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

MART ELIZABETH, born Jan. 28, 1829, in Hagerstown, Maryland, came to Springfield with her parents in 1837, and was married there August, 1^49, to Dr. Henry Wohlgemuth. They had six children, two of whom died young. MARY ELLEN died in her twentysecond year. HENRY, WILLIAM and MINNIE reside with their parents in Springfield, Illinois. Dr. Wohlgemuth w..s born May 22, 1822, in Hanover, Germany. He commenced the study of medicine there, and after coming to Amarica, and his arrival in Springfield, in November, 1845, continued his studies and commenced practice in Springfield in 1846. lie graduated in 1854 at the Eclectic Medical Institute at Cincinnati, Ohio. At the organization of the State Eclectic Medical Association of Illinois, he was elected president of the same, and is also a member of the National Eclectic Medical Association. He was elected city physician of Springfield in 1856, and in 1861 and '62 county physician. In 1863, '64 and ,65 he was a member of the city council, and was a member of the board of education for 1866. In 1865 and '66 Dr. Wohlgemuth, Colonel John Williams and Charles W. Matheny composed the board of commissioners who constructed the Springfielc' water works. Dr. Wohlgemuth was a member, and most of the time president, of the board of managers of Oak Ridge cemetery for twelve years, and it is but simple justice to say that it is largely owing to his persevering and intelligent labors that this piece of land has been changed from a rough and forbidding harbor for wild animals to one of the most beautiful cities of the dead in all our country.

MARGARET A^bm April 18,1838, in Hagerstown, Maryland, was married in Springfield to Judge John Race. They reside in Decatur, Illinois. ^ JOHN F., born August 5, 1842, in Springfield, was married Dec. i, 1864, to Virginia A. Sparry, who was born Sept. 15, 1847, in Rushville, Illinois. They have one child, MARY A., and live in Springfield, Illinois.

CHARLES W., born Feb. 22, 1851, in Springfield, died there Nov. 16, 1864. . EMERY, born April 28, 1853, in Springfield, was married Feb. 23, 1876, to Anna M. Fosselman, daughter of J. B. Fosselman - druggist - of Springfield. Mr. and Mrs. Wolgamot live in Springfield, Illinois.

Walgamot, Samuel

WALGAMOT, SAMUEL, born in 1776, in Washington county, Maryland, WHS married there to Marx- Beard, who was born Jan. 12, 1791, in the same county. They had four children in Maryland, and moved across the state line into Franklin county, Pennsylvania, where three children were born. They returned to Maryland, and from there came to Sangamon county, Illinois. They were seven weeks on the way, arriving May 30, 1-840, in what is now Woodside township. Of their children -

JOHN B., horn April 5, 1819, in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, was married in Sangatnon county, Illinois, Jan. 19, 1843, to Anna M. Todd. They had one living child, MARY J., born Jan. s, 18} |. in Sangamon county, \\ as married Oct. 26, 1869, to John M. Baugh, who was born Jan. 14, 1847. They had two chil- dren, MILTON A. and BRYAN o. Mr. Baugh was killed by lightning, May 28, 1874, while working in his cornfield, near Woodside, Sangamon county, Illinois. His widow and children reside there. Mrs. Anna M. Wolgamot died July 28, 1846, and John B. Wolgamot was married Oct. 24, 1854, to Emily E. Wood. They had seven children, three of whom died under seven years of age. ANNIE M., ELIZABETH E , JOHN R. and BARBARA reside with their father. Mrs. Emily E. Walgamot died Feb. 21, 1869, and John B. Walgamot was married Aug. 18, 1874, to Mrs. R. J. \Vidup, and resides at Woodside, Sangamon county, Illinois.

SAMUEL, Jun., bom Feb. 12, 1823, in Pennsylvania, married Lydia Cressy, who died, and he married Eliza Mahar. They have one child, KATE, and reside near Ottawa, Kansas.

ISABEL, born May i, 1825, in Pennsylvania, married Seldon C Whitney. They have five children, BARBARA A., DAVID S., BETTIE, KATIE and MAY, and reside near Ottawa, Kansas.

Wo Mack, George B.

was born December, 1817, in Butler county, Kentucky, and brought by his parents to Wayne county, Illinois, in 1829. He came to Sangamon county in 1839, and married Jane Inslee. They had two children in Sangamon county -

Mrs. Jane Womack died in Sangamon county, and John B. Womack returned to Wavne county, married Sasan Brown and had four children. He died in Wayne county about 1859.

WOLTZ, JOHN C., >vas born June 5, 1818, in Shepherdstown, Virginia. He started west partly to visit his sister, Mrs. John B. Weber. He traveled by stage to Pittsburg, thence by water the whole length ot the Ohio river, up the Mississippi river to St. Louis, thence to and up the Illinois river to Naples, where he ate his first meal in Illinois of corn bread and venison, which he thought was the best food he ever tasted. He traveled on the first rail re ad built in Illinois to New Berlin, and walked from there on the timbers, four inches wide, laid ready to receive the flat rails, to Springfield, arriving Nov. 7, 1840. Before he obtained employment his finances were reduced to three ten cent pieces. He worked nearly two years at carpenter and cabinet work, mostly at Riverton, without receiving a cent of money, all the time vowing that when he did obtain enough he would leave the country, but an arrow from cupid's bow wounded him before he obtained the requisite amount, and he is now one of the successful farmers of Sangamon county. John C. Woltz was married Dec. 7, 1843, to Sidney R. Halbert. They had seven living children, namely -

VIRGINIA C., born Nov. 26, 1844, in Sangamon county, married March 2, 1865, to William T. Summers, who was born May 15, 1845, 'n J^racken county, Kentucky. They have one child, WALTER, and reside two miles northwest ot Dawson, Illinois.

J. CHARLES, MAGGIE H, and Al^lCE IDA, reside with their parents nearly equi-distant from Barclay, Dawson and Riverton, Sangamon county, Illinois - 1874.

WOOD, SENECA, was born Oct. i, 1806, in Springfield, Massachusetts, and came to Island Grove, Sangamon county, Illinois, in the fall of 1831. He was married there in January, 1834, to Sarah M. Todd, who was born in 1617, in Bourbon county, Kentucky. They had eight children, four of whom died young. Of the other four -

CLARA L., born in 1837, marr'et' William Wardell. He died, leaving one child. Mrs. Wardell and her daughter, ALICE, reside in Buffalo, .Sangamon county, Illinois.

She died Nov. 17, 1872, and he was married Dec. 14, 1873, to Mary J. Allgate. They live in Springfield, Illinois. Mr. Wood is conductor on the Capital street railroad.

LEWIS ARTHUR, born in 1846, in Sangumon county, married Elizabeth Hillman. They have two children, FRANK and LEWIS, and live in Spiingfield, Illinois.

