufficient reason for including his sketch here. Mr. Wilson was elected in August, 1836, as one of the seven representatives of bangamon county, who, with the two Senators, made up what was known as the " Long Nine " who served in the legislature of 1836 '37, and secured the removal of the capital of Illinois from Vandalia to Springfield. See sketch " Long Nine" He moved with his family from Sangamon county in 1840,10 Sterling, Whiteside county, where they now reside. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson had six children.

Soon after Mr. Wilson moved to Sterling he was appointed clerk of the circuit court, to which office he was elected five times, serving continuously until Dec. i, 1860. Eight years of that time he served as probate judge. He was in Washington, D. C., when Fort Sumtertell, and enlisted as a private in a battalion commanded by Cassius M. Clay, and called the Clay

Guard. It numbered four hundred, mostly non-residents, and acted as night police, guarding the city at the most critical time in its history. As soon as the New York 7th regiment reached Washington, the Clay Guard was relieved and mustered out. Mr. Wilson returned to Sterling, Illinois, and assisted in raising Co. A, 34th 111. Inf., and was elected captain, but declined in favor of the first lieutenant. He started for Washington on the 4th of July, and called on President Lincoln on the 7th to tender his services in any capacity where he could be useful. Mr. Lincoln said he had made out a list of his old friends before leaving Springfield, that he might appoint them to office, and said, " I have appointed all down to your name. Now, what do you wish?" Mr. Wilson said he thought he could discharge the duties of quartermaster. Mr. Lincoln said, " I can do better than that for you," and made him paymaster. His appointment was made out on the 6th, and he was confirmed by the senate August 7, 1861. He was placed on duty at Washington City, and was soon after ordered to St. Louis. In the two succeeding years he paid out nearly four million dollars, principally in the west and south. After the fall of Vicksburg he was ordered to Springfield, Illinois, and promoted to the rank of colonel for meritxn rious services. He was mustered out NovJ 15, 1865. During nis four years and four1 months service he received and disbursed about seven million dollars, to near one hundred thousand soldiers, without a shadow of suspicion against his character. On the roth of May, 1875, he started alone on a trip of observation and sight-seeing in Europe. He left New York on the steamer Rhein, one of the Bremen line. He arrived at Southampton May 2Oth,and in London the same day, where he spent one week visiting objects of interest. From London to Dover, crossing the Straits to Calais, France, thence by way of Bolougne and Amiens to Paris, with its three millions of inhabitants. He spen; three weeks in Paris, sight-seeing am' gleaming knowledge from every source' From Paris he went by way of Fontainblue up the river Seine, through Mount Cenis tunnel to Turin, Italy, and through Genoa, Pisa, Leghorn and other Italian cities to Rome, where he spent two weeks visiting objects of historic interest. From

Rome he went south to Naples, passed Appi Forum and the three taverns. He visited Mount Vesuvius, and looked into its crater of boiling lava. Spent one day each at Pompeii and Herculaneum, and returning to Rome, went to Florence, where he spent a lew days. Crossed the Appenines to Venice, the city built two miles from the shore, in the Adriatic sea. Ascended the river Po, through Lombardy, and the city of Verona, to Milan. Crossed the Alps by way of the Simplon Pass, reaching an altitude of twelve thousand feet above the sea. Descended the river Rhone, and Lake Geneva to the city of Geneva and Berne, the capital of Switzerland. From there he returned to Paris, thence to London, where he spent two weeks more. Visited other parts of England, thence to Edinburg, Stirling and many points of interest in Scotland. Went through Ireland and Wales,thence to Liverpool. Sailed on the steamer Baltic to New York and home. He was four months out, at a total cost of seven hundred and fifty dollars.

WILSON, JOHN L., was born March 6, 1816, in Bedford county, Tenn. 'n the fall of that year his parents moved vp White county, Illinois, and after that to Bond and Montgomery counties. John L. came to Mechanicsburg in 1839, and was married in Sangamon county, June 1 8, 1843, to Margaret Gragg. They had four children in Sangamon county.

