Sangamon County, Illinois - The whole text, 1876 (part 5 of 31)

BICE, JOHN, born Nov. 4, 1808, in Henry county, Ky. He came to Sangamon county in 1834, and was married May 5, 1835, near Mechanicsburg, to Mary A. Pickrell. They settled in what is now Williams township, one and a half miles north of the present town of Barclay. They had six children there -

JESSE W., born Oct. 21, 1837, en' listed in Co. A. 3rd 111. Cavalry, Aug. 14, 1 86 1. He was promoted for meritorious conduct at Pea Ridge, to Lieutenant, afterwards to Captain, and the last ten months he served with the rank of Major. He was honorably discharged in Nov., 1865. In Dec. following he was appointed assistant assessor of internal revenue, until the office was abolished by Congress, May 20, 1873. J. W. Bice was married Sept. 19, 1872, to Belle Wrarinner, daughter of the late Dr. Warinner, of Bloomington. They have one child, JESSIE BELLE. Major Bice is now Deputy Sheriff of Sangamon county, and resides in Springfield.

1862. He was appointed 2nd Sergeant of same company, at Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 26, 1862, and served until Aug. n, 1865, when he was mustered out by special order at New Orleans, La., for the purpose of accepting a commission from Gov. R. J. Oglesby, dated July 26, 1865, as 2nd Lieut. Co. D, 3Oth 111. Vol. Inf. He was honorably discharged Aug. 12, 1865. B. F. Bice was married in Dec., 1867, to Bertha Owen. They have three children, MARY, EMMA G. and EVA, and reside near Elkhart, Logan county, Illinois.

ABEL P., born Dec. 3, 1842. He was married in 1863 to Melissa C. Blue. They have three children, JOHN H., ARTHUR L. and NETTIE B., and reside two miles north of Barclay.

JOHN H., born Feb. 1 1, 1848, enlisted in 1863 in i6th United States Inf. Served three years, and was honorably discharged in 1866. He was afterwards employed on the Toledo, Wabash & Western railroad, and was killed by an accident Jan. 31, 1871.

BILLINGS, ROBERT, was born Jan., 1801, in Dorchester county, Md. Mary Dean was born April 6, 1810, in Somerset county, Md. They were married Oct., 1829, in Sussex county, Delaware, and had two children born in Summit county, Md. They moved into Baltimore county, where one child was born and died, and then moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Oct. 1840, in what is now Rochester township, and had nine children in Sangamon county. Of their children -

MART E., born Feb. 15, 1833, in Maryland, married in Sangamon county to James Wilson, have two children, and reside in Cotton Hill township.

GEORGIANN, born in Sangamon county, married Samuel Long, had one child, and Mr. Long died, and she married Win. Thompson. They have three children, and reside near Lincoln.

BILLINGTON, JOHN, was born Sept. 29, 1819, in the town of Shrewsbury, Shrophshire, England. He came to the United States, landing in New York in June, and arrived early in Aug., 1840, at Springfield. He lived several years in the family of Willard Tinney, on Richland creek, to learn farming. He had learned the business of baker and confectioner in England, and established himself in that business in Springfield. He was married, in Springfield, to Elizabeth A. Cannon. She died Nov., 1851, not leaving any children. He was married March 24, 1853, at Buffalo Hart grove, to Rachel Constant. They have one child -

Mr. Billington erected a residence for hirnself, where Dawson now stands, in 1854, before there was any station or town laid out. When the postofHce was established in that year, he was appointed Postmaster, which he held about seven years. He was also the first station and express agent at that place, and is yet (1874) acting in that capacity. Mr. Billington's parents, four brothers and one sister, came later. These were William, the civil engineer, now deceased. Thomas resides at Mt. Pulaska, Henry at Waynesville, James and Mary A.

was taken by his parents to Green river, Ky. He was there married to Diana Blackwill. They had two children in Kentucky, and moved to Overton county, Tenn., where twelve children were born; two died young. The family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Oct. i, 1829, in what is now Loami township, where one child was born. Of their children -

JOHN, born in 1803, in Kentucky, married Elizabeth Workman in Tennessee, came to Sangamon county, raised a large family, moved to Christian county, and died there in 1867.

E LIZ ABE 777 married Richard Bilyeu. He was killed in time of the rebellion, in Miller county, Mo., leaving a widow and several children there.

DIANA married Thomas Greening, who died, and she married Stephen Workman, Jun. He died, leaving a widow and four children in Christian county.

BIRD FAMILY, John Bird was born Jan. i, 1767, in Essex countv, N. J., and when a young man, went to Washington, Mason county, Ky. Abigail Auter was born May 26, 1780, in Essex county, N. J., also, and in 1798 went with her widowed mother and two sisters to Washington, Ky. John Bird and Abigail Auter were married there in 1801. They had ten children in Mason county, Ky., and the entire family moved, in 1825, to Harrison county. John Bird died there, of cholera, July 15,1833. Their daughter, Sarah, who was married to Jesse Folks, died six days before her father, and their son John, in his thirteenth year, died seven days after his father, all of the same disease. Mrs. Bird, with some of her children, came to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Sept. 6, 1835, 'n wnat 's n°w Mechanicsburg township. Her other children came the next vear. Mrs. Abigail Bird died in Sangamon county. Of her eight children who came to the county -

BIRD, MORRIS, was born Feb. 19, 1803, in Mason county, Ky., married, March 29, 1827, in Harrison county, to Sarah Brannock, who was born July 24, 1808, in Bourbon county, Ky. They had four children in Harrison county; one died in infancy, and they moved to Sangamon county, 111., in 1835, an<^ settled near Mechanicsburg, where they had twelve children, eleven of whom died in infancy, and Margaret died, aged nine years. Of the other three -

MARY A. C., born Nov. 5, 1828, in Harrison county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, Feb. 21, 1856, to Miles H. Wilmot, who was born Jan. 5, 1825, in Caswell county, N. C., and came to Sangamon county in 1854. He has three children by a former wife; two daughters, married, and a son. All reside near Shelby, Iowa. M. H. Wilmot and wife have no children except an adopted daughter, ELLA WILMOT. They reside half a mile east of Illiopolis. Mr. Wilmot has been elected five years in succession, to represent Illiopolis township in the Board of Supervisors of Sangamon county, beginning with the election of April, 1870. He was chairman of the board for 1872 and '3. He also served five years as Justice of the Peace and Police Magistrate in Mechanicsburg and Illiopolis.

JOHN M., born April 23, 1834, in Harrison county, Ky., raised in Sangamon county, married in Griggsville, Pike county, 111., Oct. 6, 1859, to Frances E. Greenleaf, daughter of Rev. Calvin Greenleaf, of the Baptist church. She was born in

Pike county, June 15, 1841. Mr. and Mrs. Bird had three children, CLARENCE I. died in his third year. NELLIE M. and CALVIN MORRIS reside with their parents, in Mechanicsburg.

Morris Bird and wife reside at Mechanicsburg. He was commissioned as Postmaster at Mechanicsburg, March 28, 1848, during the administration of President Taylor, and has held the office under all administrations to the present time.

BIRD, RICHARD, was born Nov. 19, 1804, in Mason county, Ky. He united with the M. E. church, in 1824, and commenced preaching in 1827. His first circuit was in the southern part of the State, and extended into Tennessee. By a singular coincidence, his colleagues bore such names as to indicate that the trio belong to the feathered species of animated nature, Crow, Martin and Bird. Rev. Richard Bird was married, March 8, 1832, in Shelby county, Ky., to Lucinda N. Fullinwider. They had two children in Kentucky, and came to Sangamon county, 111., settling near Mechanicsburg, and at once united with the 111. Conf. M. E. church, and commenced the work of a traveling preacher. They had seven children in Illinois, three of whom died under seven years. The two born in Kentucky died in Illinois, one at five and the other at two years of age. Of the other four -

FRANCES M., born Aug. 23, 1836, in Sangamon county, married Thomas Scott, and had four children ; two died in infancy. CHARLES W. and HARRIET B. reside with their mother. She was married Jan. 10, 1867, to Rev. Reuben Gregg, of the M. E. Church. They have three living children, ARTHUR B., EDA F., ALLEN c. and LURA R. They reside at Augusta, 111.

RICHARD C, born August 8, 1838, in Tazewell county, 111., married, Sept. 26, 1860, at Chatham, Sangamon county, to Addie Hesser. He enlisted in 1862, for three years, in Co. A., 730! 111. Inf. He was injured, Sept. 26, 1862, in Louisville, Ky., by a drunken driver upsetting an army wagon, which fell upon him and came near causing his death. He was discharged on account of physical disability,

Allison E., Henry E., Richard N., John M., Lucinda A.

Feb. 23, 1863. He lost his right hand by firing a salute at Mechanicsburg, July 4, 1864. Mr. and Mrs Bird had three children in Sangamon county, and in the fall of 1866 moved to Kansas, where they had four. Their names are EDWARD T., ALLISON E., HENRY E., RICHARD N., JOHN M., LUCINDA A. and HARRIET F., and reside near Ottawa, Kansas.

JACOB F., born August 5, 1846, in Sangamon county, married Sept. 16, 1873, at Payson, 111., to Mrs. Anna E. Vickers, whose maiden name was Hughes. She was born Dec. 31, 1849, in Butler county, Ohio. They reside at the family homestead, adjoining Mechanicsburg on the south.

THOMAS J/., born Sept. 10, 1848, in Sangamon county, married, Oct. 19, 1871, at Decatur, to Florence M. Wood, who was born Sept. 10, 1851, at Clarenceville, Lower Canada. They have two children, JOHN RICHARD and ETHEL LUCINDA, and reside one and a half miles southwest of Mechanicsburg.

Rev. Richard Bird considers the vicinity of Mechanicsburg his home, but continues to travel as a preacher in the M. E. church, in the Illinois Conference. His residence for the conference year of 1875-6 is Easton, Mason county, 111.

BIRD, JOANNA, was born Nov. 20, 1807, in Mason county, Ky., married to James M. Dixon. See his name. He died and she married John C. Eckel. See his name.

B I R D, T H O M AS, was born Dec. 25, 1809, in Mason county, Ky., came to Sangamon county in 1835. He never married, and died Sept. u, 1858, near Mechanicsburg.

BIRD, A BRA HAM, born Aug. 30, 1813, in Mason county, Ky., came to Sangamon county in 1836, married, May 9, 1839, to Nancy Riddle. Thev had one child -

DA VII) /?., born April 26, 1841, in Sangamon county. He enlisted; was with his cousin, Dr. Riddle, all through the war to suppress the rebellion. Present residence not known.

Sangamon county in 1836, was married Sept. 30, 1841,10 Margaret J. Hussey,who was born April 5, 1821, in Sangamon county, 111. Two children were born there, and in 1845 they moved overland in wagons, to Yamhill county, Oregon. Five children were born there, and they moved to Portland, Multnomah county, Oregon, where one child was born. Of their nine children -

MART E., born June 23, 1844, in Sangamon county, married in Oregon, Dec. 29, 1869, to W. S.James. She died Feb. 19, 1874, in Portland, Oregon, leaving two children, viz: ELLA and MARY, the latter died August 9, 1874. Mr. James resides in Portland.