Seneca Wood spent a few years in farming, then kept a hotel and stage stand in Berlin, was postmaster there five years, and justice of peace four years. In 1848 he moved to Springfield, where he now resides - 1876.

WOOD, WILLIAM, was born October, 1794, in Knox county, Tennessee. He went to Madison county, Illinois, when he was a young man, and was there married, in 1814, to Polly Cox. They moved to what became Sangamon county, arriving in the fall of 1818, in what is now Auburn township. They had ten children -

WORKMAN, JOHN, was born about 1787 or '88, in Alleganey county, Maryland, married in Tennessee to Lvdia Bilyeu. They had twenty-two children, two of whom died in infancy. The} were nearly all sons. Some of the children married in Tennessee. The family became Mormons and all moved in a body, the parents, their twenty children, and nearly as many grandchildren, through Sanga- mon county to Nauvoo, Illinois, about 1842. Some of the children left the Mormons at Nauvoo, but the principal part of the family went to Salt Lake city. Five of the sons became Mormon preachers, have been missionaries to England, and are yet with the Mormons.

Workman, Stephen

WORKMAN, STEPHEN born in 1797, in' Alleganey county, Maryland. He went with his parents to Bourbon county, Kentucky, and there married Effie Maddox, moved to Overtoil county, Tennessee, with three children, about 1827. In 1829 he moved with his brother William to Sangamon county. In 1831 he moved to Kentucky, and in 1834 returned to Sangamon county, and settled one and a half miles south of Loami, and a few years later to Christian county, Illinois.

W O R K M A N, William

brother to John, Stephen, David and James. He was born April 8, 1799, in Alleganey county, Marylad, and was taken by his parents about 1809, to Bourbon county, Ky. He was married March 23, 1819, in Overtoil county, Tennessee, to Sarah Bilyeu. She was born Nov. 26, 1801, in Green county, Kentucky. They had four children in Tennessee, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving Oct. i, 1829, in what is now Loami township, south of Lick creek, where seven children were born, two of whom died young. Of the other nine -

PETER, born May 24, 1820, in Tennessee, married in Sangamon county, Jan. 28, 1841, to Sally Jane Taylor. They had thirteen children, five died young. NANCY married Samuel Workman. He enlisted August, 1861, in Co. B, 3oth 111. Inf., and died at Cairo, Feb. 13, 1862, leaving one child, SAMUEL M. His widow married Jasper Bilyeu, and lives in Christian county, Illinois. LOUISA J. married David Hays, has three children, and lives in Christian county. SIMON P. married Fanny J. Short. He is in Co. H, i6th U. S. Inf. His wife and two children live with their grandmother, Huggins - 1874. MARY E. married Samuel Harbour. See his name. They live near Loami, Illinois. JACOB W., ALMYRA, STEPHEN and CAROLINE live with their parents, two miles south of Loami, Sangamon county, Illinois.

JA COB, born Dec. 8, 1822, in Tennessee, married in Sangamon county, March 19, 1846, to Nancy Taylor. They have eight children. WILLIAM S. married Elizabeth Williams, has two children, and lives in Shelby county, Illinois. JACOB H. married Nancy Harbour, have one child, DENNIS, and live near Loami, Illinois. STEPHEN, GEORGE P., PETER D., JOHN H., NANCY J., and CHARLEY, reside with their parents, two and three-quarter miles south of Loami, Illinois.

JOHN, born July 6, 1824, in Overton county, Tennessee, married in Sangamon county, Sept. 23, 1850, to Caroline Campbell. They had nine children, two died young. SARAH E. and JOHN W. reside with their parents. KATIE A. married Simon P. Campbell. See his name. JOSIAH W., LUCINA, LILLIE C. and MARY live with their parents, five miles west of Chatham, Illinois.

STEPHEN, born Jan. 20, 1827, in Tennessee, married in Sangamon county, Feb. 22, 1847, to Mary S. Hays. He enlisted August, 1861, for three years, in Co. B, 30111 111. Inf., was discharged on account of physical disability, December, 1862. He moved to Harrison county, Missouri, in September, 1865. He was preparing to return to Illinois, and was murdered April 2, 1869. The object of the murderer was robbery, but he failed in that. Mr. W. left a widow and seven children. SALLY married George Ray, and died in Missouri. ELIZABETH married George C. Dean, a native of Saratoga county, New York. They have one child, CHLOE M., and live in Loami township. Mr. Dean served eighteen months in Co. F. ist Reg. Mich. Sharpshooters, and was honorably discharged July 28, 1865. ADDISON B., PETER, SOPHROMA, EMILY and STEPHEN D. live with their mother, near Loami, Sangamon county, Illinois.

DA I'll), born March 22, 1829, in Sangamon county, married Feb. 6, 1849, to Julia Bilyeu, ant1 died March 16, 1849. Mis widow married Richard Workman.

children. SALLY married Peter Harbour. See his name, JOHN and MARTHA reside with their father. Mrs. W. died Sept. 25, 1860, and he was married June 29, 1862, to Martha A. Wedding, and have six children - WILLI-AM H., ISAAC, MAYHEW, JOSEPH, MARY A. and ELIZABETH and reside two miles south of Loami, Sangamon county, Illinois.

WILLIAM B., born August 14, 1837, in Sangamon county, married May 22, 1857, to Lydia Bilyeu, who was born May 5, 1845, *n Overton county, Tennessee. They had seven children. The first, third and fifth died, SUSAN, in infancy, ALICE, at five, and POLLY, at two years of age. SARAH A., WILLIAM F., CAROLINE and FRANCES reside with their parents, one mile south of Loami, Illinois. By comparing dates it will be seen that Mrs. Workman was only twelve years and seventeen days old when she was married. Their first child was born Sept. 22, 1858, when she was thirteen years and four months old. Miss Sarah A., their eldest daughter, has quite a talent for music and plays well on the piano - 1874.

SAMUEL, born Oct. 17, 1845, married Oct. 16, 1863, to Emily Hays. They had two children. She and the children died, and he married March 4, 1867, to Anna Harbour. They have two living children, JENNIE MAY and KATIE, and reside one mile south of Loami, Illinois.

WORKMAN, DAVID, born Sept. 10, 1804, in Alleganey county, Maryland, raised in Bourbon county, Kentucky, and married in Overton county, Tennessee, to Lydia Bilyeu. They had two children in Tennessee, moved to Sangamon country, in 1829, and settled near his brother William in what is now Loami township. They had twelve children in Snngamon county. Of their fourteen children -

DIANA, born in Tennessee, married in Sangamon county to Benjaman Workman (no relative), have five children, and reside near Fort Scott, Kansas.

MICHAEL, born 1831 or '32, in Sangamon county, married Mrs. Julia A. Workman, whose maiden name was Bilyeu. She had four children, and died Jan. 12, 1859. He married Hannah Workman, a distant relative. They have five children, and live in Christian county, near Mowequa, Shelby county, Illinois.