,. Elder John L.Wilson was ordained as jininister of the gospel by the Mechanics- -i/irg congregation of the Christian Church ,\ 1852. He served the church at Mechanicsuurg half his time for the first two years, and the other half labored as an evangelist. For several years he has been wholly engaged as an evangelist, at the present time (1874) in Macon county. His family resides four and a half miles east of Me-

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WILSON, SAMUEL M., was born Sept. 30, 1806, in Harford county, Maryland. He received his literary education at Jefferson College, Cannonsburgh, Pennsylvania, graduating there in 1831. He pursued his theological studies at Princeton College, New Jersey, and in April, 1836, was licensed to preach. by the Presbytery of New Castle, Pennsylvania. In June, 1836, he took charge of the Presbyterian Church at Lithopolis, Fairfield county, Ohio, and was ordained by the Presbytery of Columbus, Ohio, in September, 1837. Jane Elder was born March i, 1814, in Centre county, Pennsylvania. Rev. Samuel M. Wilson and Jane Elder were married Dec. 27, 1836, in Franklin county Ohio. They had seven children at Lithopolis, Ohio, and after a pastorate of twenty-two years over that church, moved to Clinton, Dewitt county, Illinois, in response to a call from the Presbyterian Church at that place. In August, 1858, Rev. Mr. Wilson received a unanimous call to the Centre Church in Sangamon county, Illinois. He accepted the call, removed thither and entered upon its duties. Of their children -

MARGARET E., born March 8, 1838, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county, September, 1859, to Rev. C. W. Finley, of New London, Ohio. She died March 15, 1861, while on a visit to her parents in Sangamon county.

ANDRE VV, born Oct. i, 1839, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county, August 10, 1864, to Georgie K. Watts. Thev have four children, WILLIAM E., M. ANNIE, JENNIE and ANDREW, Jun., and reside at Kingsville, Shawnee county, Kansas - 1874.

WILLIAM E., born May 28, 1841, in Ohio, died .Feb. 17, 1866, from injuries received by an accident on the Toledo, Wabash and Western Railroad, at Meredosia, Illinois.

The Society of Old Settlers of Sangamon County elected Rev. S. M. Wilson as president of the society at their annual meeting at Pleasant Plains August 29, 1873. He served one year and until his successor was chosen at Crow's Mill, in September, 1874. He thus became an old settler by brevet.

WILSON, SAMUEL, was born May 22, 1778, in Virginia. His parents moved to Kentucky, and he was married in Clarke county to Catharine McFaran. They had two children in Kentucky, and moved to Clarke county, Ohio,where five children were born. They moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1828. Of their seven children -

CLINTON, born Nov. 30, 1806, in Clarke county, Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, December, 1831, to Sally Shinkle. They had four children in Sangamon county. LOUISA J., born Sept. 13, 1832, married Alvin S. Taylor. See his name. JAMES W., born Dec. 28, 1835, enlisted July 20, 1861, at Springfield, in what became Co. B, nth Mo. Inf., for three years. Mr. Wilson in company with Andrew J. Weber and Jesse D. Lloyd, raised the company, and when it was mustered in, August 3, 1861, at St. Louis, WTeber was elected captain, Lloyd first, and Wilson second lieutenant. Mr. Wilson was promoted April 21, 1862, to first lieutenant. In November, 1862, Lieutenant Wilson was detailed as signal officer. He was on duty at Vicksburg, Mississippi, at the time the rebels surrendered, July 4, 1863, and sent the following dispatch, the original copy of which he has in his possession. It is written in pencil, on a piece of printing paper, in General Grant's own hand :