NATHAN H., born Dec. 12, 1846, in Yamhill county, was married March 15, 1870, to Alice Talbot. They have two children, WALTER and VIOLA, and reside near Bellvue, Yamhill county, Oregon.

BENJAMIN M., born April i, 1858, in Yamhill county, resides with his mother. WILLIAM ^born Dec. n, 1862, in Portland, resides with his mother.

BIRD, HETTY E., was born July 9, 1818, in Mason county, Ky., came with her mother to Sangamon county in 1835. She was married near Mechanicsburg, Feb. 25, 1845, to Samuel Powers, who was born April 28, 1797, in Hampshire county, Va. They had one child, and Mrs. Powers died, March 16, 1851, in Sangamon county. Mr. Powers moved to Iowa with his daughter -

July 22, 1865, to Barzilla Reeves, who was born April 5, 1841. They had five children in Iowa. Their second child, ISAAC N., died in his fourth year. ANDREW J., DAVID M., GARRISON B. and HESTER A., reside with their parents, near Sidney, Fremont county, Iowa.

BIRD, ABIGAIL, was born Sept. 27, 1824, in Mason county, Ky., came with her mother to Sangamon county, 111., in 1835, married, Oct. 12, 1843, to Hugh Sutherland. He was born May 4, 1816, in Edinburgh, Scotland, came to America in 1827, remained in the Atlantic States until 1841, when he came to Sangamon county. Mr. and Mrs. S. had nine children, Charles W., next to the youngest, died in his third year. Of the other eight -

1870, in his native county, to Mary J. Peak. They had two children, ARTHUR CLARK and CARLOS B. The latter died in his second year. Mrs. S. died March 12, 1875, in the twentyseventh year of her age. John G. Sutherland resides at Warrensburg, 111.

ELLEN R. born Jan. 30, 1850, in Sangamon county, married Feb. 14, 1875, to William Upton, and resides three and a half miles east of Mechanicsburg.

ABIGAIL ANN, born Dec. 23, 1851, in Sangamon county, married Feb. 7, 1875, to Charles Mussenden, and resides four miles east of Mechanicsburg.

BLACK, SAMUEL, was born July 2, 1798, in Augusta county, Va. Mildred Gaines, a niece of Mrs. Peter Cartwright, was born Oct. 4, 1802, in Charlotte county, Va. They were married,

Feb. 20, 1822, near Hopkinsville, Ky.. where their parents had emigrated when they were quite young. They had one child in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Nov. 19, 1825, in what is now Cartwright township, where they had two children, and in 1828 moved to Morgan county, where seven children were born. Of their children -

JAMES R., born July 5, 1826, in Sangamon county, married Dec. 13, 1863, to Arvilla M. McMurphy, who was born Nov. 25, 1833, in St. Lawrence countv, N. Y. They have four children, VICTOR C., JENNIE M., IONA C. and ALBERT C., and reside one and a quarter miles north of Pleasant Plains, within half a mile of where he was born, on the farm of his grandfather, Rev. Richard Gaines.

JOHN, born Dec. 3, 1830, just before the "deep snow," married Sarah Vaughn, have three children, LOU ELLA, J. W. and J. R., and reside in Morgan county.

Samuel Black and his wife reside six miles north of Jacksonville, surrounded by most of their children. Mr. Black made his first trip to Sangamon county to move the mother of Rev. Peter Cartwright. He made, altogether, seven round trips with a six horse team, when there were no roads,' in moving the Cartwright, Gaines and Black families.

BLACK, WILLIAM, born about 1793, in Edinburgh, Scotland. lie came to America when young, landing at Philadelphia. A stone cutter by trade, he was employed on some of the banks and other public buildings in that city, finishing with a contract on Girard College. Anna Young was born April 6, 1 798, in the city of Philadelphia. William Black and Anna Young were there married, Dec. 7, 1820. Their nine children were born in Philadelphia, one of whom died young. Mr. Black came to Springfield in the fall of 1839, and April, 1840, his family arrived and moved to a farm he had purchased, six miles northeast of Springfield. Of their eight children -

WILLIAM,]m\., born April 21, 1824, in Philadelphia, was drowned, April 9, 1849, in a slough near where the Gilman and Clinton railroad crosses the Sangamon river.

HENRY,\>orn July 23, 1826, in Philadelphia, married, May 3, 1871, in Humboldt, Kansas, to Mrs. Artenecia A. Chambers, whose maiden name was Braclshaw. They have two children ANNA A. and BLANCHE, and reside at Humboldt, Kansas.

JAMES, born July 8, 1828, in Philadelphia, was married March 2, 1852, to Amanda A. Cartmell. They had one child, and Mrs. Black died, Jan. u, 1854. Mr. Black was married, Feb. 5, 1862, to Eliza A. Cartmell. They have four children. Of his five children, WILLIAM L., by the first marriage, and the other four, Wr ALTER B., ALVIN F., AMANDA M. and EMMA T., reside with their father, on the farm settled by his father in 1840, six miles northeast of Springfield.

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GEORGE W., born August 15, 1830, married Sept. 21, 1858,10 Sarah A. Mann. They had eight children, two of whom died young. MARY E., ELIZABETH, ANNIE L., HENRY F., THOMAS M. and CHARLES W., and reside on Round Prairie, five miles east of Springfield, between the mouth of Spring Creek and South Fork.

FRANCIS G., born Feb. 27, 1835, married, Oct. 4, 1859, to Elizabeth Hammond. They had two children, JOHN W. and ELIZA J., and Mr. Black enlisted August, 1862, in Co. G., i I4th 111. Inf., for three years, and died of disease at Vicksburg, just after the surrender by the rebels, July 4, 1863. His remains were brought home and interred near German Prairie Station. His children reside with their mother, who married A. R. Welch.

WALTER C., born Sept. 22, 1837, enlisted in Co. G., i I4th 111. Inf., for three years, August =5, 1862, was twice slightly wounded, served full time, and was honorably discharged, August 10, 1865. He was married, Feb. 5, 1866, to Permelia F. Cartmell. They have three children, ANNA C., FRANCIS E. and ORA EVA, and reside two miles southeast of Riverton. *

Margaret Allison lived as one of the family of William Black, in Philadelphia. She came with the family to Sangamon county, and died Sept. 20, 1840, aged 29 years.

William Black died Dec. 15, 1858, and his widow died July 25, 1874, both on the farm where they settled in 1840. Mr. Black became a member of the Scots Thistle Society soon after his arrival in Philadelphia, and remained a member as long as he lived.

BLACK, THOMAS, was born Oct. 25, 1768, and went from South Carolina to Christian co'unty, Ky., where he was married to Edith A. Pyle. They moved to southern Illinois just before the "Shakes" - meaning the earthquake of 1811, that sunk New Madrid, Missouri. They fled in terror back to Kentucky ; but finding the earth did not all sink, they returned to southern Illinois, and moved to what became Sangamon county, arriving April 9, 1819, in what is now Auburn township. Of their children, vix -

.SARAH, born July 3, 1796, in Kentucky, married there to a Mr. Edwards. They had one child, SUSAN, who married W m. Woods. Mr. Edwards died, and his widow married Bailey Taylor. They had three children, viz: AMANDA married Peter Wheeler. EMMA married Miller Bagby. THOMAS B. was married in"i866. He had three children ; one is dead. Mr. Taylor died, and the family moved to

DA I ID, born Sept. 17, 1798, in Kentucky, married Jan. 2, 1823, in Sangamon county, to Sarah Moffitt. They had six children. WILLIAM married Millie Moore, and live near Belleville, St. Clair county. GEORGE married Viney Broom, and resides near Blue Mound, Macon county, 111. EDITH A. married Wm. Simmons. He died, and Mrs. S. married Mr. Brown. They reside in Texas. The others are ANN E., LEANDER and FRANCIS. David Black died Oct. 7, 1856, in Chatham township, and his widow resides with her youngest son, in Macon county, near Blue Mound.

ELlZABETH,\>orn March 6, 1803, in Kentucky, was married in Sangamon county to John Harris. They had one child, JAMES, who was drowned in a mill pond while fishing, aged fourteen years. Mr. and Mrs. Harris both died in Macoupin county.

JOHN, born Aug. 8, 1809, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, Aug. 4, 1831, to Sarah Myers. They had nine children; three died young. Of the other six, ELMINA died Feb. 23, 1858, aged 22 years. DRUSILLA, born Aug. 30, 1837, m Sangamon county, married June :o, 1856, to James Babcock. They had nine children; one died young. RICHARD j. o. died Aug. 4, 187^. WILLIAM died

The family reside near Oreana, Macon county, 111". THOMAS, born Oct. 6, 1839, in Sangamon county, was married April 12, 1863,10 Mary M. Leu is, who died Dec. 21, 1865, and he was married Feb. 3, 1868. to Emily C. (Irave>, who died Aug. 10, 1871, leaving one child, FLOSSIE L. Mr. Black \vas married Apul 6, 1873^, to Martha J. Dodds. They have one child, a son, and reside two miles east of Auburn. ALBERT M., born Sept. 14, 1843, in Sangamon county, was married June 24, 1 86^, to Salome T. Ham. Thev have two children, and reside near Pawnee. ADALIXE M., born May -'5,

1847, married Aug. 2, 1865, to Wm. D. Patton. See his name. She died Jan. 26, 1875, leaving two children. JOHN W., born Sept. 29, 1851, in Sangamon county, married Feb. 2, 1873, to Susan R. Kimble. They have two children, JOHN D. and EMILY, and reside three miles east of Auburn. John Black died Aug. I, 1855, and his widow, Mrs. Sarah Black, died March 18, 1858, both in Auburn township.

THOMAS, born Sept. 3, 1813, in Christian county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, March 7, 1855, to Mary J. Wallace, who was born Nov. i, 1831. They have three children, EDITH, MARY F. and MARCHIE, and reside in less than half a mile of where his father settled in 1819, about three and a half miles east of Auburn.

CARTER T., born Jan. 24, 1818, was married Oct. 8, 1840, to Mary C. Coberly, who was born Nov. 7, 1820. Of their six children, namely: ELLEN E., born in Auburn township, July 12, 1841, married July i, 1858, to J. T. Graves. They have six children, ROBERT L., MARY

CATHARINE, and reside in Butler, Bates county, Mo. JOSEPH C., born Aug. 29, 1843, in Auburn township, 111., died in Missouri. CHARLES C., born Aug. 22, 1845, in Andrew county, Mo., died in Nodaway county, Mo. WILLIAM T., born May 21, 1848, in Andrew county, Mo., married in Nodaway county to Mary C. Crabtree, Dec. 29, 1869. They had one child, JAMES T. Wm. T. Black and son died in Bates county, Mo. GEORGE H., born March n, 1858, in Nodaway county, Mo., and JOHN D., born Sept. 16, 1860, in Nodaway county, reside there.

Mrs. Edith A. Black died April 15, 1822, and Thomas Black was married in 1823 or '4 to Mrs. Rebecca Viney, whose maiden name was Shiles. She died Feb. 13, 1851, and Mr. B. died Nov. 3, 1851, aged 84 years, both where he settled in 1819.