PE TER, born in Sangamon county, married Martha Workman. He enlisted in 1861 for three years in the nth Mo. Inf., was accidentally shot through the body in camp, and died at home in Sangamon county, Nov. 18, 1865, leaving a widow and three children, who reside- in Christian county, Illinois.

DA V] D, born in Sangamon county, married February, 1861, to Amelia Bilyeu, in Sangamon county, moved at once to Overton county, Tennessee, was there pressed into the rebel army, and was placed in command of a wagon train. Watching his opportunity, he cut four mules from a wagon, swam three of them across Green river, and succeeded in reaching the Union lines. He visited his old home in Sangamon county, enlisted in Co. B, 3Oth 111. Inf. for three years, in August, 1862, and died at Jackson, Tennessee, Oct. 22, 1862.

MARY&\v<\, aged nine years. WILLIAM R., born Sept. 10, 1849, in Sangamon county, married Sept. 16, 1869, to Elizabeth J. Shubert. She was born Feb 11, 1855,111 Ripley county, Indiana. They have two children, DAVID E. and JAMES M., and live near Loami, Illinois.

WORKMAN, JAMES, born Dec. 17, 1806, in Alleganey county, Maryland, was taken about 1810 to Bourbon county, Kentucky, by his father, Abraham Workman, who was an elder brother to John, Stephen, William and David. When James was a young man he went from Bourbon county to Overton county, Tennessee, and was there married to Elizabeth Bilyeu, had one child, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1830, in what is now Loami township, where one child was born. In 1831 he returned to Tennessee, where one child was born and Mrs. Workman died. Mr. W. married there to Lydia Bilyeu. He moved in 1841 to southwest Missouri, and in 1843 returned to Tennessee, where his wife died without children. Mr. Workman married there to Eliza Rayburn, returned to Sangamon county, and settled where he did in 1830. At the close of the rebellion he returned to Tennessee. Three years later he came back to Sangamon county. He had seven children by his third wife. Three died young. Of his children by the first marriage -

Nancy A., Rebecca A., Emma

JAMES ABRAHAM,\>ovn*Dec. 16, 1827, in Overton county, Tennessee, raised partly in Sangamon county, married in Tennessee, May 29, 1847, to Jemima Kitchen, and had four children, JAMES M., SARAH E., THOMAS C. and JEMIMA E. Mrs. Jemima Workman died Nov. 10, 1858, and Mr. W. was married May 20, 1860, to Adaline Buck. They have five living children, WILLIAM D., NANCY A., REBECCA A., EMMA E. and GEORGE H. Mr. Workman was a justice of the peace and tax collector in Overton county. Many of his loyal friends had been killed, and his own life threatened by the Ku-Klux, so he left there and returned in 1866 to the vicinity of Loami, Sangamon county, and now - 1874 - lives in Christian county, near M :\vc.- qua, Shelby county, Illinois.

REBECCA, born August 16, 1830, in Sangamon county, married Sept. 13, 1849, to Solomon Shelter, had eight living children. WILLIAM was killed, aged 15 years, by a fall from a horse. ARJSSA married James Stanton, and resides near Loami, Illinois. NANCY E., MINIZA J., ANNA I., ELIZA A., ALBERT A., and EPSEY C. reside near Loami, Illinois.

Sarah E., Lydia J., James D.

SAMUEL E,, born Feb. 9, 1833, in Tennessee, married Nov. 15, 1851, to Isabel Kitchen, and have seven children, SARAH E., LYDIA J., JAMES D., NANCY A., ISABEL and MARY L., and reside one mile south of Loami, Illinois. The living children of the third wife, GEORGE W., WILLIAM B., BARNEY and DELIA A. M. reside with their parents.

WRIGHT, CHARLES, was born July 21, 1799, at Bernardstown, Massachusetts, brought up in Vermont, and came with his brother, Erastus, to Springfield, arriving Nov. 21, 1821. He taught school a few years in Sangamon county, at one time in the neighborhood of the Drennans, on Sugar creek.

He obtained a contract for surveying government lands on the Wachita river, went south, and worked at it two years. He had his contract almost completed, when he died of malignant billious fever, at Monroe, Louisiana, Sept. 14, 1828.

WRIGHT, ERASTUS, was born Jan. 21, 1779, at Bernardstown, Massachusetts. The family is a very ancient one for New England. Erastus left a history of the family, which he always kept written up, giving the genealogy of the family for nearly two and a half centuries, beginning with Deacon Samuel Wright, who came from England and settled at Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1641.

The parents of Erastus Wright left Bernardstown, Massachusetts, and went to Derby, Vermont, in 1802, that being at the time pioneer ground. Erastus remained with his father on the farm, with no other advantages for education than the country schools afforded, until the spring of 1821, when he started west, in company with his brother, Charles. They traveled by such means as the country afforded before the days of canals and railroads, until they reached Buffalo, New York. There they embarked on a schooner for Fort Dearborn, now Chicago, Illinois. From Fort Dearborn they started on foot, making a preliminary survey of the route now occupied by the Illinois and Michigan canal, touching the Illinois river near where LaSalle now stands. They then descended the Illinois river to Fort Clark, now Peoria, and from there to Elkhart Grove, where Judge Latham resided. On their way south they stopped on Fancy creek, in what is now Sangamon county, at the house of John Dixon, who was one of the earliest settlers in this county, but who afterwards went north and laid out the town, now city, of Dixon, on Rock river. From there they came to Springfield, arriving Nov. 21, 1821. It had been selected as the county seat on the loth of April before, but there had not then been any town laid out. A log court house had just been completed. Mr. Wright describes the town, as it first appeared to him, in these words:

" Elijah lies had about five hundred dollars' worth of goods in a log cabin, ten by fourteen; Charles R. Matheney and Jonathan Kelly lived in log cabins not a quarter of a mile distant. The Indians - Kickapoos and Potawatamies - often came along in squads, and when othfers had built cabins near, called the place 'log town.'"

Mr. Wright went with Judge Latham from Springfield to Elkhart Grove and taught school there during the winter of 1821-2. He bought a claim of Levi Ellis and entered it as soon as it came into the market in 1823. From notes on the flyleaf of a New Testament, in the handwriting of Mr. Wright, he says: "I built the first frame house in what is now the city of Springfield."

In 1824 he built a park, and traded eighty acres of land in Schuyler county for an elk. Old citizens remember that Mr. Wright rode that elk, and drove it in harness, the same as a horse, although he says in a note that he was rough to ride, and not very kind in the harness. Mr. Wright spent three or four years in the lead mining region of Illinois and Wisconsin, and while there laid out the town of Mineral Point, Wisconsin, using a bed cord for his chain. He was married June 15, 1831, in Fulton county, to Jane Gardner, whose parents were from Saratoga, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Wright had three children.

