Sangamon County, Illinois - The whole text, 1876 (part 8 of 31)

Pleasant Plains. WILLIAM T. died Feb. 22, 1869, in his twenty-third year. MADISON N. resides west. CAROLINE E., HENRY D. and EDWARD P. reside with their mother. Henry Smith died March 20, 1873, and his family reside at Pleasant Plains.

CAROLINE M., born Sept. 9, 1826, in Sangamon county, married August 30, 1848, to Rev. Benjamin Newman. They had one child, PETER C., who married and resides at Mattoon. Mrs. C. M. Newman died May 23, 1853.

ARMINDA F., born Oct. 3, 1828, in Sangamon county, married Aug. 30, 1848, to Rev. Levi C. Pitner. They have one son, LEE PITNER, and reside at Evanston, 111.

Rev. Peter Cartwright, D. D., died Sept. 25, 1872, and his widow died Feb. 7, 1876, both near Pleasant Plains, Sangamon county, where they settled in 1824. Mr. Cartwright had been a member of the M. E. Church more than seventy-one years, a preacher nearly three score and ten years, and a Presiding Elder more than half a century. To attempt a description of the man and his labors would be useless in a sketch like this. Nothing but his own " Autobiography " and "Fifty Years a Presiding Elder" could do justice to the subject. His system of theology does not admit of a belief in special providences; and yet, it would appear to others as though he was especially raised up to illustrate what one man can accomplish in mental and physical labors in a good cause, sustained by the power of God. He had just entered upon his eighty-eighth year, and his wife in her eighty-seventh year. At the time of her death she had fifty-three grand-children, sixty-two great-grand-children, and five great-great-grand-children, a total of one hundred and twenty-nine descendants.

The circumstances of her death were exceedingly impressive. She was attending a religious meeting at Bethel Chapel, about one mile from her home, in the opposite direction from Pleasant Plains. The minister conducting the services called on her as the first to give her testimony, which she did, remaining seated. She spoke with much feeling, closing with the words: "The past three weeks have been the happiest of all my life; I am waiting for the chariot. " The exercises continued until sixteen persons had risen and spoken a few words each, the last of whom was her eldest son. The lady sitting nearest her thought she had fainted, and the windows were thrown open to admit fresh air; but "The chariot had arrived. "

Cartmell, Andrew

CARTMELL, ANDREW, was born March, 1766, in Greenbrier county, Va. He went to Bath county, Ky., when he was a young man. Nancy D. Brown was born Oct., 1772, in Culpepper county, Va.,and in 1780 was taken by her parents to Bath county, Ky. A. Cartmell and Nancy D. Brown were married and had eight children in Kentucky, and they moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Oct. 10, 1829, six miles northeast of Springfield. Of their children -

WILLIAM W., born Oct., 1800, in Bath county, Ky., married there in 1832, to Mary Crockett, moved to Sangamon county, and from there to Rails county, Mo., raised a family of six childi'en, and lives near Merton, Grundy county, Mo.

LUCINDA married in Kentucky to John Rudder, had two children, and died there. Her children came to Sangamon county with their grandfather Cartmell. LUCRETIA married Samuel Houston. See his name, THOMAS was a soldier in the 4th 111. Inf., and was killed in 1847, in the Mexican war.

JOHN M., born August 25, 1802, in Bath county, Ky., was married there March 23, 1829, to Mildred R. Tacket, and came with his parents to Sangamon in the fall of that year. They had five children. AMANDA A., born April 29, 1830, married March 2, 1852, to James Black. See his name. JOHN W., born May 19, 1833, married in Missouri to Mary E. Chipps, have four children, and reside near Merton, Mo. He served three years in Co. C, 23d Mo. Inf., from Aug., 1861. JAMES H., born Oct. 14, 1837, married Martha Crane, who died April 19, 1871, leaving four children. He married Nov. 19, 1872, to Mrs. Zilpha Halbert, whose maiden name was Taylor. They live four miles east of Springfield. ELIZA A., born August 30, 1842, married James Black. See his name. MARION, born July 19, 1845, married Feb. i, 1872, to M. O. James, have one child, ANNIE E., and live six miles north east of Springfield. Mrs. M. R. Cart-

JAMES H., born in 1804, in Kentucky, married there to Elizabeth Duval. He died in Sangamon county, July 17, 1839, and his widow returned to Kentucky.