BLUE, JOHN, was born Sept. 9, 1777, in South Carolina. His father was a soldier in the Revolutionary army, and was taken prisoner by the British the very day of his birth. His parents moved to Fleming county, Ky., when he was quite young. Elizabeth McNary was born in South Carolina, and taken by her parents to Fleming county, Ky., also. They were there married about 1806, had seven children in that county, and then moved to Hopkins county, where they had four children. About 1823 they moved to Green county, O., where they had two children, and then moved to Sangamon county, arriving in the fall of 1830, in what is now Clear Lake township.

DA VID H., born Sept. 23, 1816, in Fleming county, Ky., married in Sangamon county May 19, 1844, to Fannie Webb. They had two children, one of whom died young. MELISSA C. married Abel P. Bice. See his name. David H. Blue resides two miles north of Barclay.

WILLIAM M., born in Fleming county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Adaline.Cline. They had five children. JAMES H. married Catharine Dunlap, had one child, DORA E., and live in Fancy creek township. GEORGE W., LUCY, DAVID and PARTHENIA, live with their mother. William M. Blue enlisted in Aug., 1862, in Co. C, 114 111. Inf., for three years. He was killed at the battle of Guntown, Miss., June 10, 1864. His widow married M. Hardman, and lives near Cantrall.

BONDURANT. The first known of the name in America was Dr. Joseph Bondurant, a Huguenot, who was banished from France on account of his religion, during the reign of Queen Anne, about the year 1700. He was wealthy in France, but could only bring his library with him. He and his companions, Ford,

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BON DURA NT, JOSEPH. The fourth generation from Dr. Joseph Bondurant, was born Sept. 15, 1801, in Bedford county, Va., moved to Kentucky in early life, and was married Oct. 27, 1823, to Martha Sharp. They moved to Sangamon county Oct., 1828. He was one of the early school teachers in the Dickerson neighborhood. They had eleven children, namely -

JOHN T., born June 5, 1824, in Kentucky, raised in Sangamon county, married near DesMoines, Iowa, in 1848, to Virginia Cooney. In 1850 he emigrated to California, and died in Sacramento, Dec. 23, 1850, of disease contracted while crossing the plains, leaving a childless widow.

LUCRE TIA y., born Nov. 4, 1825, in Kentucky, married Nov., 1845, in Sangamon county, to Joel Churchill. See his name. They reside at DeLand, Piatt county, 111.

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ELIZABETH T., born April 28, 1827, in Kentucky, married in Athens, 111., May 15, 1842, to William Miller, of that place, where they resided until 1852, when they moved to Mechanicsburg. They had nine children, namely: MARTHA E., married Jan. 16, 1872, to T. P. Lofland. She died June 14, 1873, leaving a son six months old, to be brought up by her aunt, Margaret D. Underwood. ANNIE M., JOHN T. and THOMAS B. died under ten years. ALBERT D., JOSEPH W., SARAH J., AMANDA B. and GEORGE L. live with their mother. William Miller died July 17, 1868. His widow and children live in Mechanicsburg.

ALEXANDER C., born Sept. i, 1829, in Sangamon county. He went to Iowa in the winter of 1856, and was married there Oct., i86i,to Margaret Brooks, of DesMoines. They had seven children, namely: EMMA, FANNIE, LIZZIE, FRANK, FLORENCE, BURTON and NELLIE, and reside near Altoona, Polk county, Iowa.

They have two living children, and reside near Wabash, Wayne county, 111. He enlisted August 7, 1862, for three years, in Co. E., ^th 111. Inf. Dec. 2, 1862, he was detailed to the Pioneer Corps department of the Cumberland. March 19, 1863, he took charge of- four saw mills, on Stone's river, Tenn., and put them in order. Sept. 15, 1863, he was ordered to Chattanooga, where he took charge of building water-works, on the 8th of October, doing the civil engineering with a common spirit level. He remained in charge until May 15, 1865, when he resigned for the purpose of perfecting some inventions of his own. He is now engaged in the lumber trade.

MARTHA K, born March 24, 1842, in Sangamon county, married Jan., 1864, to William Thornton, of DesMoines, Iowa. They have three children, namely : LILLIE, LUCY and HARRY, and reside near DesMoines.

JOSEPHN., born May 2, 1844. He went to Iowa in 1866, and married in 1867 to Sarah DeVore. They had three children, WILLIAM, EARNEST and FRANK. In 1871 Mr. J. N. Bondurant returned to DeWitt county, 111., and resides near Farmer City.

Mr. Joseph Bondurant died April 30, 1864, at his daughter's, Mrs. Lucretia Churchill, near Mechanicsburg. Mrs. Martha Bondurant resides with her son Thomas, near DeLand, Piatt county, III.

BOLL, VALENTINE J., was born April 22, 1807, at Flersheim, Nassau, Germany. He came to America in 1833, arriving June 29, at Baltimore, being forty-four days from Bremen. He went to New Philadelphia, O., to see a relative, thence to St. Louis, and from there to Sangamon county, and made pottery for Chistopher Newcomer two years. In the fall of 1836 he started back to Germany by way of New Orleans, and arrived at his native town Jan. 2, 1837. He was there married, April 2, 1837, to Elizabeth C. Heller. She was born Feb. 13, 1819, in the same town. They embarked June 12, 1837, at Amsterdam, and were fortynine days on the passage to New York. He went via Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland, thence to Portsmouth, on the Ohio river, thence to St. Louis and back to Sangamon county, late in 1837. His father, step-mother and five children, a married sister and her husband, Garred Young, and others, making a total of seventeen persons, came with him. He made pottery in Ball township for about eighteen years, and then engaged in farming exclusively. They had nine children, all born in Sangamon county, two of whom died young. Of the other seven -

GARHARD, born Nov. 2, 1838, in Sangamon county, married Jan. 5, 1862, to Mary J. Greenawalt. They had five children, THOMAS H. and JAMES-A., the first and fourth, died young; MARY E., AMANDA F. and SARAH M., reside with their parents, one mile northwest of Pawnee.

GEORGE P., born in Sangamon county, married Mary M. Mollihorn. They had two children, WILLIAM A. and CHARLES V., and reside in Ball township.

BALL, JACOB born about 1829, at Flersheim, Nassau, Germany, came to America, and to Sangamon county, with his half-brother Valentine, in 1837. He was married in 1867 to Sarah Conner. They have two children -

BOWEN, ZAZA, was born Oct. 24, igo6, in Guilford county, N. C. His father died when he was two years old, and his mother, with her four children, the eldest of whom was married, moved to Cabell county, West Va., in 1817. Zaza Bowen and Mary Knight were married June 25, 1827, in that county, and hi the fall of that year moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Dec. 4, 1827, in what is now Loami township. They had seven children in Sangamon county. The two eldest died under five years. Of the other five children -

REBECCA J., born June 28, 1831, married in 1850, to James W. George. They have three living children, and reside near Mt. Auburn, Christian county.

ABNER, born Feb. 24, 1833, in Sangamon county, married March 16, 1856, to Frances A. Cutter. They have four children. WALTER, N. C., and JOHN CALHOUN, twins; ZAZA A. and WILLIAM J. Not having a daughter, they adopted one, whom they call KATIE BOWEN. They reside on the farm settled in 1828 by Mrs. B.'s father, S. R. Cutter. It is two and a half miles northwest of Loami.

E., Elizabeth C., William Z.

ISABEL A., born Dec. 26, 1836, married in 1855, to Charles W. Fisher. They had five children, MARY E., NANCY E., ELIZABETH C., WILLIAM Z. and JOHN N. Mrs. F. and her children reside three miles west of Loami.

Mrs. Sarah Bowen died Sept. 28, 1860, and Zaza Bowen was married, Sept. 17, 1863, to Mrs. Lydia M. Light, whose maiden name was Patterson. They reside three miles west of Loami, on the farm where he settled in 1836. Zaza Bowen remembers Springfield when it was a collection of round log huts, covered with clapboards held on by weight poles. He remembers seeing the jail covered with a stack of hay.

BOWLING, JAMES, was born March 8, 1790, in Fauquier county, Va., was taken by his parents to Tennessee when he was nine years old, and from there to Logan county, Ky., in 1808. He was there married, Oct. 17, 1817, to Margaret Jones, who was born Nov. 18, 1793, in Mercer county, Ky. James Bowling and wife left, the day after their marriage, for Bond county, 111. They moved on horseback, each riding a horse and leading a pack horse, to carry their goods. One child was born in Bond county, 111., and they moved to Sangamon county, arriving in 1819, in what is now Rochester township, on the farm now owned by R. P. Abel, adjoining Rochester on the west. In 1830 they moved one mile north. They had six children in Sangamon county. Of their seven children -

1844, to Daniel Barr. They had three children. JAMES THOMAS married Elizabeth Atkinson. They had two children, LOUIE and MATTIE, and Mr. Bandied, March 13, 1875, leaving his widow and children in Rochester. MARGARET E., born Oct. 16, 1846, married Samuel West. See his name. CHAS. E. born August 18, 1850, married, Dec. 2,

JOHN P., born Jan. 12, 1822, in Sangamon county, was married Oct. 14, 1846, in Green county, to Maria Lorton. They had three children. Their second child, SARAH M., died at Mt. Auburn in 1854, in her fourth year. WILLIAM K. was born Jan. i, 1849, and married August 27,

1874, to Alice Jernigan, who was born in Greenville, Ky., and resides near Virden, 111. JAMES R., born Aug. 10, 1859, resides with his parents, near Virden, 111.

1845, to Abraham E. Nickolls. He had previously been married, and had two children. They had seven children, and - Mrs. Nickolls "died, Feb. 28, 1867, Of their children, ANDREW T. resides at Rochester, 111. MARGARET A. married William Morgan,1 and resides near Mt. Auburn. EMILY S. married John Shewmaker, and resides near Decatur. MARY J. married William Murphy, and resides at Topeka, Kansas. ELIZABETH A. married Wm. Meek, and resides at Central City, Colorado. JAMES B. and ELVIRA M. reside with their father, at Kingsville, Kansas.

JANE A., born Oct. 6, 1826, adjoining Rochester on the west. She was married, Feb. 2, 1854, to John Cassity, who was born Jan. 12, 1821, in Bourbon coun- , ty, Ky., and came to Sangamon county in the fall of 1830. They had five children, three of whom died in infancy. WILLIAM, born May 4, 1857, and FRANK, born March 21, 1867, reside with their parents, in Rochester, within 200 yards of where Mrs. Cassity was born.

ARMIZA T., born Jan. 30, 1830, in Sangamon county, was married, Mar. 10, 1853, to John S. Highmore, who was born Sept. 22, 1828, in Somersetshire, England. He came to America in 1849, and to Sangamon county in March, 1850. They had two children. LAURA, born Jan. 27, 1854, married John F. Miller, (see his name^) and resides in Edinburg. AR-* MIZA resides with her aunt, Jane A. Cassity, who brought her up. Mrs. Highmore died August 27, iS=;6, and Mr. Highmore was married March, 1860, to Mary A. Cloyd. See name of Cloyd. They had three children, and Mrs. H. died, and Mr. Highmore was married the third time, to Mrs. Mary Price, widow of Dr. Price, who was born in Virginia. They reside in Rochester. He has been a member of the county board of supervisors from 1863 to 1867, and from 1872 to 1875.