ELIZA ANN, born July 2, 1833, in Springfield, was married Oct. 20, 1858, to Rev. John A. Hamilton, of the Congregational Church, and a native of Chester, Massachusetts. They have one child, JENNIE LOUISE, born August 26, 1859, at Keene, New Hampshire, at which place Mr. Hamilton spent the early part of his ministry, and was afterwards in charge of th'^ Congregational church at Davenport, Iowa, which he resigned to make the tour of Europe and the Holy Land, in 1873. He is now - 1875 - settled as pastor of the Congregational Church at Norwalk, Connecticut.

JAMES G., born March 20, 1835, in Springfield, married Sarah A. Wilbourn, of Masor. county. He died Nov. 16, 1858, at Lincoln, 111., leaving a widow and one child, the latter has since died.

MARIA JANE, born Nov. 14, 1837, in Springfield, wras married Dec. 23, 1856, to Robert P. Johnston, who was born April 30, 1828, at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and came to Springfield in 1851. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston had two children, LLOYD ERASTUS and JAMES WRIGHT. Mrs. Maria J.Johnston died very suddenly August 16, 1862, in Springfield. The sons reside with their father, who was married Feb. 22, 1865, to Isabella Muirhead, of Greenock, Scotland. They have four children, MARGARET A., ISABELLA, SUSIE and ROBERT P., Jun. R. P. Johnston was for many years a partner of P. C. Canedy, in the drug business, and is now Assistant Secretary of State of Illinois. He and his family reside in Springfield, Illinois.

Mrs. Jane G. Wright died Jan. 24, 1841. and Erastus Wright married Lucy Barrows, who died without children, April 22, 1867. Erastus Wrright was married March 23, 1868, to Mrs. Lucy F. Carpenter, whose maiden name was Johnson. She was born and educated in Vermont, and married Mr. Thomas Carpenter at Lancaster, Erie county, Pennsylvania, where she buried her husband and only child, ARTHUR. She was married to Mr. Wright at Lincoln, Illinois. He died in Springfield, Illinois, Nov. 21, 1870, on the forty-ninth anniversary of his residence in that city. His widow visited Europe in 1873, and now - 1874 - resides in Springfield, Illinois.

Erastus Wright was one of the earliest teachers in Sangamon county, and taught for many years. For ten years he filled office of school commissioner of Sangamon county. During that time a large amount of money, derived from the sale of government land for school purposes, passed through his hands. He was one of the earlest Abolitionists, and was always fearless in advocating its doctrines. He acquired considerable wealth, and was liberal towards all benevolent objects, and every public enterprise was sure to elicit his cooperation.

WRIGHT, DOCTOR N., Is a son of Samuel Wright, an elder brother to Charles and Erastus. The Dector is not an early stttler, as he came to Springfieid August 12, 1842. He has a family, and is a practicing physician in Chatham, Sangamon county, Illinois.

YATES, HENRY, was born October 29, 1786, in Caroline county, Virginia. Dr. Michael Yates, a native of England, emigrated to America before the Revolution and settled in Caroline county, Virginia. He there married Martha Marshall, a sister of John Marshall, afterwards Chief Justice of the United States. Their son, Abner, born in Caroline county, married Mollie Hawes, daughter of Thomas Hawes and Elizabeth Fisher, his wife. They had two children, Henry, whose name heads this sketch, and Martha, who married Henry Ellis. See his name. Henry Yates was taken by his parents, in 1788, from Caroline county, Virginia, to Fayette county, Kentucky, where his father died. The family moved to Woodford, thence to vScott, and from there to Gallatin county, in the same State, in 1804. Henry Yates, Henry Ellis, and Colonel Robert Johnson laid out a town on the Ohio river, and Colonel Johnson . named it Fredericksburg, in honor of his native city of that name in Virginia. It was at a later period changed to Warsaw, and is the county seat of Gallatin county. Henry Yates returned to Caroline county, Virginia, and was there married, July 11, 1809, to his cousin, Millicent Yates, who was born May 15, 1791. They went to Gallatin county, Kentucky, where they had eleven children, five of whom died young, and Mrs. Millicent Yates died April 19, 1830. Henry Yates married Mary A. ShufF, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in May, 1831, at Springfield. In November, 1832, they moved to Island Grove, where Berlin now stands. They had one child there, and Mrs. Mary A. Yates died May n, 1835. Henry Yates was married Sept. 28, 1835, to Elizabeth McMillan. They had six children, one of whom died in childhood. Of his twelve children, including the six brought from Kentucky -

THOMAS, born March 14, 1811, in Gallatin county, Kentucky, was married March 29, 1837, at Berlin, Sangamon county, Illinois, to Nancy Higgins, who was born May 23, 1816, in Cumberland county, Kentucky, and came with her parents to Sangamon county in 1836. Thomas and Nancy Yates had ten living children. MARY F. married Anthony A. Rhodes, and lives in Berlin, Illinois. JAMES, born April 19, 1841, married Barbara Dibert, and lives near New Berlin, Illinois. ANN married Davis Henderson, and lives near Berlin. MARTHA M. married Nathan Elliott, and lives near Berlin. GEORGE H. died in his fifteenth year. SARAH lives with her father. CATHARINE married Hugh Mc- Laughlin, and lives near Berlin. JANE, JOANNA and EMMA live with their father. Mrs. Nancy Yates died Dec. 15, 1860, and Thomas Yates resides one mile northwest of Berlin, Sangamon county, Illinois.

RICHARD, born Jan. 18, 1815, in Warsaw, Gallatin county, Kentucky, was educated at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, Georgetown College, Kentucky, and graduated at Illinois College, Jacksonville, Illinois, being the first graduate of that institution. He studied law at Jacksonville, and attended lectures at Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky. Richard Yates and Catharine Geers were married at Jacksonville, Illinois. They had five children. WILLIAM was killed by lightning at twelve or fourteen years of age. MARY died young. HENRY, CATHARINE and RICHARD, Jun., live with their mother. Richard Yates was elected Governor of Illinois in 1856. At the end of his term he was elected United States Senator, serving six years. He died suddenly, Nov. 27, 1873, at Barnum's Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri, and was buried Nov. 30, at Jacksonville, Illinois. His widow and children reside there.

ABNER, born August 4, 1819, in Warsaw, Kentucky, brought up in Sangamon county, was married in 1851, in Jacksonville, Illinois, to Mary Geers. They have two children, MARY and WILLIAM, and reside in Jacksonville, Illinois.

JANE, born Oct. 23, 1825, at Warsaw, Kentucky, was married Dec. 10, 1846, in Sangamon county, to John F. Elliott, who was born April 14, 1823, at Upper Sandusky, Ohio. They had five children. MILLICENT, the fourth child, died in infancy. PHOEBE L., HENRY Y., CHARLES Y. and JOHN Y. reside with their parents in New Berlin, Sangamon county, Illinois. Mr. Elliott has for the last few years represented Berlin township in the Sangamon County Board of Supervisors. He is one of the most substantial farmers in the county.