" The enemy have asked armistice to arrange terms of capitulation. Will you please cease firing until notified, or hear our batteries open. I shall fire a national salute into the city at daylight if they do not surrender. U. S. GRANT, the Signal Corps until the expiration of his term of service, and was honorably discharged, August 15, 1864. He was married September 29, 1864, in Sangamon county, to Mary M. Morton, and resides one and one-quarter miles southest of Barclay, Sangamon county, Illinois. MARY E., born March 6, 1838, married Alfred S. Constant. See his name. CLINTON, Jun., born Nov. 29, 1841 - after the death of his father - enlisted August 12, 1862, in Co. C, i i4th 111. Inf. He was severely wounded May 20, 1863, at Vicksburg, recovered, served to the end of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged with the regiment. He was married Oct. 18, 1866, in Sangamon county to Rebecca J. Bales, a native of Madison county, Ohio. They have three children, DORA M., JAMES A. and WILLIAM o., and reside in Murry county, Minnesota, near W'orthington, Noble county, in the same state. Clinton Wilson was killed May 21, 1841, by lightning, in Sangamon county, while on an errand to the house of a neighbor. His widow resides with her son, James W., near Barclay, Sangamon county, Illinois - 1874.

SABRIANA, born Oct. 16, 1815, in Ohio, came to Sangamon county, with her parents, went to Kentucky on a visit, was there married to John McFaren, and died leaving two children.

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ISAAC C., born April n, 1817, in Clarke county, Ohio, married in Sangamon county March 6, 1857, to Sarah E. Taylor. They have six living children, CATHARINE, ALBERT, ELMER E., ELIZA E., NORA M., and ISAAC T., and reside one and a quarter miles southeast of Barclay, Sangamon county, Illinois.

MELISSA, born Dec. 7, 1820, in Ohio, raised in Sangamon county, went to Missouri on a visit, was there married to Reuben L. Davis, and died there -Sept. 30, 1848, leaving one child, JAMES H., born Sept. 21, 1848, near Rolla, Missouri. He resides with his relatives near Barclay, Illinois.

W I LSO N, T H O M AS, was born in 1785 in Buncombe county, North Carolina. Elizabeth Gardner was born in 1786 in Patrick county, Virginia. Her parents moved to Buncombe county, North Carolina, when she was a child. Thomas Wilson and Elizabeth Gardner were there married about 1804 and had two children in that county. They then moved to Warren county, Tennessee. The earthquake of December, 1811, on the Mississippi river so alarmed them that early in 1812 they returned to North Carolina. The government having purchased the lands of the Cherokee Indians in East Tennessee, they removed to Monroe county, near Philadelphia, Loudon county, in 1818, and soon after moved a short distance into Roane county. They moved from there to Sangamon county, Illinois, in the spring of 1830. Five children were born in Tennessee. Of the seven children -

GEORGE, born in Buncombe county, North Carolina, Nov. 27, 1806, married in Tennessee to Elizabeth McCoy, came to Sangamon county, went to Missouri, and from there to Texas.

RACHEL, born in 1809, in North Carolina, married in Sangamon county to Martin McCoy. They had three children, JOSEPH, THOMAS and MARY. Mrs. McCoy died in Springfield, and he near Auburn, Illinois.

JACKSON, born in North Carolina, married Susan Martin. They had one child, WILLIAM, who married Adaline Martin in Christian county, and now lives in Missouri. Mrs. Susan Wilson died in Christian county, and Jackson Wilson lives in Texas.

JAMES, born April 22, 1822, in Monroe or Roane county, Tennessee, came to Sangamon county in 1834, married Margaret Nuckolls, who died, and he married Elizabeth Courtney, who was born in Jacksonville, Illinois, Feb. 25, 1838, and they reside in Ball township, Sangamon county, Illinois.

W1MER, GEORGE, was born near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and came to what is now Auburn township, Sangamon county, in 1818, brought up a family, and lives now - 1873 - in Auburn, Sangamon county, Illinois.