BOYD, JOHN, was born Feb. 13, 1777, in Pennsylvania, and went to Botetourt county, Va., when a young man. Susannah Hiner was born Dec. 22, 1780, in Botetourt county, Va., and they were there married June 26, 1802. Two children were born in Virginia, and they moved to Franklin county, O., about 1806, where six children were born. The family then moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1819 in what is now Ball township, where one child was born. Mr. Boyd was a millwright, and his services were in great demand. In the fall of 1830 he was at work on a mill on the Sangamon river north of Rochester, known afterwards as Baker and Darling's mill. Wishing to visit his family, and having some business at Springfield, he went there first, and then started home. A heavy sleet was falling at the time, which proved to be the precursor of the deep snow. The walking was laborious, and the next day his body was found by his neighbor, Christopher Newcomer. It was six miles southeast of Springfield, on what is now the farm of William Southwick. He was found just as the snow began to fall, and if he had lain another day would not have been seen until spring. Of his children -

HANNAH, born in Botetourt county, Va., was married in Sangamon county, 111., to John Dillon. They botii died near the town of Dillon, in Tazewell county, leaving six children residing there. JESSE went to Arkansas, married and died there. SUSANNAH was married Aug. 24, 1848, to Joseph Meredith, and died Dec. 24, 1868, in Christian county. MARY -married Timothy Larramore, and resides near Tremont, Tazewell county, 111. WILLIAM died in Sangamon county. JANE resides with her sister Mary. DANIEL served four years in an Illinois regiment, and died in Tazewell county. JOHN married, and resides in Iroquois county, 111. ISAAC died in the Union army.

JA C OB, born Oct. 30, 1 807, near Columbus, O., married in Sangamon county, 111., Sept i, 1833, to Rebecca Royal. They had nine children in Sangamon county. JOHN T., born in 1835, married Sarah E. Clayton. They had two children, GEORGE E. and EMERY A., and Mr. B. died April 5, 1874, in Taylorville. WILLIAM H., born May i, 1837, was married March 31, 1859, to Mary A. Vigal. They have one daughter, FRANCES D., and reside in Cotton Hill township, between Brush and Horse creeks. GEORGE B., born Dec. 25, 1839, enlisted Aug., 1862, in Co. E, 114 111. Inf., for three years; served full time, and was honorably discharged at Springfield. He married Harriet Williams. They have three children, CLARENCE E., SUSAN R. and PHCKBE c., and reside in Cotton Hill township. MARY married Alonzo Sparks. They have two children, MAUD and RAY, and reside near Girard, Kan. SUSAN married Harvey Alexander. They have four children, CHARLES M., JACOB w., LULIE M., and HATTIE E., and reside near Girard, Kan. JAMES O. served in Co. I, 7th 111. Inf., from Feb., 1865, to the close of the rebellion. He married Marietta Reed. They had two children, REBECCA j. and JESSE M., and reside in Cotton Hill township. SARAH J. married Elijah D. Lawley. See his name. They have two children, LOUIS E. and FREDERICK G. DAVIS O. married Sarah A. Campbell. They have two children, OLIVE and CLARA A., and reside in Cotton Hill township. VINCENT C. died Aug. 22, 1871, in his eighteenth year. Jacob Boyd and his wife reside in Cotton Hill township.

JOHN, born Aug. 5, 1811, in Ohio, married in Iowa to Elizabeth Dyer. They reside near Ozark, Jackson county, Iowa. He was a soldier from Sangamon county in the Black Hawk war, and served in an Iowa regiment during the rebellion.

JOSEPH, born April i, 1816, in Ohio, brought up in Sangamon county, was married in Iowa to Anna Ray. He enlisted in an Iowa regiment, and died at Louisville, Ky., leaving a widow and three children near Ozark, Iowa.

BOYER, WILLIAM T., was born April 4, 1817, in Adair county, Ky. Sarah A.Jackson was born Dec. 7, 1820, in the same county. They were married Oct. 24, 1839, near Franklin, Morgan county, 111. They had one child in Morgan county, and moved to what is now New Berlin township, arriving in 1840. They had ten children in Sangamon county. Four of their children died under ten years. Of the other six children -

SARAH A., born Oct. 19, 1843, in Sangamon county, married March 14, 1867, to John Mitchell. They had four children, EMMA M. and LAURA A. died under five years. RHODA E. and ANNIE, and reside in Talkington township, seven miles west of Auburn.

]\IART F., born Sept. 8, 1845, in Sangamon county, married, March 30, 1863, to John H. Cox. They have three children, WILLIAM H., GEORGE W. and CHARLEY, and reside near Franklin, Morgan county.

ELIZA J., born March H, 1851, married William A. Young, Nov. u, 1869, have one child, IN A, and reside in Talkington township, six and a quarter miles west of Auburn.

Bozarth, William

BOZARTH, WILLIAM H., was born about 1796, in Grayson county, Ky. Elizabeth Stewart was born in 1797, in the same county, and they were there married in 1819. They had four children born in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., in Oct., 1825, on Spring creek, west of Springfield about two and a half miles. Mr. Bozarth was killed by a fall from a horse in December following, only two months after coming to the county. His widow returned to Kentucky, was there married to Rawley Martin, returned to Sangamon county in the fall of 1830, and settled on .Lick creek. In 1840 Mr. .Martin moved to Warren county, lo.wa. Of the four Bozarth children -

ELI L., born in Grayson county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Artelia Peddicord. They had five children. ARMINDA and MINERVA P. died young. Eli L. Bozarth died Oct. 29, 1868. His son, WILLIAM W., was drowned in Sugar creek, April 21, 1869. The other two children, VIOLA E. and PHCEBE, reside with their mother at the house of her father, Jonathan Peddecord, in Ball township.

Bradford, James

county, Ky., when he was twelve years old. His commencement in business was trading down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. He was married July 4, 1820, at Port Gibson, Miss., to Ann E. Barnes, who was born Sept. 10, 1802, in North Carolina, and in 1807 was taken by her parents to Mississippi, where they settled. She was educated at Port Gibson in a French Catholic convent. After a residence of three years there, they moved to Scott county, Ky., where they remained one year, and moved to Franklin county, near Frankfort, and within three miles of Dick Johnson's Indian school. They had four children in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1834, in what is now Gardner township. Of their four children -

THOMAS A., born August 2, 1821, at Port Gibson, Miss., brought by his parents to Sangamon county, was educated at McKendree College, Lebanon, 111., graduated at that institution, and was married in Lebanon to Jane Baker. He went to Missouri and there enlisted in Co. B., Col. Doniphan's regiment, and marched overland to Mexico, in 1846. Col. Doniphan had orders, on arriving at Chihuahua, to report to Gen. Wool. He was unable to learn the whereabouts of Gen. Wool, and Thomas A. Bradford was one of six men who volunteered to carry through the dispatches, which they delivered to Gen. Wool at Saltillo, having gone the distance of three hundred miles, through an enemy's country, without the loss of a man. He was, with John Calhoun, engaged in the survey of public lands for the U. S. Government, and died Dec. 25, 1856, near Wyandotte, Kan., his wife and only child having died before.

ELIZABETH E., born July 31, 1823, in Scott county, Ky., was married in Sangamon county, May 24, 1840, to David Madison. He died two years later, leaving a son, JAMES B., who died at fourteen years of age. Mrs. Madison resides near Bradfordton, Sangamon county.

SUSAN, born May 25, 1825, in Kentucky, married June n, 1858, in Sangamon county, to William G. Hawkins, who was born Sept. 14, 1827, in Boone county, Ky., but resided in St. Louis at the time of his marriage. They live in Sangamon county.

MARTHA A., born May 26, 1832, in Kentucky, died while attending school in Springfield, August, 1848. Mrs. Ann E. Bradford died in Sangamon county, July 8, 1835, and James M. Bradford was married, Dec. 27, 1836, to Arsenath Talbott. They had six children in Sangamon county, one of whom died in infancy. Of the other five children -

WILLIAM T., born June S, 1838, was married Oct. i, 1861, to Grizella A. Parkinson. They had six children. The eldest, JAMES, and the fifth one, SUE H., died under three years. ELIZABETH A., THOMAS P., LAURA M. and WILLIAM A., reside with their parents, in Gardner township.

EDWARD T., born May 19, 1850, was married, Feb. 17, 1870, to Carrie M. VanPatten. They have one child, EDWARD M., and reside at Bradfordton. James M. Bradford died March 3, 1852, and his widow resided on the farm which has become Bi'adfordton, on the Ohio and Mississippi railroad, until April, 1874, when she moved to Springfield, and lives on north fifth street. James M. Bradford was a soldier in the war of 1812, from Scott county, Ky. He served one term in the General Assembly of Illinois, elected in the fall of 1840.

BRADFORD, JOHN S., was born June 9, 1815, in Philadelphia, Pa. His father was a native of Delaware, and died in Philadelphia in 1816. John S. learned the trade of a book-binder in his native city, and in 1835 started on foot for the City of Mexico. He walked to Pittsburg, thence to Cincinnati by steamboat, from there to Dayton, O., and Richmond, Incl., working at his trade in all the places he passed through. At Richmond he was induced, in 1837, to join a corps of United States engineers who were then engaged in constructing what was called the National Road. It was a wagon road, built at the expense of the United - States government. The law authorizing its construction was enacted when the Democratic party was in power, with one of its cardinal tenets: opposition to all internal improvements by the government; but President Jackson favored this because it was a military necessity. The road commenced at Cumberland, Md., crossed the Ohio river at Steubenville, passed through Columbus, O., Richmond, Indianapolis and Terre Haute, Ind., thence to Vandalia, 111. At the latter point a determined contest arose between the people of the States of Illinois and Missouri, whether the point for crossing the Mississippi river should be Alton or St. Louis, the contestants fully believing that the future great city of the Mississippi valley depended on the decision of that question. Before it was settled the public mind became interested in railroads, and the National Road ended at Vandalia. The corps of engineers disbanded at the latter point. The State capital was then in transit from Vandalia to Springfield, and Mr. Bradford came here, arriving December,' 1840. In the spring of 1841 he bought the interest of Mr. Burchell in the book-bindery of Burchell and Johnson, and became one of the firm of Johnson and Bradford.

John S. Bradford was married July 15, 1841, in Brandenburg, Ky., to Adaline M. Semple, who was born O.ct., 1817, in Cumberland county, Ky. He.r brother, Hon. James Semple, was at that time Charge de Affaires to New Grenada, afterwards United States Senator from Illinois, and still later one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the State.