MILLICENJ\ born Sept. 25, 1827, in Warsaw, Kentucky, brought up in Sangamon county, and married Wesley Matthews. They have one child, MARY E., and reside in Jacksonville, Illinois.

HENRT Jun., born March 7, 1835, at Berlin, Sangamon county, Illinois, married June 17, 1856, at Arenzville, Cass county, Illinois, to Louisa Arenz, daughter of Hon. Francis Arenz. She was born June 14, 1836, at Beardstown, Illinois. Henry Yates, Jun., and wife had five children. NELLIE died in her ninth year. GRACE A. died in her fifth year. HENRIETTA, MARY L. and LAURA live with their mother. Henry Yates. Jun,, was a merchant in Berlin, sold out in order to enter the army, and raised a company in 1862, which became Co. A, io6th 111. Inf. He was commissioned captain Sept. 17, 1862, promoted to lieutenant colonel, April 10, 1863, to colonel, April 8, 1864, and brevet brigadier general, August 26, 1866. He was accidentally shot in 1863, sun-struck at Little Rock, and never re-

WILL, born Tune n, 1837, at Berlin. He enlisted in 1862 in the itth Mo. Inf., and was transferred to a cavalry regiment, became lieutenant, and was in Grierson's raid. Mr. Yates came home sick and died Oct. 14, 1864.

Mary E., William H., Thomas

JOHN, born Feb. i, 1839, in Sangamon county, was married Oct. 8, 1864, to Olivia Williams, who was born August 6, 1845, 'm Warsaw, Kentucky. They had five children. OLIVIA, the fourth child, died Nov. 10, 1872, in her third year. MARY E., WILLIAM H., THOMAS W. and JOHN reside with their parents, one mile north of New Berlin, Illinois.

HA WES, born Oct. 4, 1840, in Sangamon county, was married March 7, 1867, to Mary R. Bevans, and resides in New Berlin. Sangamon county, Illinois.

MARSHALL, born May 23, 1845, in Sangamon county, enlisted in 1862 in Co. A, io6th 111. Inf., for three years, served his full term and was honorably discharged. He was employed in the custom house, and died of apoplexy April 20, 1867, at Xevv Orleans, Louisana.

Mrs. Elizabeth Yates died August 12, 1862, and her husband, Henry Yates, Sen., died Sept. 13, 1865, both at New Berlin, Sangamon county, Illinois.

Henry Yates, Sen., having been one of the proprietors of Warsaw, Kentucky. He laid out the town of Berlin in 1833. After the railroad was built, he laid out the town of New Berlin, also.

, WILLIAM, was born in 1791 in Virginia, and when he was an infant his parents moved to Claiborn county, -Tennessee, where his father died. His mother moved her family, about 1810, to Madison county, near Edwardsville, Illinois. They moved next to Montgomery county, and then to Sangamon county, arriving June 10, 1819, at the north side of Richland creek, in what is now Salisbury township. William Yoakum was married in 1821 to Sarah Simmons. They had eight children -

Mrs. Sarah Yoakum died in 1863, and William Yoakum was married January, 1868, to Mrs. Letitia Henderson, whose maiden name was Rice, and lives near Salisbury, Illinois. The mother of William, James and Mathias Yoakum died in Salisbury township.

Yoakum Matthi As

YOAKUM MATTHI AS, brother to William and James Yoakum, was born either in Virginia or Claiborn county, Tenneasee, came to Sangamon county, Illinois, in 1819. He married Elizabeth McHenry, and had eight children -

JESSE, born Nov. 10, 1831, in Sangamon county, married Jan. 10, 1856, to Margaret Thompson, and has five children, GEORGE C., FRANKLIN T., WILLIAM R.., MARY C. and EDMUND, and live east of the Sangamon river, near Salisbury, Illinois.

THOMAS C., born August 14, 1840, married May 17, 1865, to Barilla Hoag. They had one child, MAUD. Mr. Yoakum is postmaster at Salisbury, Sangamon county, Illinois, is also a merchant, and resides there.

YOAKUM, JAMES, brother to William and Matthias, was born in Virginia or Claiborn county, Tennessee, and came with his mother to Sangamon county. He married Julia Owens, and had eleven children in Menard county, Illinois. His sons -

WILLIAM was married June 16, 1836, to Priscilla Batterton. See Batterton sketch. They have one son, WILLIAM F., who married May Adams, and lives near Salisbury, Illinois.

YOCpM, JACOB, was born Dec. 17, 1787, in a fort or block-house in Bourbon county, near where the city of Lexington, Kentucky, now stands. Mary Booth was born Feb. 1 1, 1791, in the same county. They were there married Nov. 15, 1810, and went to Alontgomery county, in the same State, where eleven of their children were born. They moved in 1827 to Marion county, Illinois, and from there to Sangamon county, in the same State, arriving Nov. 2, 1828, in what is now Williams township, one and a half miles cast of Sherman, where three children were born. Of their children -

WILLIAM, born Sept. 18, 1811, in Montgomery county, Kentucky, cams to Sangamon county with his parents in 1828, and served three months as a soldier in a Sangamon county company in the Black Hawk war of 1831-32. He was married Dec. 17, 1834, in Sangamon county, Illinois, to Sarah J. Merriman. They had eleven chiidren. GEORGE S. enlisted August, 1862, in Co. B, i3Oth 111. Inf. for - three years, was taken prisoner April 8, 1864, with General Banks, up Red river, and was thirteen months a prisoner at Camp Ford or Tyler, Texas. He was released at the close of the rebellion, and honorably discharged June 17, 1865. He married Nancy Wimmer. They have two children, MATILDA and MARY ELLEN, and live two miles south of Williamsville, Illinois. MARY A. married Perry Sapp, a native of Knox county, Ohio. They have one child, LYMAN, and live near Williamsville, Illinois. Mr. Sapp enlisted August, 1862, in Co. B, 130111 111. Inf. He was at home on recruiting service when his regiment was captured, and thus escaped thirteen months of imprisonment. He was honorably discharged at New Orleans, August 22, 1865. JACOB enlisted August, 1862, in Co. B, i3<Dth 111. Inf., with his brother, George S., and experienced all that his brother did by imprisonment. Sec his name. Jacob Yocom married Susan Lanterman, and has three children, LULA, MARY A. and SUSAN <;., and live two miles south of Williamsville, Illinois. SARAH married Jacob Y. Hussev. See his name. LYMAN M. died Jan. 19, 1863, in his nineteenth year. ELVIRA J. died March

M., Cordelia E., Rebecca C.

9, 1863, in her fifteenth year. MADISON M., CORDELIA E., REBECCA C., WILLIAM F., and CHARLES E. reside with their parents. William Yocom resides two miles east of Sherman, Sangamon county, Illinois.