WINCH ELL, IRA, was born March 22, 1818, in Franklin county, New York. His parents died about 1825, and he went to St. Lawrence county, and lived a few years with a family near Potsdam, and then spent a few months in Potsdam, all without any guardianship, after the death of his parents. He then engaged to come west with a Mr. Ira Brown, who had a large family of twelve persons. They moved in two road wagons and a one-horse wagon. Mr. Brown stopped to visit a friend at Kirtland, Ohio. It was just at the time of the Mormon hegira from Kirtland to Nauvoo, Illinois. There was great prejudice against the Mormons, and Mr. Brown's large family and general outfit looked so much like that of a Mormon, as to cause him great inconvenience in obtaining supplies. Mr. Winchell's recollection of events connected with the journey are quite interesting and amusing, although the trip was very laborious. They were nine weeks on the road, arriving in Springfield in December, 1831. Mr. Winchell traveled in different parts of the country for ten or twelve years, but always regarded Springfield as his home. Ira Winchell and Alice Huddlestone were married Feb. 18, 1842, in Macoupin county. She was born May 29, 1823, near Columbus, Ohio. Her parents moved from Grcrnbrier county, Virginia, to Columbus, Ohio, thence to Newport, Indiana, and from there to Macoupin county, Illinois, before the "deep snow." Mr. and Mrs. \Yinchell have one son -

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Mr. Winchell moved from Springfield, March, 1845, to a place one and a quarter miles north of Farmingdale, Sangamon county, Illinois, where he resides now - 1876. He has been engaged in farming and blacksmithing to the present time. ^WINEMAN, PHILIP, born Sept. 9, 1801, in Botetourt county, Virginia, came to Sangamon county, Illinois, in the fall of 1823, settling in what is now Auburn township. He was married to Jane Crow, August u, 1825. She was born in Kentucky. Of their children -

AMERICA, born August 16, 1826, in Sangamon county, married John R. C. Jones. They both died leaving one son, PHILIP Jones, who married Molliejohnson, and lives one mile southeast of Auburn, Illinois.

STL VAN US y., born March 23, 1828, in Sangamon county, married Mrs. Margaret E. Kessler June u, 1862. They have one daughter, MARY A. DILLER, and Mr. W. died in 1875. His widow lives one and a half miles west of Auburn, Illinois.

Mrs. Jane Wineman died May 19, 1849, and Phihp Wineman married Sarah A. Morrell March 23, 1853. She was born July 4, 1822, in Maine. Of their children -

WISE, FREDERICK, born Oct. 15, 1797, in Nelson county, Kentucky, in 1814 he went to the Southern part of Illinois, and in the spring of 1820 came to Sangamon county in company with Mason Fowler and his two sons, and all worked to prepare a home. Mr. Fowler returned for his family, and brought them to Horse creek, Sangamon county, in the fall of that year. In October, 1820, F. Wise was married to Rebecca Fowler. The day had been fixed for the marriage, and a messenger went to Vandalia for the license. By some unavoidable delay he did not return in time. A justice of the peace by the name of Clawson was ready to solemnize the marriage. Wishing to accommodate the young couple and the invited guests, Mr. Clawson took the ressponsibility to marry them, and when the license came it was properly endorsed and returned to the office where it was issued, and all was right. They had six children, and all except one born in Sangamon countv. Of their children -

JACOB A/., born Feb. 7, 1827, in Sangamon county. He enlisted in Springfield in June, 1846, in Co. A, 4th 111. Inf., served until October, 1846, when he was discharged on account of physical disabilityat Matamoras, Mexico; married Dec. 13, 1846, in Springfield, to Nancy J. Millstead. They had three children. AMANDA A., married Dec. 7, 1873, to T. H. Gray. She lives in Illiopolis. ALVTN A., married Sept. 25, 1872, to Mary Mitchell, and lives in Illiopolis. GEORGE lives in Illiopolis. Mrs. Nancy J. Wise died June 28, 1858. J. M. Wise was married to Nancy E. Grider, and for his third wife married May 2, 1866, to Mrs. Lydia Griffith, whose maiden name was Bechtel. She died July 18, 1868. J. M. Wise was married Dec. 8, 1868, to Martha F. Griffith. They have three children, MAY, MASON and EDDIE, and reside in Illiopolis, Sangamon county, Illinois. J. M. Wise enlisted February, 1865, in Co. K, I52d 111. Inf. for one year, served until the end of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged with his regiment.