Soon after coming to Springfield, J. S. Bradford became Lieutenant in the " Springfield Cadets. " They were ordered to Nauvoo by Gov. Ford in 1845, serving two months in the " Mormon war. " In 1846 Mr. Bradford enlisted in Co. A, 4th 111. Inf., under Col. E. D. Baker, and was appointed Quartermaster by Gov. Ford. As such he accompanied the regiment to Mexico, where he started to go twelve years before with a bookbinder's outfit. After his arrival in Mexico he was commissioned as commissary in the United States army. He was at the bombardment and capture of Vera Cruz, battle of Cerro Gordo and others, returning with the regiment to Springfield in 1847. The result of that war securing to us California and the discovery of gold,

Mr. Bradford started from Springfield Jan. i, 1849, by the Isthmus of Panama to California, and was eighty-seven days on the Pacific ocean, reaching San Francisco May 20, 1849. He made Benicia his headquarters, and when the military commander of the department- of the Pacific ordered a government to be formed for a new State, Mr. Bradford was elected to represent the district bounded by Oregon on the north, Sacramento river on the east, Bay of San Francisco on the south, and the Pacific ocean on the west. That Legislature organized the State without ever having gone through a territorial probation, and divided it into counties. Mr. Bradford was elected in 1850 to represent a district composed of the five counties of Solano, Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino and Marin, being a portion of the district he represented in the first Legislature. His family resided in Springfield, and he retained his business relations with Mr. Johnson also. He returned to Springfield in 1851, and since that has served the county of Sangamon, in 1857, as Superintendent of Public Instruction ; was one of the Commissioners to divide the county into townships and name them, served the city of Springfield as Treasurer, Alderman and Mayor. When Illinois was calied on for 6,000 of the 75,000 men to meet the rebels, Mr. Bradford was appointed by Gov. Yates as commissary, with the rank of Lieutenant- Colonel, his commission bearing date April 16, 1861, being the first commission issued by Gov. Yates in connection with the war to suppress the rebellion. He prepared quarters for the first soldiers rendezvoused by the State, and called it Camp Yates.

J. S. Bradford severed his connection with the firm of Johnson & Bradford in 1869, and opened a book store in Springfield, which he sold out in 1873, and moved to Aberdeen, Miss., returning to Springfield in Nov., 1875, where he now resides.

BRADLEY, TERRY, was born in Rutherford county, North Carolina, and married there to Chloe Elliott, a sister to Andrew Elliott. See his name. They had eleven children born in Rutherford county, N. C., and moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in what is now Gardner township, south of Spring creek, in 1834. Of their children -

1840, married March 6, 1862, to Mary Rannebarger, who was born Jan. 13,1842, near Columbus, O. They had three children. ELLA j. died, aged two years. EDWARD E. and LOTTIE B. reside with their parents, seven miles west of Springfield. THOMAS LEVI and JOHN ELI, twins, born Nov. 22, 1842. THOMAS L., married Nov. 24, 1864, to Hannah J. Smith, have two children, and reside in Curran township. JOHN E., married July 9, 1868, to Nancy A. Sims, had one child, HIRAM j., and she died April, 1869. He was married Dec. 16, 1869, to Sarah O'Hara, and reside at Philadelphia, Cass county, 111. Simmons Bradley died Nov. 18, 1866, and his widow resides seven miles west of Springfield.

WILLIAM, born March 26, 1812, in Rutherford county, N. C., and came with his parents to Sangamon county in 1834. He was married Aug., 1846, in Jasper county, Mo., to Elizabeth Ragan, a native of Kentucky. They came to Sangamon county and had six children, one of whom died young. In 1857 they returned to Missouri, where two children were born. Of the seven children, three are married ; MOLLIE, the third child, born in Sangamon courrty, and married in Missouri, July 4, 1875, to J. J. Gates, a native of Pike county, 111. William Bradley died Dec. 13, 1875. His widow and seven children, married and unmarried, reside near Carthage, Jasper county, Mo.

SARAH, born in North Carolina, married in Sangamon county to Caleb Darden. They had three children. Their son THOMAS was a soldier in an Illinois regiment, and died at Memphis, Tenn. The entire family are dead.

WINNIE, born in North Carolina, married in Sangamon county to William Brundage. They had three children, and moved to Dallas county, Tex., in 1854.

RICHARD, born in Rutherford county, N. C., came with his parents to Sangamon county, was married about 1844 *° Mary A. Baldwin. They had four children born in Sangamon county. Mrs. B. died Sept. 10, 1852, and the youngest child died soon after. Mr. B. moved in the fall of 1866, with his three children, to Kansas. Of his children, RICHARD J., born Dec. 8, 1845, m Sangamon county; SARAH C., born Feb. 9, 1848, in Sangamon county, married in 1870, in Kansas, to Franklin Campbell, and has one child, MARY E. WILLIAM B., born in Sangamon county. Richard Bradley and his three children reside near Fredonia, Wilson county, Kan.

RHODA, born in North Carolina, married in Sangamon county to John Brundage, moved to Texas and died there, leaving two children, who reside in Kansas.

ELIZABETH, born in North Carolina, married in Sangamon county to Abraham Duff, son ot Charles Duff, resides since 1866 near Neodesha, Wilson county, Kan.

Bennett C., Anna, Elizabeth Louie, Walter L.,Laurietta

LEADBETTER, born March 17, . 1826, in Rutherford county, N. C., came with his parents in 1834 to Sangamon county, married April 22, 1856,10 Martha J. Archer. They have seven children, BENNETT C., ANNA, ELIZABETH, LOUIE, WALTER L.,LAURIETTA and JACKSON, and reside four and a half miles west of Springfield, on the farm settled by his father in 1834.

BRANCH, EDWARD, was born Dec., 1795, in Virginia, and when he was a child his parents moved to that part of Bourbon, which afterwards became Nicholas, county, Ky. He was there married Dec. 2, 1818, to Rebecca Cassity. They had four children in Kentucky, and the family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving late in Oct., 1830, in what is now Rochester township, where they had two children. Of their six children -

MARY J., born April 22, 1824, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Robert Archer, son of Moses. See his name. He died April, 1872, leaving a widow and three daughters near Grove City, Christian county.

BRANSON, JOHN, was born Jan. 12, 1 764, in North Carolina. He emigrated, when a young man^to the vicinity of Charleston, S. C., and married Sarah Jones. They had six children in South -Carolina, and moved to Ross county, O. From there to the vicinity of Xenia, Green county, Ohio, before the Indians had entirely left. They had five children there. Some of the elder children married and remained in Ohio, but Mr. Branson with the younger members of his family, moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Oct., 1822, in what is now Fancy Creek township. Of all his children -

ELI, born in South Carolina, married three times, died, leaving a family in Fulton county. His son, CALVIN, resides near Ipava, Fulton county.

WILLIAM, born Jan. 9, 1791, in North Carolina, and was taken by his parents to South Carolina, in 1793. In 1811 the family moved to Chilicothe, Ohio, where he was married to Sally M. Graves, in 1815. He moved to Indiana, and from there to Sangamon county, 111., about the time his father came ; moved to Galena, and from there to DeWitt county, 111. They had seven children, and Mrs. Sally M. Branson died May 10, 1840, in DeWitt county. In December, 1840, he was married to Martha Cooper^ in Sangamon county. In March, 1847, he moved to Sangamon county, and March 28, 1848, he started overland with his family and arrived Sept. 15, 1848, in Polk county, Oregon. He had eight children by the second marriage. He died Nov. 16, 1860. His widow married Michael Shelley, and dfed Dec. 24, 1868, near Independence, Polk county, Oregon. Nearly all the descendents of William Branson reside in the vicinity of Sheridan, Yamhill county, Oregon. His son, B. B. BRANSON, Jun., born Sept. 4, 1830, went with his father to Oregon, in 1848, married there, Sept. 15, 1854, to Eliza' E. Dickey, who was born Jan. 19, 1834, in Tenn. They have eight living children. SARAH A., born July 3, 1855, married Nov. 6, 1873, to C. O. Burgess, and resides near Sheridan. JOSEPHINE, ELIZA JANE, EPHRIAM

N., Elnora Sherman, Laura V., Ida M.

CA THARINE, born in South Carolina, married in Green county, Ohio, to Frederick Stipp. They came to Sangamon county, and two of their daughters reside in Springfield, namely: Mrs. Wood and Mrs. Moody. Mr. and Mrs. Stipp died several years since.

KEZIAH, born in South Carolina, married in Green county, Ohio, to Jesse Sutton. They came to Sangamon county in 1823, moved to Iowa, and both died, leaving several children in VanBuren county, Iowa.

JOHN, Jun., born Oct. 15, 1795, near Charleston, S. C. He was a teamster from Ohio during the war of 1812, and has a crippled hand from an injury re ceived while on duty. He was married, Sept. 12, 1817, in Clarke county, Ohio, to Ann Cantrall, daughter of Zebulon Cantrail, who was a brother of William G., Levi and Wyatt. They had one child, ZEBULON, born June 20, 1818, in Clarke county, Ohio, married August, 1840, in Sangamon county, to Rachel Braugher, and soon after moved to Fulton county, where five children were born, namely:

ZEBULON, jun. Zebulon Branson enlisted in the K>3d 111. Inf. for three yeare, in 1862. He was ist Lieut., and was killed June 27, 1864, while leading his company in a charge on the rebel fortifications at Kennesaw Mountain. His family reside near Ipava, Fulton county. Mrs. Ann Branson died, and JOHN Branson was married, Sept. 12, 1822, in Champaign county, Ohio, to Miriam Thomas. They had five children, namely: THOMAS and CATHATINE, twins, born Dec. i, 1823; THOMAS married, Feb. 4,1847, to Eliza C. Kiger, who was born March 13, 1830, in Winchester, Va. They had three children. MARIA T. died, aged ten years. CATHARINE w., born May 25, 1850, married March 25, 1869, to Thomas Neal. They had three children, namely : Charles TV., died in infancy ; Thomas and Coke reside with their parents, in Mitchel county, near Cawker City, Kansas. CHARLES, born March n, 1852, resides with his mother. Thomas Branson died March 5, 1864, and his widow resides eight miles northwest of Springfield. CATHARINE, the other twin, married Rev. Hardin Wallace. They have two children, namely: Mrs. E. M. Sharp, of Mason City, 111., and Mrs. Carlton Gatton, of Middletown, 111. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace reside at Bath, Mason county, 111. CAROLINE married Giles Woods. They have seven children, and reside near Waverly. MARIA married Samuel C. Woods. They have one child living, and Mrs. W. died, August 20, 1875. Mr. Woods resides near Waverly. EMILY married Rev. Joseph H. Hopkins. Thev had one child, and mother and child died in 1848, at Whitehall, 111. Mrs. Miriam Branson died, and John Branson married,

Nov. 8, 1840, to Mrs. Mary Humphreys, whose maiden name was McKinnie. They had two children. MINNIE married George P. Brahm. They had one son CLAUDE, and Mrs. B. died, May 17, 1872. Mr. Brahm, with his son, resides at Kinney, Logan county, 111. JOHN L. enlisted in 1862, for three years, in the I3th 111. Inf. Served about one year, and was discharged on account of physical disability. He married Nellie Cain. John Branson and wife reside one and a half miles northwest of Salisbury. He is in his eighty-first year.