SAMUEL, born Dec. 28, 1812, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, Illinois, Feb. 15, 1838,10 Ann Cooper,who was born July 18, 1818. They moved overland to Oregon in 1851, and returned by water in 1853. Of their seven children three died in childhood. ALIDA, born Sept. 6, 1840, married Clifton H. King. See his name. She died March 27, 1866. WILLIAM, born Nov. 13, 1843, enlisted August, 1862, in Co. C, i I4th 111. Inf., for three years, served full term and was honorably discharged August 15, 1865, at Camp Butler. He was married Sept. 22, 1869, to Mary Oliver, who was born April

10, 1850, in Ross county, Ohio. They have one child, JOHN AV., and reside one and a half miles northwest of Dawson, Sangamon county, Illinois. REBECCA, born Feb. 6, 1846, married John Horn. See his name. THOMAS lives near Barclay, Illinois. Mrs. Ann Yocom died Nov. 21, 1858. Samuel Yocom was married October, 1861, to Mrs. Nancy Shepherd, whose maiden name was Langston. She died November, 1867. Samuel Yocom was married March 18, 1869, to Mrs. Jane Hillman, widow of Richard S. Hillman. Her maiden name was Williamson. They reside at Barclay, Sangamon county, Illinois.

GEORGE VV., born Feb. 18, 1814, in Kentucky, was married Jan. 22, 1835, to Margaret J. Cooper. They had fourteen children, one died in infancy. Of their thirteen children, JAMES E. died aged seventeen years. MARY A. married Henry F. Brown, a native of Putnam county, Indiana. They had four children, w n. K i AM s. died in his fourth year.

ROLL live with their parents, near Williamsville, Illinois. Mr. H. F. Brown enlisted on the first call for seventy-five thousand men, in 1861, in Co. H, loth Ind. Inf., served three months, enlisted August 8, 1862, in Co. C, i I4th 111. Inf., for three years, served full time, and was honorably discharged August 15, 1865. AMANDA J. married William Brown. They had one child, ALICE. Mr. Brown enlisted August, 1862, in Co. C, H4th 111. Inf., and died without leaving Camp Butler. His widow was married Oct. 8, 1874, to John Smith. EMELINE was married November, 1865, to Samuel D. Rodgers. See his name. JEFFERSON enlisted August 12, 1862, in Co. C, 114111 111. Inf., for three years. He was detached and placed in Co. E, ist 111. Light Artillery, served fifteen months, returned to the 1 1 4th, served until August, 1865, when he was honorably discharged. He married Caroline Morton. They have one child, and live near Williamsville, 111. ROBERT F. enlisted in the 2d 111. Light Artillery, served one and a half years, and was honorably discharged. He married Nancy J. Smith. She died Sept. 15, 1875, leaving two children. He lives near Alt. Fleasant, Henry county, Iowa. JESSE V. married Marion Huston, a native of Scotland. They have two children, and live near Williamsville, Illinois. JOHN W. and POLLY L. live with their mother. NETTIE V, died Nov. 4, 1875. CLARA E. died Oct. 28, 1875, and MINNIE M. died Nov. 14,1875. ELIZA R. died, aged eleven years. George W. Yocom died March 3, 1875, and his widow resides three miles south of Williamsville, Sangamon county, Illinois.

JESSE, born June 19,1815, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county, Illinois, to Minerva Cooper. He moved in 1847 to the Pacific coast. They have ten living children. JAMES A. married Elizabeth Murray, and has seven living children. ZACHARIAH married Ellen Benyfield, and has five children. CAROLINE married George Y. Davis, and has eight children. OLIVER married Ann Robison. MARY married Le\ i Zumwalt, and had four children. She and the youngest child died. NANCY married" Lyman M. Noble. TOMPKINS is unmarried. MARTHA married Campbell Hendrix. KITTIE married John Dempsey. NETTIE V. lives with her parents. Jesse Yocom and wife reside near Lafayette, Yamhill county, Oregon.

STEPHEN, born Nov. 16, 1817, in Kentucky, was married Dec. 28, 1843, 'n Sangamon county, to Martha A. Council.. They have four living children. STEPHEN H., J un., died, aged fourteen years. MARY S. is unmarried, and lives in Williamsville, Illinois. WILLIAM J. enlisted April 30, 1864, in Co. I, I33d ill. Inf., for one hundred days, served more than one hundred and forty days, and was honorably discharged Sept. 24, 1864. He resides with his parents - 1874. GEORGE W. C., was married July, 1873, to Laura Young, and lives near Chesnut, Logan county, Illinois. JESSE F., resides with his parents. Stephen Yocom and family reside four miles south of Williamsville, Sangamon county, Illinois.

ABEL, born Jan. 2, 1819, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county to Jane Robinson. They had three children. JAMES W. enlisted Aug. 5, 1862, in Co. B, i3Oth 111. Inf., for three years, served full time, and was honorably discharged August, 1865. He married Mary F. Madden. They have three children, EDGAR E., ERNEST L. and MINXIE i ., and reside near Illiopolis, Illinois. SARAH A. married George A. Leigh. They have three children, IIATTIE J., NETTIE L. and 1IAKKY, and reside corner Twelfth and Carpenter streets, Springfield, Illinois. JOHN H. married Lottie Richmond, has two children, LII.LIE and GIEBEKT i-., and lives near Illiopolis, Illinois. Abel Yocom died March, 1874, and his widow resides near where Mr. Yoconvs lather settled in 1828, near Williamsville, Illinois.

Nancy J. Darnall. They had nine children. ALLYN, born Nov. 12, 1843, in Sangamon county, was married Nov. 29, 1865, to Evaline Lady. They have three children, and live near Sheridan, in Polk county, Oregon. EVALINE, born Jan. 24, 1845, in Sangamon county, was married Nov. 30, 1864, to James Brown. They have four children, and reside in Sheridan, Yamhill county, Oregon. MARILLA J., born April 2, 1846, in Sangamon county, was married May 7, 1868, to David A. Carter. They have four children, and live in Brownsville, Lane county, Oregon. ELIZA L., born Nov. 25, 1848, in Sangamon county, and lives near Salem,Oregon. REBECCA H., born March 2, 1851, was married Dec. 20, 1871, in Oregon, to John W. Minto. They have two children, and live in Salem, Oregon. MATILDA, born April 20, 1855. LONAH, born Nov. 8, 1856, in Oregon, was drowned in the Williamette river, March 19, 1873. RETTA L. and HARVEY. The last four were born in Polk county, Oregon, and the unmarried children reside with their parents in Salem, Marion county, Oregon.