SARAH E., born August 23, 1831, in Madison county, Illinois - the family having moved there and returned before the birth of the next child. She married in Sangamon county, October, 1848, to Chas. A. Sponsler, and has three living childien. ALICE A. married George Washburn,

LOUISA J., born Feb. 6, 1843, in Sangamon county, married May 13, 1863, in Springfield, to William Boring, who was born Dec. 20, 1837, in Triadelphia, West Virginia, and came to Sangamon county in 1860. He enlisted April 23, 1861, in Co. I, yth 111. Inf., under the first call for seventy-five thousand men for three months. He served his full term, and reenlisted in the same company and regiment for three years. He was wounded Feb. 15, 1862, at the battle of Fort Donaldson, which terminated in the amputation of his right leg above the knee. Mr. and Mrs. Boring have three children, SARAH J., ELLA and NELLIE, the two latter twins, and reside in Illiopolis, Illinois.

WITHROW, JOSEPH, was born about 1772 in Pennsylvania. His parents moved when he was a young man to Botetourt county, Virginia. He was there married to Elizabeth McMullin. They had eight children in Virginia, and in 1811 moved to Washington county, Kentucky, near Muldraughs Hill, where two children were born. Mrs. Elizabeth Withrow died there, and Joseph Withrow married Susannah Landis. They had one child in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in 1825, in what is now Woodside township, where they had one child. Of all their children -

MARGARET, born in Virginia, was married in Kentucky to Timothy Hays. They moved in 182410 Vandalia, Illinois, and the next year to Sangamon county, where they both died, leaving several children.

to Rhoda B. P rather. They had twelve children, and moved with Thomas Cloyd, in 1824, to Fayette county, Illinois, thence to Sangamon county, in 1825, and settled in Curran township, where two children were born. Their only living child, R. HARVEY, born Tune 18, 1825, in Vandalia, Illinois, was married June 18, 1849, in Sangamon county, to Sarah E. Barbre. They have nine children, JAMES w., SARAH and live in Cooper township, two and onehalf miles southwest of Mechanicsburg. Mrs. Rhoda Withrow died in 1827, and William Withrow married Polly Smith. They had two children. RHODA J. married Theopholus Walker, who died, and she married Patterson Ridgeway. See his name. Mrs. Polly Withrow died and William Withrow married Celia Turpin. They had eight children, and Mrs. Celia Withrow died, and William Withrow married Mrs. Ann Barbre. They had two children, and Mrs. Ann Withrow died. His two sons, ISAAC T. and NOAH W., are married and reside near Mechanicsburg. William Withrow resides two and a half miles southwest of Mechanicsburg, Sangamon county, Illinois.

ROBERT, born Jan. 27, 1806, in Botetourt county, Virginia, was married in Sangamon county, Illinois, Sept. 10, 1826, to Mary T. Peter. They had five living children, AMANDA A., born Sept. i, 1829, was married Nov. 11, 1847, to William M. Starr. See his name. COLUMBIA, born Nov. 11, 1831, was married Feb. 6, 1851, to Francis Al. Johnson. See his name. They moved from Onarga to Streator, Illinois, where they now reside - 1876. GEORGE, born August 29, 1836, married Mary Bridges. They have six children, and live near Clinton, Henry county, Missouri. SANFORD, born April 20, 1839, married Melissa E. Davis. They have four children, NIXA, CHARLES, GEORGE, and GTY, and live in Springfield, Illinois. HARRISON, born Nov. 2, 1841, in Sangamon countv, Illinois, enlisted July 20, 1861, at Springfield, Illinois, in what became Co. C, i ith Mo. Inf., for three years, was pro- moted to second lieutenant in 1863, served full t^rm, and was honorably discharged in 1864. He studied dentistry, and was married Dec. 23, 1875, to Fannie Beaumont, in Springfield. Dr. Withrow is practicing his profession in Petersburg, Illinois, and resides there. Robert Withrow died Oct. 3, 1842, and Mrs. Mary T. Withrow was married August, 1844, to Samuel Graham, who was born in l8.il., in Pennsylvania. They had three children, LEE R., born July 19, 1845, in Sangamon county, enlisted at Chicago, August 15, 1862, in Co. F, 5ist 111. Inf., for three years, served until the close of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged June 16, 1865. He was married August 7, 1867, in Sangamon county, to Martha j. Darneille. They have one living child, MAUD IE, and live at Loami, Sangamon county, Illinois. MARY F. was married August, 1874, to William N. Richardson, and lives at Streator, LaSalle county, Illinois. ZACHARIAH S. was married November, 1875, in Springfield, to Susan Babcock, and live in Decatur, Illinois. Samuel Graham died Oct. i, 1850, and Mrs. Mary T. Graham was married August 23, 1854, to Joseph McKinley. She resides in Loami, Sangamon county, Illinois.