THOMAS, born Feb., 1798, in South Carolina, was married Aug. 12, 1829, in Cla*k county, O., to Eleanor Thomas, and came to Sangamon county with his father in 1822. They had three children, and Mrs. B, died in Sangamon county Jan 24, 1840. Thomas Branson married Louisa Cole. They had five children, and in 1857 moved to Texas. Of Mr. B.'s children by the first marriage, ADALINE, born Oct. 9, 1833, was married Oct. 3, 1849, to W. S. Dunham, of Waynesville, DeWitt county, 111., where she died May 29, 1852. ALIDA, born Sept. 21, 1837, in Sangamon county, 111., is unmarried, and resides in Mansfield, Texas. REBECCA, born Nov. 30, 1839, in Saugamon county, married Lieut. Frank King, U. S. A., in Dallas county, Texas, Oct. 14, 1-862. Lieut. King was killed in Louisiana, May 8, 1864. Mrs. King was married Nov. 2, 1865, to Rev. D. D. Leech, in Dallas county, Texas, and she died Aug. 23, 1866, in Ellis county, Texas, leaving one child, FRANK K., born Aug. 22, 1866, in Ellis county, and resides with his aunt Alida, in Tarrant county, Texas.

Of the children of the second marriage, ELEANOR, born March 10, 1842, was married Dec. 24, 1862, to Samuel Uhl, of the 1 2th Texan Dragoons. They have five children, viz: SUE E., ADDIE c., LOUISA, CHARLES and ALMA, and reside in Dallas county. Texas. EMILY, born May 21, 1844, in Sangamon county, married April 10, 1867, to Thomas Uhl, in Dallas county, Texas. They have one child, WILLIAM s., and reside in Dallas county. THOMAS C., born April 27, 1848, in Sangamon county, 111., was married July i, 1875, to Virginia Hill, in Dallas county, where they now reside. BENJAMIN

L., born Oct. 7, 1850, in Sangamon county, is unmarried, and resides in Lancaster, Dallas county, Texas. AUGUSTA, born June 13, 1853, in Sangamon county, married Aug. 24, 1873, to F. Fox, and resides in Slate Spring, Miss. Thomas Branson died Oct. 21, 1864, and Mrs. Louisa Branson died July 5, 1865, both near Lancaster, Dallas county, Texas.

MART, born in Green county, O., married in Sangamon county, 111., Sept. 23, 1824, to Abraham Onstott. They have five children. Mrs. Onstott died June, 1875. The family reside in Clinton, BeWitt county.

BENJAMIN B., born Feb., 1810, in Ross county, O., married in Mechanicsburg, Sangamon county, 111., May, 1837, to Mary Thompson. They have two children, viz: HENRIETTA, born Aug. 27, 1839, on Fancy creek, Sangamon county, married in Mechanicsburg, Aug. 27, 1 86 1, to A. G. Barnes. See his name. HENRY, born Dec. 2, 1842, on Fancy creek, married June, 1867, in Jacksonville, 111., to Clara L. Lathrop. They have two children, and reside at Ottawa, Kan. Benj. B. Branson and wife reside in Jacksonville, 111.

NANCY, born June 4, 1806, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to Dr. Charles Winn, who was born Aug. 13, 1800, in Virginia. He received his medical education at Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky. He came to Sangamon county and practiced his profession on Fancy creek ; moved from there to Waynesville, 111., and from there to Springfield, O. They had seven children. GORILLA died Nov. 8, 1855, aged twenty-five years. BYRON died March 1 6, 1854, at McKendree College, in his twenty-first year. RICHARD D. died in St. Joseph, Mo., March 15, 1872, in his thirty-eighth year. CHARLES L., born Nov. 11, 1838, married July 22, 1859,511 Jackson county, Mo., and died, leaving a widow and two children in Kansas City. ROBERT B., born July n, 1840, resides in Chicago. EMMA H., born Dec. 29, 1842, near Springfield, O., married in Sangamon county to A. G. Pickrell. See his name. FLORENCE M., born June 12, 1846, near Springfield, O., married

William T. Hall. Sec his name. Dr. Charles L. Winn died Aug. 17, 1847, near Springfield, O., and Mrs. Nancy Winn died Nov. 4, 1852, at Columbus, Adams county, 111.

BRAUGHTpN, PETER, was born July 6, 1812, in Worcester county, Mass. His parents moved to Ross county, O., in 1816, and a few years later to Pickaway county, about ten miles south of Columbus. In 1836 Peter came to Springfield, 111., and soon after settled in what is now Williams township. He was married in Sangamon county Sept. 30, 1846, to Mary D. Utterback. They have four children, all born in Sangamon county, namely -

Susan E., Nanct A., Emilt

BRAUGHTON, JACOB, an elder brother to Peter, came with him to Sangamon county in 1836. He never married, but was engaged in farming for several years. He started overland to California, and died on the road, between 1850 and 1855.

Braughton, Willi Am

BRAUGHTON, WILLI AM, a brother to Jacob and Peter, came to Sangamon county in 1846, too late to be included as an early settler. He resides one and a half miles north of Barclay. His son Adam married into the family of Simeon Taylor. See his name.

BRAWNER, JOHN, a twin brother to William, was born Aug. 9, 799, in Maryland. His parents moved to Fayette county, Ky., when he was a child. He was married May 20, 1819, in Madison county, to Bethany Ball. Thev had four children in Kentucky, and moved, in connection with her mother, brothers and sisters, to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall' of 1829 in what is now Woodside township, where they had three children. Of their seven children -

NANCY, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to R. M. Thompson. They moved to Iowa, had nine children, and she died. Of their children, HENRY resides with his aunt, Mrs. J. B. Ogden.

JOHN was a soldier in an Iowa regiment, and died in the army. THOMAS E. served three years in the 55th 111. Inf., reenlisted, and served to the end of the rebellion. He is married, and resides in Alton. The other children are scattered.

ELI Z ABE TH A., born in Madison county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Thomas Knotts, have six living children, and reside in Ball township.

Brawner, William

BRAWNER, WILLIAM T. was born August 9, 1799, in Maryland. His father died when he was seven years old, and his mother moved to Madison county, Ky., when he was eighteen years old. He was there married, Dec. 25, 1822, to Elizabeth Ball. They had three children in Kentucky, and the family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in Oct., 1829, in what is now Curran township, where they had seven children, namely :

MAR Thorn Oct. 23, 1825, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to William C. Hillerman ; had six children, THOMAS A., JACOB, RUTH, HULDAH, FRANKLIN and MARY, and Mrs. Hillerman died, March 18, 1869, Mr. H. married in 1870 to Rebecca Drennan. They have one child, ANN E., and reside in Chatham.

Early Se Ttlers Of

JAMES H., born March 23, 1833, in Sangamon county, married Martha A. McGinnis. They have three children, SALLY, ROBERT S. and WILLIAM P., and reside in Chatham township.

WILLIAM M., born Sept. 27, 1840, in Sangamon county, married April 7, 1870, to Isabel Works, who was born August 12, 1847, in Owen county, Ky. They have one child, JOHN H., and reside in Curran township.

LE WIS B., born Jan. 20, 1843, in Sangamon county, married April 18, 1872, to Laura F. Tippitt, who was born Sept. 12, 1856, in Owen county, Ky. They .have one child, ELIZABETH, and reside in Curran township.

BRECKENRIDGE, PRESTON, was born Aug. 5, 1807, near Paris, Bourbon county, Ky. The name of Breckenridge originated in a singular manner. In one of the wars in Scotland between the Protestants and Roman Catholics, a family by the name of Mcllvain particpated on the side of the Protestants, who were defeated. Some of the Mcllvain brothers saved their lives by taking refuge under a low shrub, called brack, which grows on the ridges in the Highlands of Scotland. This circumstance so impressed them, that they determined to give themselves a new name, hence Brack-on-ridge. As Protestants, the Breckenridges took part in some of the wars in Ireland at a later period, in which the great, great grandfather of Preston was a leader. The Protestants being again defeated, two of the Breckenridge brothers fled to America. One of them settled in Pennsylvania, and the other in Virginia. Their first names are not preserved, but the descendants of the one who settled in Pennsylvania have retained the original spelling : Brackenridge. The brother who settled . in Virginia raised a family, among whom was one son Alexander, who had a son Robert, who had a son John, who had two sons, Robert Jefferson, known as the late Rev. R. J. Breckenridge, D. D., of Kentucky, and Joseph Cabell, the latter of whom was the father of John C. Breckenridge, ex-Vice- President of the United States. The first Alexander also had a son George, who had a son Alexander. He was twice married, and the eldest child by the second wife was Preston, whose name heads this sketch. Preston Preckenridge was married in Nicholas county, Ky., Nov. 17, 1827, to Catharine Moler, who was born in that county Aug. 30, 1804. They had four children born in Kentucky, and the family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Oct. 16, 1834, in what is now Cotton Hill township, east of Sangamon river, where eight children were born, one of whom died in infancy. Of their eleven children -

Elizabeth C., Mary A., Felix

ALEXANDER, born Oct. 31, 1828, in Nicholas county, Ky., married May 25, 1852, to Martha H. Barnhill, who was born Aug. 19, 1833, in Wayne county, 111. They had eight children, two of whom died in infancy. The other six, ELIZABETH C., MARY A., FELIX H., NANCY L., CHARLES A. and ROBERT CARROLL, reside with their parents, half a mile east of Breckenridge.

HUGH, born Dec. 9, 1829, in Kentucky, married Feb. 22, 1855, to Sarah M. Randolph, who was born June 20, 1837, in Logan county. They have two children, HERBERT C. and EDITH A. Hugh Breckenridge enlisted Oct. 10, 1861, in Co. B, loth 111. Cav., for three years; re-enlisted as a veteran Jan., 1864, served full term, and was honorably discharged Jan. 6, 1866, at Springfield. He resides at Breckenridge.

CORJVELIUS,\>oi-n March 12, 1831, in Kentucky, married Sept. 4, 1855, to Elizabeth L. Barnhill, who was born May 29, 1838, in Wayne county. They had five children, two of whom died in infancy. The other three, ELIZABETH F., WILLIAM R. and GEORGE E., reside with their parents near Brecken-

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JOSEPH, the last in Kentucky, born July 17, 1832, married M arch 28, 1855, to Sarah J. Matthew. They had two children; one died in infancy. The other, PRESTON, resides with his mother. Joseph Breckenridge enlisted Sept., 1862, in Co. E, H4th 111. Inf., for three years. He was taken sick at Camp Butler, and died at home, Nov. 29, 1862.

ELMORE, born Nov. 4, 1834, the first of the family born in Sangamon county, married Nov., 1857, to. Susannah Randolph, had six children, two died in infancy, and Mrs. B. died. The four children, LEANOR, MARY A., ELMER P. and SIMON F., live with their uncles and aunts in Missouri. He resides at Forest Citv, Neb.

CLEOPHAS, born Aug. 7, 1836, in .Sangamon county, enlisted Aug. 18, 1861, for three years, in Co. D, 33d 111. Inf. He was dangerously wounded at the siege of Vicksburg, but recovered, served to the end of his term, and was honorably discharged Oct. 18, 1864, at Springfield. He was married Jan. 30, 1868, to Lilian T. Cave. They have two children, INEZ and IDA, and reside with his father, three and a half miles west of Breckenridge.

CATHARINE* born June 19, 1838, in Sangamon county, married Jan. 30, 1856, to Simon P. Randolph. They had six children, three of whom died in infancy. The other three, PRESTON B., MAY and EDITH, reside with their parents at Seattle, Washington Ter.