ELIJAH, born Oct. 26, 1821, in Montgomery county, Kentucky, was married Jan. 7, 1852, in Petersburg, Menard county, Illinois, to Caroline A. Higgins. They moved to McLean county, and from there to De Witt county, near Waynesville, Illinois. They have three living children, ALBERT L., ANNIE R. and ELIJAH LINCOLN. Elijah Yocom died Feb. 2, 1873, of spotted fever, and his widow and children resides on their farm near Waynesville, Dewitt county, Illinois.

REBECCA, born March n, 1826, in Kentucky, was married June i, 1848, in Sangamon county, Illinois, to Clement Passwaters. They removed to McLean county, April, 1849, where seven children were born. Of their six living children, EMLIY J., born May 2, 1849, was married March n, 1871, to Samuel Miller, has two children, and lives near Hey worth, Illinois. STEPHEN H., born Dec. i, 1850, was married Feb. 8, 1873, to Sarah Lee, has two children, and live near Heyworth, Illinois. WILLIAM F., ENOCH D., JAMES C. and JOHN L. reside with their parents, near Heyworth, McLean county, Illinois.

THOMAS y., born Nov. 2, 1828, in Sangamon county, emigrated to California in the spring of 1847, sPent eleven months in the gold mines. He was married in Polk county, Oregon, in the spring of 1851, to Elizabeth Tharp. They had ten living children. MARGARET died aged about thirteen years. SARAH married John Thornton, and has two living children. MARY married Robert Griffith, and has one child. The other seven living children of T. J. Yocom reside with their parents near Bellevue, Yamhill county, Oregon.

JAMES P., born April n, 1830, in Sangamon county, Illinois. He left for Oregon overland in the spring of 1851, accompanied by his mother, two brothers and his brother-in-law, William S. Hussey, and arrived at their journey's end Oct. 4th, of the same year, and was within three days of being six months on the road. He settled on a donation land claim Oct. 8, 1851, in Yamhill county, Oregon. J. P. Yocom was married in the latter county June 18, 1857, t° Emeline Hussey, who was born in Sangamon county, Illinois, Jan. i, 1841. They had three children. HENRIETTA, born Dec. 2, 1858, died Dec. 4, 1874. MIRANDA died in her seventh year. STEPHEN H., born Oct. 14, 1862, resides with his father. Mrs. Emeline Yocom died April 23, 1863, and James P. Yocom was married May 3, 1865, to Mrs. Martha E. Potts, whose maiden name was Beaman. She was born Sept. n, 1836, in Pettis county, Missouri. They have six children, all born in Yamhill county, Oregon, ANNIE M., FRANKLIN B., VIRGINIA B., MARY, GRANT and MINNIE, who reside with their parents. J. P. Yocom left Oregon Oct. 29, 1875, with his family, going by the steamship Ajax to San Francisco, thence by railroad to Bloomington, Illinois, arriving Nov. 13, 1875, and now reside four miles northeast of Heyworth, Mc- Lean county, Illinois.

HA THA WA T, born Oct. 31, 1831, in Sangamon county, 111., emigrated overland to Oregon in the spring of 1850, was married there March 7, 1852, to Mary Tharp. They have six children. ELIZABETH P. married Linsday Delashmint, and has three children. CEMMONT, CAROLETTA, JOSEPH M., WILLIE and EDDY, and live with their parents in Bellevue, Yamhill county, Oregon.

Sangainon county, Illinois, and Mrs. Mary Yocom died Dec. 23, 1864, in Lafayette, Yamhill county, Oregon. She was buried at Pleasant Hill Church, Polk county, Oregon.

YOUNG, EZE KIEL, was born about 1795, in Trigg county, Kentucky, He was married in North Carolina to Sarah Coleman. They had five children in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in 1827 on Richland creek, where one child was born. Two of their children only are in Sangamon county.

ARCHIBALD, born April 21, 1828, in Sangamon county, married Nov. 18, 1850, to Elizabeth Wood, born in Sangamon county, (sister to Mrs. Wolgamot.) They had four children. EMMA died January, 1868, in her fourteenth year. LAURA died July, 1869, in her fourteenth year. MARY E. and IDA BELLE reside with their parents, near Woodside, Sangamon county, Illinois.

YOUNG, CASPER, was born June 8, 1798, at Hazelloch, on the river Mayn, Hesse Darmstadt, Germany. Susan Boll was born in 1802, in the town of Florsheim, in Nassau, on the opposite side of the Mayn from Hazelloch. Casper Young and Susan Boll were married at Florsheim in 1821. They had four children in Germany and emigrated to America in 1835. They were seven weeks on the passage from Amsterdam to New York. Their first stoppage was at Coshocton, Ohio. From there they went to St. Louis, Missouri, by the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and tarried one year in St. Clair county, Illinois. In the fall of 1837 they arrived in Sangamon county, in the southeast corner of Woodside township, where three children were born. Of their seven children -

MARGARET, born in Germany, married in Sangamon county to Frank Schick. They had two children. G. Schick was a professor in a college in St. Louis. He is a lawyer. Mrs Schick died in Mt. Pulaski, Illinois.

GARRED - ca\\e<\ Charley - was born Dec. 17, 1825, at Florsheim, Nassau, Germany. He was married in Sangamon county April 18, 1852, to Mrs. Sally White, whose maiden name was Gatton, a daughter of Charles Gatton. She had one child by her first marriage, MARY ANN, who is now the wife of Mr. Lyman, of Pana. Mr. and Mrs. Young had three children, REBECCA, WILLIAM R. and CATHARINE, and Mrs. Sally Young died Feb. 2, 1863. Mr. Young was married February, 1864, to Ellen Abell. She died without children, Nov. 4, 1866. Mr. Young was married Oct. i, 1867, at Lebanon, Kentucky, to Maggie E. Buckman. They reside one and a half miles north of Pawnee, Sangamon county, Illinois. Mr. Young has represented Pawnee township several terms in Sangamon county Board of Supervisors, and is one of the many successful farmers of Sangainon county.

CATHARINE, born in Germany, married Frank Schick. They have six children, and live in Mt. Pulaski, Illinois. MART EVE, born in Sangamon county, married Philip Schwigead. They had two children, and Mr. S. Died. The widow married Jacob Hundt, and lives in Mt. Pulaski, Illinois.

Casper Young moved to Mt. Pulaski in 1855. Mrs. Susan Young died June, 1867. Casper Young died Sept. 27, 1875, both in Mt. Pulaski, Logan county, 111.

YOUNG, JAMES, was born Dec. 19, 1788, in Wilkes county, North Carolina. His parents moved to Montgomery county, Kentucky, when he was a young man. He was there married Feb. 10, 1822, to Lucinda R. Cunning, who was born August 12, 1804, in the same county. They had seven children in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in the fall of 1838 in what is now Cumin township, where three children were born. Of their children three died under five years. Of the other seven -

James M., Eugene, Francis

JAMES, born August 20, 1831, married Catharine Foster, have eight children, SILAS A., MARGARET, JAMES M., EUGENE, FRANCIS, ALBERTUS, NANCY and EMMA, and live near Chatham, Illinois.