MATHE W, born in Kentucky, married Amelia Knotts. They have one child, ELIZABETH, married William Cox, and lives in Virden, Illinois. Mathew Withrow lives eight miles west of Virden, Macoupin county, Illinois.

JAMES //., born in Botetourt county, Virginia, Jan. 15, 1811, was married in Sangamon county, Illinois, to Maria R. Beauchamp. They had eight living children. HARRIET J. married Charles Yeamans, and died, leaving one child, ANNIE M, who lives with her grandparents. MARTHA S. married L. Dow Cantrill. They have three children, and live at 112 West Allen street, Springfield, Illinois. JULIETTE married David D. Cooper. See his name. WILLIAM C, born Feb. 15, 1842, was married Oct. 5, 1865, to Arvilla Bissell, who was born in Lewiston, Fulton county, Illinois, June 29, 1844. They live two miles east of Sherman, Sangamon county, Illinois. ISAAC N. married Eliza Laswell, who died, leaving two children, and I. N. Withrow married Mary Crow. They have two children, and reside at 509 South Ninth street, Springfield, Illinois. NANCY A. married Richard Laswell, who died, and she married Thomas Keagle. They have three children, and live in Williams township. MATHEW lives with his parents. James H. Withrow lives between Sherman and Barclay in Sangamon county, Illinois - 1874. -

WOLGAMOT, JOHN, born in Pennsylvania, and was married there Oct. 28, 1819, to Susannah Martin, a native of Maryland. Thev had three children, and Mrs. Wolgamot died. John Wolgamot was married August 2, 1827, to Mary A. Firey, a native of Maryland, also. They had three children in Maryland, and moved to Springfield, Illinois, arriving in 1837, where they had three children. Of his nine children -

NICHuLAS M., born August 12, 1820, in Hagerstown, Maryland, was married there to Sarah Angle. They reside in Fairview, Fulton county, Illinois.

ELLENORA,\^\\\ Nov. 14, 1822, in Maryland, was married in Springfield, Illinois, to W'illiam Kreigh. She died, and Mr. Kreigh resides at Farmington, Illinois.

6" USANNAH, born Dec. 12,1823, in Maryland, came to Springfield with her father, and was married Nov. 27, 1845, at Fairview, Fulton county, Illinois, to William Davis, who was born Nov. 10, 1823, in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, and moved to Fulton county, Illinois, with his father in 1837. They had seven children. SARAH R., horn Oct. 29, 1847, near Fairview, Illinois, was married in Prairie City, Sept. 20, 1867, to Samuel Barber. They have four children, MINNIE B., LETITIA E., ANNIE and .MARY E., and live in Peoria, Illinois. JOHN E., born March, 8, 1851; SIMON G., born August i, 1853, WILLIAM H., born Sept. 10, 1855, died June 23, 1857; GEORGE H., born Dec. '14, 1857; EDWARD, born Dec. 28, 1859, and MATT1E, born June 26, 1862. All the living reside with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Davis reside near Ludlow, Champaign countv, Illinois.