ELIZABETH, married April, 1862, to James H. Abell. They had four children, EMMA J., WILLIAM A., JOHN P. and HENRY E., reside with their parents in Taylorville.

PRESTO A7, Jun.,born Dec. n, 1842, enlisted Aug., 1862, in Co. E, H4th 111. Inf., for three years; served full term; was honorably discharged at Vicksburg, Aug. 3, 1865; \v-as sick at the time, but returned home with his comrades, arriving at his father's house .on the 7th, and died the 8th of August, 1865, seventeen hours after his arrival.

to William Kamlage. They have three children living, LUCY J., ANNIE M. and WILLIAM, and reside at Lincoln, 111. Mrs. Catharine Breckenridge died Feb. 4, 1847, ant* Preston B. was married March 29, 1849, to Lucy Robb/ They had two children -

LUCY D., born Aug. 13, 1854, in Sangamon county, was married Oct. 13, 1874, to William H. Hunter, who was born Dec. 10, 1848, in Muskingum county, O. His grandfather, Charles Hunter, was born and married in Scotland; came to America, and settled in Muskingum county, O. His eldest son, William, was the father of William H. Hunter, the latter of whom, with his wife, reside in Cotton Hill township.

Mrs. Lucy Breckenridge died Nov. 18, 1854, and Preston Breckenridge resides on the farm settled by him in 1834. It is in the northeast corner of Cotton Hill township, three and a half miles west of Breckenridge.

Preston B.'s father was sixty-five years old when he was born. Their united ages to the present time (1876) is one hundred and thirty-four years. Preston Breckenridge was one of the representatives of Sangamon county in the State Legislature of 1851 and '2. Abraham Lincoln was a candidate before the convention, but Mr. B. beat him. Mr. B. was a member of the Sangamon county Board of Supervisors for 1873.

Preston Breckenridge remembers that the fall of 1834, when he came to the county, was dry, and continued dry through the winter; that May 12, 1835, a great rain storm set in, and rain continued to fall for about forty days and nights, which so seriously interfered with plowing and planting that but very light crops were put in. When the rain ceased, and hot weather set in, the stagnant water and decaying vegetation poisoned the- atmosphere, and chills and bilious diseases prevailed to such an extent that in many cases there were not enough well persons to take care of the sick and bury the dead. That year has ever since been spoken of as the wet and sickly summer and fall.

1835, '^ and '7, the wheat crop was a total failure, and wheat bread was so scarce that a hiscuit became an object of interest, so much that women would send them to the children when visiting took place between* the families.

The difficulty of obtaining food during the winter of 1835 anc^ '^ was verv great» there being nothing for bread in Central Illinois except frost-bitten corn. Good crops were raised in the southern part of the State, and those who could pay for it went there for corn. That is believed to have been the origin of calling the southern part of the State Egypt, and not because of any unusual darkness prevailing there.

BRIDGES, GEORGE, was born in 1793, in Montgomery county, Ky. He was married there in 1816, to Rebecca Lockridge. They had four children in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Nov. 3, 1835, *n wnat is now Ctirran township, eight miles south of Springfield, where they had five children. Of their children -

WILLIAM, born July 15, 1821, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, Sept. 2, 1852, to Mary E. White. The'y had two living children, HORACE W. and ALICE M., and Mrs. Mary E. Bridges died Sept. 17, 1871, and William Bridges was married in Feb., 1873, to Mrs. Helen Bird, whose maiden name was Ransom. The family moved west in Sept., 1873, and William Bridges died, Jan. 30, 1874, at Grass Valley, Nevada county, California, leaving his widow and two children there.

GEORGE H., born Nov. 14, 1840, in Sangamon county, married Nov. 22, 1860, in Sangamon county, to Rebecca Pyle, who was born in Sangamon county, July 6, 1850. They have four children, JOHN

L., and live in Springfield. ^ MARTIN born May 16, 1842, in vSangamon county. He enlisted August 15, 1862, in Co. B., ii4th 111. Inf., for three years. He was detailed as drummer at the organization of the regiment, promoted, Jan. I, 1865, to drum-major, and was honorably discharged, Aug. 15, 1865. He was married, Oct. 3, 1866, in Sangamon county, to Sarah E. Drennan. They have one child, DAVID JOSEPH, and reside near Woodside, on the farm where his parents settled in 1835.

BRIDGES, MILTON A., was born July 20, 1810, in Montgomery county, Ky. He was there married to Mary Foster, and had two children in Kentucky. The family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Sept. 25, 1833, in what is now Chatham township, preceding his brothers, George and William. They had two children in Sangamon county. Of their four children -

AMANDA M., born July 10, 1833, in Kentucky, married Robert Crowder. He died, leaving a widow and three children in Christian county, two "miles east of Pawnee.

CHARLES H., born Jan. 27, 1837, in Sangamon county, married to Frances A. Matthews. They had four children. MARY, the second child, died in her second year, JOSEPH M., MARSHALL and MONTE MAY, and reside in Illiopolis. Mr. Bridges is a merchant there.

Mrs. Mary Bridges died, and Milton A. Bridges married Mrs. Ellen H Hatchet, who had previously been Mrs. Trumbo, and whose maiden name was Hill. Milton A. Bridges and wife live in Pawnee.

BRIDGES, WILLIAM, was born May 5, 1793, in Montgon ery county, Ky. Isabella K. Lockridge was born in the same county, Nov. 10, 1796. They were there married, Julv 4, 1815, and had nine children in Kentucky. The family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving

MARILDA J., born Feb. 23, 1826, married Jacob C. Mitts. They had seven children, namely : WILLIAM, born Dec. 9, 1845, married Sarah Stroude, who was born August 24, 1844, in East Tennessee. They had two children, FRANK E. and WILLIAM j., and reside in Curran township, south of Lick creek. Of the other six children, COLUMBIA, died at eighteen years. HELEN V. and JAMES W. reside at the homestead, in Curran township. EMMA lives with her uncle, David Hermon. MARY and JOHN live with their aunt, Lucinda Neal. Mrs. Mitts died Nov. 6, 1862, and her husband died Nov. 12, 1865, both in Sangamon county.

LUCINDA, born Feb. 4, 1828, married June 14, 1849, to Erastus R. Whited. They had four children; two died young. ISABEL K. married, Dec. 29, 1869, to Jesse J. Martin. They have one child, JULIA M., and reside in Loami township. Mr. Martin was born Feb. 21, 1843, in Harrison county, West Va., enlisted Aug. 17, 1862, for three years, in i2th West Va. Inf. Served until the suppression of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged, June 16, 1863. FANNIE WHITED died Jan. 21, 1873, in the seventeenth year of her age. E. R. Whited died Jan. 4, 1860, and his widow married, April 8, 1862, to Stephen B. Neal. See his name.

JAMES M., born in Kentucky, Dec. 15, 1832, married Jan. 10, 1866, to Mary F. Drennan. They have three children, WILLIAM F., MARTHA A. and EVA MAY, and reside on the farm where his parents settled in 1835, in the southwest corner Woodside township.

WILLIS, born Oct. 20, 1836, in Sangamon county, enlisted in Co. B., ii4th 111. Inf., August, 1862, for three years. He was discharged on account of physical disability, in 1863, and died of disease contracted in the army, March 20, 1864, at home.

William Bridges died Jan. 3, 1873, and his widow died June 24, 1873, both on the farm where they settled in 1835. Mr. Bridges was a soldier from Kentucky in the war of 1812, and drew a pension to the end of his life.

The date of birth of William Bridges and his brother George indicates that they must have been twins, or there has been a mistake in giving me the dates.

BRIDGES, WILLIAM, wa* born April 28, 1787, in South Carolina. The family moved to Tennessee, and when William was a young man, to Green county, O. Martha Martin was born March 11, 1784, in Clarke county, Ky. She was the third child of her parents. When they had two children the family were, with many others of the settlers, in Strode's Station, for protection against the Indians. When the savages attacked that fortification, which terminated in its destruction, the men were in the fields. The women and children collected in one of the block-houses. The men finding the fort at the mercy of the Indians, thought it would be impossible to save their families, and each one looked out for his own personal safety. Mr. Henry Martin, of all the men, went alone to the blockhouse, and by his earnest entreaties induced them to open the door. He then compelled his wife, against her protestations, to accompany him with their two children, and they at once entered a cane brake, eluded the Indians, and thus saved their lives. One old lady followed them until they crossed a stream, and when she could travel no further, concealed herself in a cave until the danger passed. The fort was burned, and all the others were slain. Henry Martin remained in Kentucky until after the birth of his daughter Martha, when he moved with his family to Green county, O. William Bridges and Martha Martin were married near Xenia, and re- sided in that city until they had two children. Mr. Bridges served one year in the war with Great Britain, from the summer of 1812 to 1813. He then moved to Fayette county, Ind., where they had one child, and next moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving about 1824 in Buffalo Hart Grove. Of their three children -

SARAH, born Nov. 14, 1812, in Xenia, O., married in Sangamon county Feb. 12, 1829, to John Ridgeway, a cousin to Lindsay. See his name. He died, and she married Jonathan Constant. See his name.

MARGARET, born Feb. 15, 1816, in Xenia, O., married in Sangamon county to James Hill. They had two children. MARY M. married Mr. Harris, and reside at Staunton, Miami county, Kan. WILLIAM married Harriet Stafford, and reside at Clarksville. James Hill died April 17, 1844, and Mrs. Margaret Hill died Jan. 23, 1845.

William Bridges died March 12, 1833, and Mrs. Martha Bridges died Jan. 31, 1865, both in Sangamon county. They were not related to any other family of Bridges in the county.

BRITTIN, EVANS E., was born Oct. 28, 1791, in Bucks county, Pa. His father died when he was quite young. His mother, with her seven children, moved to Virginia, and from there to Ross county, O., in 1800. Evans E.was there married, Sept. 18, 1818, to Mary J. England. They had one child, and moved to what became Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the spring of 1820, in what is now Fancy creek township, where they had eight living children. Of their children -

STEPHEN, born Aug. 20, 1819, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to Jane McClelland. He died Nov. 28/1862, and she died in 1864, both in Sangamon county, leaving several children.

ELIJAH, born Nov. 12, 1825, in Sangamon county, married Martha Canterberry. He died March 5, 1873, leaving a widow and two children in Marion county, Iowa.

James

EVANS E., Jun.,born Nov. 26, 1829, married Melissa Peeler, had two children, and she died. He married Elizabeth Ridgeway. They have four children, and reside near Williamsville.

WASHINGTON, born July 4, 1832, married Eliza Mallory. He died, leaving one child, LAURA E., and his widow married Thomas Glascock. See his name.

E., Henry E., Albert L., Emma

HENRT, born Jan. 8, 1835, in Sangamon county, married Dec. 9, 1856, to Nancy Mallory. They had twelve children, six of whom died young. JOHN E., HENRY E., ALBERT L., EMMA N., WILLIAM A. and ROGER E., reside with their parents. Henry Brittin lives near Cantrall, on the farm settled by his father in 1820.