MARTHA C., born June 6, 1841, married Feb. 22, 1865, and has three children, F A T I M A, A R T H U R and LEONA MAY, and live with their mother.

James Young died March n, 1870, aged eighty-two years, and his widow resides on the farm where they settled in 1838, near Curran, Illinois - 1874.

Z A N E. Three brothers ol that name emigrated irom England and settled in Gloucester county, New Jersey. It is not known whether or not they were related to Jonathan and Ebcnezer Zane, who explored the country about Wheeling, West Virginia, in 1769, and founded Zanesville, Ohio. Of the three brothers who settled in New Jersey, the first names are not preserved, but one of them had a son, Simeon. His son, Andrew, married Mary Franklin, a distant relative of Benjamin Franklin. They brought up a large family in New Jersey. Their eldest and youngest sons came to Sangamon county, namely -

ZAN E, JC/HN, born Nov. 8, 1806, in Gloucester county, New Jersey, but was brought up in Cumberland county, in the same State. He was married Feb. 3, 1833, in Cape May county, to Elizabeth Smith, who was born in that county April 13, 1812. They moved to Philadelphia, where they had one living child, returned to New Jersey, where they had one child, ant1 moved from there to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving Oct. 15, 1839, in what is now Cartwright township,

JAMES S., born July 10, 1836, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, married in Sangamon county June 14, 1860, to Maria Rachel Purviance. See Purviance or Purvines family. They have four children, SAMUEL S.JOHN N., FRANKLIN H. and MARY E. James S. Zane was elected in the fall of 1872 sheriff of Jasper county, Missouri, and resides at Carthage, the county seat.

RHODA S., born Sept. 13, 1838, in Cape May county, New Jersey, married in Sangamon county, April 21, 1859, to John T. Epler. She died March 21, 1871, leaving four children, CHARLES L., GEORGE A., MAR\ J. and RHODA E., who live with their father. John T. Epler is married again and resides two and a half miles south of Pleasant Plains, Sangamon county, Illinois.

ELLEN S., born Dec. 20, 1842, in Sangamon county, married July 31, 1861, to Benjamin F. Jones. She died May 25, and he died August 27, 1867. They had two children. MARY J. died, aged three years. JOHN W., born Dec. 12, 1864, lives with his grandfather Zane.

ANDRE W, born August 20, 1846, in Sangamon county, married Feb. 27, 1873, to Mary J. Hamilton, near Pleasant Plains, Illinois. They reside in Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri.

ZANE CHARLES S., brother to John Zane, was born March 2, 1831, in Cumberland county, New Jersey. In the spring of 1850 he came to the vicinity of Pleasant Plains, Sangamon countv, Illinois, where he worked at farm labor by the month. He afterwards attended Mc- Kendree college, at Lebanon, Illinois, teaching school in different parts of the State at intervals until July 15, 1856, when he came to Springfield. Having previously commenced the study of law, he continued and was admitted to practice in the spring of 1857. He was three times elected city attorney, in 1858, 1860 and in 1865. In June, 1873, he was elected Judge of the judicial circuit, of which Sangamon county is a part, and is now - December, 1876 - in office. He was married in 1859 to Margaret D. Maxcy. They have six children, FERN ETTA M., CHARLES W., JOHN .)/., OLIVER W., MARGARET, FRANKLIN A. and HERBERT S.

Judge Charles S. Zane was elected in November, 1876, a member of the National Lincoln Monument Association. He, with his family, resides in Springfield, Sangamon countv, Illinois.

Zimmerman, Robert

ZIMMERMAN, ROBERT J3., was born Oct. 5, i8n,in Centre county, Pennsylvania, and went from there to Elmira, New York, where he learned the business of a painter and chair maker. In the summer of 1835 he started west, traveling by stage, he missed his connections at Terre Haute, Indiana, and there being but one stage a week, rather than remain idle he and one or two others started on foot. Arriving at the Okaw river in Illinois they found a company of emigrants from Tennessee, numbering one hundred and twenty wagons, with a corresponding number of men, women and children, all waiting until the men could construct a bridge for the teams tp cross. They remained with the emigrants, riding and walking alternately, and reached Springfield Nov. 18, 1835. R. B. Zimmerman was married Dec, 25, 1838, at Farmington, now Farmindale, Sangamon county, to Susan P. Seeley. Mrs. Zimmerman died Oct. 30, 1840, leaving one child -

SUSAN /,., born April 17, 1840, in Springfield, Illinois. She was married April 17, 1860, to Eugene L. Gross, who was born Dec. 25, 1836, in Starkville, Herkimer county, New York. Rev. Alba Gross, the father of Eugene L., is a preacher in connection with the Baptist Church, and came to Fulton county, Illinois, in 1844, but now resides in Chatham, Illinois. E. L. Gross studied law at Knoxville, was admitted to the bar, and practiced a short time at Mount Sterling, and came to Springfield, in 1858. He revised and published the ordinances of the city of Springfield in 1865. In January, 1868, he compiled and published a digest of the criminal laws of Illinois. In February, 1868, he, in connection with his brother, Colonel William L. Gross, began their compilation of the Statutes of Illinois, which were published in the fall of the same year. Their last volume was published in 1869. The same year they published an index to all the laws of the State. In 1872 they compiled and published the second volume of Gross' Statutes. E. L. Gross, finding his health impaired, closed up his_business, and in the spring of 1873 started on horseback and traveled through the Indian nation, thence to the Pacific coast, and returned by railroad, but that relentless destroyer,consumption,could not be induced to release its grasp. After returning home he lingered until June 4, 1874, when he breathed his last, leaving a widow and four children, LEIGHLA, FRED, SUSIE and BESSIE, all residing in Springfield, Illinois.

Robert B. Zimmerman was married Oct. 2, 1845, 'n Springfield, to Marv C. Townsend, who was born Nov. 7, 1821, in Caledonia county, Vermont. They had two children, both died young. In November, 1849, Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman adopted a daughter, LIZZIE, when she was but three months old. She was married Feb. 26, 1875, in Springfield, to Martin V. Smith. They reside in East St. Louis, Illinois.

Robert B. Zimmerman and Alexander P. Willard were in partnership as painters and dealers in painters' stock twentyfour years, and until the death of Mr. Willard. See his name. Mr. Zimmerman is yet in business in which he has been more than forty-one years actively engaged in Springfield. He has seen it grow, and had much to do with its growth, from a very small village to a city of twenty-five thousand inhabitants, and from a county seat to be the capital of the fourth State in the American Union. He has been an active and efficient officer of the Second Presbyterian church for many years; and in proportion to his ability he has probably been the most liberal contributor to its funds. R. B. Zimmerman and wife reside in Springfield, Illinois.