Eleanor

Mrs. Mary J. Brittin died Aug, n, 1846, and Evans E. Brittin resides with his children. He has twice been a pioneer. He remembers that when his mother's family moved to Ohio, they had to go into Kentucky, sometimes a hundred and fifty miles, for breadstuff. After raising grain, it was three years before they had a grist ground. All that time they beat hominy, and sifted out the finest for bread, or grated the corn and made bread in that way. Coming to Sangamon county was a renewal of that kind of life. St. Louis was the nearest point at which they could buy farming tools, salt and all other articles. For grinding meal and flour they went to the American bottom, east of St. Louis. Mr. Brittin has hauled wheat to Springfield and sold it for twenty-five cents per bushel, and has known corn to be hauled twenty-five miles and sold for six and a quarter cents per bushel in trade.

The Christian Church, organized May 15, 1820, the first in Sangamon county, built its first house of worship on Mr. Brittin's farm, near the present town of Cantrall.

BRITTON, BENJAMIN, was born June 2, 1797, in Virginia. When he was a" youth his parents moved to Franklin county, Ohio. He was there married, in April, 1816, to Elizabeth Brunk. She was a sister to George Brunk, and was born Oct. 13, 1800, in Franklin county, Ohio. They had four children in Ohio, and moved to Indiana in 1824, and from there to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in Oct., 1825, in what is now Cotton Hill township, where they had seven children. Of all their eleven children -

REBECCA, born in Franklin county, Ohio, married in Sangamon county, to Nathaniel Duncan. Mr. D. died, and his widow married Joel Vandever, and resides in Pana. See his name.

James I. Dozier relates an anecdote illustrative of life among the early settlers. He remembers that Benjamin Britton hired Nathaniel Duncan to haul a load of corn to Springfield, which would be a day's work for the team. The price agreed upon was $1.371^. Twenty bushels was all he could haul. Mr. Britton went along to do his own selling. Arriving there, with all his efforts, Jive cents per bushel was the highest price he could obtain. He sold the load, paid over the whole proceeds, $1.00, but how they settled the other thirtyseven and a half cents, he does not remember. That was in 1836.

HANNAH, born in Sangamon county, married Sterling Clack, moved to Nevada, Vernon county, Mo., where he died, leaving a widow and five children.

CAROLINE E., born June 6, 1834, in Sangamon county, married Geo. W. Spicer. See his name. He died, and she married Nathan Plummer, and resides in Cotton Hill township.

LORENZO D., born in Sangamon county, married Melissa Barfield. They had five children, and Mr. Britton died, Dec., 1872, leaving his widow and children near Clarkesdale, Christian county, Illinois.

BRITT, JOHN P., was born July 4, 1804, in Greenbrier county, Va. He came to Sangamon county in 1832, and was married, Dec. i, 1833, to Sarah B. Wilson, who was born Feb. 17, 1815, in Union county, Ky. They had five living children, namely:

MART J., born August 24, 1840, in Springfield, married Feb. 19, 1868, to John G. English. They have two children, GRACE and PEARL, and reside near Taylorville, 111.

JOHN W., born Oct. 22, 1842, in Hancock county, was married, August 17, 1862, in Springfield, to Caroline Haines. She died, and he went to China. He returned to America, and was last heard from in California.

SARAH H., born Jan. 21, 1849, m Springfield, was married March 18, 1868, in her native city, to John Branch Gilliland, who was born Feb. 29, 1848, in Decatur, Ala. They have two living children, ALICE BELLE and MARY JOSEPHINE, and reside in Springfield. Mr. G. is a printer, and has been ten years employed in the Journal office. His father, Wm. A. Gilliland, is a printer in the Register office.

John P. Bntt died July 7, 1852, in Springfield, and his widow married Wm. B. Yeamans, who died August 30, 1860, and she married, Jan. 19, 1863, to Larkin Bryan, who died in 1874, and Mrs. Sarah B. Bryan resides in Springfield.

Obadiah and William Britt, brothers to John P., came to Sangamon county, and a few years later moved to Bureau county, 111. Mrs. Jemima Britt, mother of the three brothers, came with them to Sangamon county, and went with two of them to Bureau county, where she lost her life by falling from a wagon and the wheels passing over her.

Broadwell, Josiah

was born July 14, 1795, in Morris county, N. J. His father, Simeon Broadwell, was a brother to Moses Broadwell, represented in this book. A cousin to Moses and Simeon - Baxter Broadwell - was the father of Judge Norman M. Broadwell, of Springfield, a sketch of whom may be found in connection with the name of his father-in-law, Washington lies. Josiah Broadwell went to Dayton, O., in 1815, and married near the city May 31, 1827, to Priscilla Custid. She died, leaving one child. Mr. B. married the second time in Dayton, Jan. 13, 1835, to Ann Comfort Custer. She died June 5, 1836, without children. Josiah Broadwell came to Sangamon county about 1840, bringing his only son -

OLIVER, \v\\o remained two or three years in Sangamon county, went to Iowa, married there to Rachel Pearson. They had six children, and he died May 12, 1873, at Pleasant Hill, Saline county, Neb. His widow and children reside there.

Josiah Broadwell was married in Sangamon county, Oct. 25, 1842, to Mrs. Rachel L. Moore, whose maiden name was Mc- Carty. They had five children, two of whom died young -

CTRUS .P., born March 16, 1846, in Sangamon county. He was married Sept. i, 1867, in Denver, Col., to Ella Goff, who was born Oct. 18, 1850, in St. Louis, Mo. They have four children. GEORGE W., born June 13, 1868, in Sangamon county;

DELIA E., born April 9, 1872 - the two latter in Missouri - and CLINTON, born Feb. 24, 1874, near Guide Rock, Webster county, Neb., where the family now reside.

Broadwell, Moses

BROADWELL, MOSES, was born Nov. 14, 1764, near Elizabethtown, N. J. Jane Broadwell was born Feb. 6, 1767, in the same neighborhood, and was Moses' second cousin. They were there married Nov. 5, 1788, and soon after moved to Hamilton county, O., to a fort situated where Columbia now stands, five miles above Cincinnati. In 1804 they moved to Clermont county, O. They had twelve children in Ohio, three of whom died young. They moved in a keel boat from Cincinnati to St. Louis in the spring of 1819, and the next spring came up the Illinois river on a steamboat, said to have been the first that ever ascended the latter stream. They landed at Beardstown in June, 1820, and came to Sangamon county in the latter part of June or early in July of that year, settling on the south side of Richland creek, about one mile east of where Pleasant Plains now stands. Of their nine children -

MARY, born April 27, 1791, in New Jersey, was married Dec. 19, 1807, to Henry S. Sweet, a native of New York. They had one child, and all the family died.

SARAH, born Feb. 16, 1796, in Ohio, was married in Sangamon county, in 1837, to David Van Eaton. They had no family, and she is now a widow, residing with her niece, Mrs. A. B. Irwin.

JOHN B., born Sept. 27, 1797, in Hamilton county, O., was married March 29, 1817, in same county, to Betsy Pratt. They had one child at that place, and moved with his father to St. Louis, where one child was born, and from there to Sangamon county, arriving in Dec., 1819, on the south side of Richland creek, one mile east of where Pleasant Plains now stands, where one child was born. Of their three children, JANE S., born Dec. 19, 1817, in Clermont county, O., married in Sangamon county to John S. Seaman. They had six living children. JONATHAN went to New Orleans in 1857 with a drove of horses. He sold out, and expected to leave for home in a few days, but his friends never heard of him afterwards. DANIEL married in Indiana, moved to Iowa, and died May 28, 1871, in Michigan, while on his way to Mineral Springs for his health. WILLIAM enlisted at Springfield, in 1861, in what became the nth Mo. Inf., for three years. Both his lower limbs were broken by a falling tree, while he was lying sick in tent; one limb was amputated. He went to Iowa, married, had one child, and his wife died. He resides near Jefferson, Green county, la. ISAAC was a sergeant in the 64th 111. Inf. Served three years, re-enlisted as a veter- an, served to the end of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged, and resides near Jefferson, Iowa. CHARLES was a Union soldier in two Illinois regiments; served out his enlistments with honor, and resides near Fredonia, Kan. CALISTA married Charles R. Pratt, and resides near Fredonia. John Seaman died in 1850, and his widow married Alexander B. Irwin. See his name. CINTHELIA, born Oct. 17, 1819, in St. Louis, was married in Sangamon county, 111., to Alexander B. Irwin. See his name. DANIEL P., born Sept. 17, 1821, in Sangamon county, was married to Irene Holcomb. They had six children born in Sangamon county. EMMA c. married in Springfield to Benjamin Trumbull, and resides in Emporia, Kan. ALONZO was married March 6, 1874, in Bloomington, 111., to Clara Furrow, and resides in Denver, Col. WILLIS married in Springfield to Sophronia Burge, and resides in Emporia, Kan. CHARLES resides near Pleasant Plains. HERBERT and ETTA reside with their father. Daniel P. Broad well moved to Topeka, Kan., thence to Emporia, Kan., where Mrs. B. died, Dec. 25, 1869. Mr. B. married Mrs. Mary Kingston, and resides near Emporia. Mrs. Betsy Broadwell died Sept. 30, 1823, and John B. Broadwell was married March 10, 1825, to Elizabeth King, sister of John and Jeremiah King. They had six children. WILLIAM married Cynthia McMurphy, and died, leaving a widow and three children in Sangamon county. They reside in California. MOSES J., born March 6, 1827, was married in Iowa to Mary A. Cann, in Sept., 1862. They reside "in Denver, Col. MARTHA married William Macon, and died in California. HARRIET married A. Poppeno, and died, leaving three children in Sangamon county. FRANCIS M., born May 15, 1836, in Sangamon county, was married in Davis county, Iowa, to Sarah Allen, moved to Denver, Col., and died there. HENRY C. is on the Pacific coast. Mrs. Elizabeth Broadwell died July 23, 1840, in Sangamon county, and John B. Broadwell resides partly near Fredonia, Kan., and with his daughter, Mrs. Irwin, in Sangamon county.

Stevenson. They had one son, WILLIAM B., born Jan. 3, 1825, in Sangamon county. He laid out the town of Broadwell, in Logan county. He was married, and resides in Hutchinson, Reno county, Kan. William Broadwell was killed at Old Sangamo, in Sangamon county, 111., Nov. 22, 1824, while assisting in raising a barn. His widow married Richard Latham. See his name.

1825, in Sangamon county, to Ellen Carman, daughter of Jacob Carman. They had eight children, JACOB, SILAS, RACHEL, HELEN, ADELIA, MARGARET and MARY A. The latter married A. P. Brereton, and resides in Pekin. Charles Broadwell moved to Pekin, and died in 1854. His widow resides there.

EUCLID, born Oct. 7, 1809, in Clermont county, O., was married in Sangarnon county Dec. 12, 1833, to Laura Farrington. They had eight children, some died young, and the family moved to Iowa. LOUISA, born Aug. 27, 1836, was married Feb. 21, 1 86 1, in Van Buren county, Iowa, to D. S. Jamison, who was born Aug. 25, 1822, in Westmoreland county, Pa. They have four children, ELSWORTH, CORA, SHERMAN and BOB. They reside at Keosauqua, Van Buren county, Iowa. ROSALINE, born March i, 1839, was married Feb. 16, 1860, to Rev. J. W. Roe. They had six children, ALLEN,