EVELINE, born July 22, 1807, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, Oct. 25, 1830, to Charles Harper. They had one child, and she died May 6^1845. Her son ULYSSES lives in Texas.

ANDRE W J., born in Bath county, Ky., came to Sangamon county with his parents, married in Logan county, in 1843, to Nancy Edwards. They had six children. LOUISIANA married P. O'Brannon,and resides near Mt. Pulaski. PERMELIA F., born Nov. 29, 1846, married Walter C. Black. See his name. MARY E. married George Hickman, and live near Lincoln. JAMES H. lives near Mt. Pulaski. TIMOTHY L. lives near WTilliamsville. ALVIN resides near Mt. Pulaski. Mrs. Nancy Cantrall died Sept. 6, and her husband Oct. 20, 1856, both in Logan county, p ^.f -fw^.U .

CARVER, JACOB, born March 10, 1787, in Pennsylvania. Elizabeth Hoover was born Dec. 8, 1784, in Virginia. They were married near Dayton, O., and had nine children there. The family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1830 in what is now Clear Lake township, four miles northeast of Springfield. Of their nine children -

1826, to Philip Shaffer; came to Sangamon county with her parents; moved the same fall to Cass county, where Mr. Shaffer died, August 28, 1843, leavmg six children. The widow married Feb. i, 1846,10 Daniel Lahmon. They have one child, and reside near Virginia, Cass county.

SARAH, born Nov. 26, 1810, near Dayton, O., married there to Jesse Smith, came to Sangamon county with her parents, had three children, moved back to Ohio, where two children were born and Mr. Smith died. The family reside at New Carlisle, Clarke county, Ohio.

REBECCA, born Sept. 21, 1812, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to Benjamin Hooton, had four children, and moved to Ozark county, Mo., where she died.

SOPHIA, born Aug. 19, 1820, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to Henry Bedinger. They had one child, and Mr. B. died, and she married Job Dickson. They had two children, and both parents died. Their son, JOHN DICKSON, married Mary Collins, and resides in Sherman. SARAH DICKSON married Edward Workman. He was shot dead, Oct. 4, 1865, by a drunken man, because he would not drink with him. The widow married Wm. Howard. She had one child by each marriage - WM. H. WORKMAN and JOHN E. HOWARD. Mr. and Mrs. Howard live four miles east of Springfield.

JAMES, born Dec. 13, 1825, near Dayton, Montgomery county, O. He was married in Sangamon county, Jan. 1 6, 1863, to Martha Workman, who was born May 23, 1847, m R-usn county, Ind. They have four children, WILLIAM W., JOSEPH B., JAMES F. and GEORGE H., and live at the homestead settled by his parents in 1830. It is four miles nortbeast of Springfield.

FELIX, born Oct. 4, 1828, near Dayton, O., married in Sangamon county, Jan. 22, 1857, to Rachel Donner. They had five children. FLORA died young. LIZZIE, ALBERT, HENRY and FRANK. The four latter live with their parents, near where Mr. Carver's parents settled in 1830.

Cassity, Alexander

Elizabeth Carver died Nov. 8, 1857, on the farm where the family settled in 1830. CASSITY, ALEXANDER, was born in 1793, in Bath county, Ky. The father of Alexander and Willis Cassity built a stockade with block houses inside, on Slate creek, in Bath county, in the early settling of Kentucky. It was called Cassity's station, and was a place of refuge from the Indians until thev were forced out of the country. Remains of that station are yet visible. Alexander Cassity was married in Bath county to Eliza B. Groves. She died there in 1832, leaving three children. He was married in the same county to Elizabeth Lockridge, had one child, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Oct. 26, 1835, and purchased a farm in what is now the southeast corner of Chatham township, where they had five living children. Of their children -

JOHN F., born in 1826, in Bath county, Ky., enlisted in Sangamon county, Aug. 10, 1 86 1, for three years, in Co. B, 3oth 111. Inf., and was promoted to Sergeant-Major. He was mortally wounded at the battle of Atlanta, Ga., July 22, and" died July 26, 1864.

WILLIS H., born March 23, 1828, in Bath county, Ky., married Sept. 26, 1865, in Sangamon county, to Ella McGriff, a native of Preble county, Ohio. They had two children. CARRIE E. died young, and MINNIE L. lives with her parents, in Auburn.

ALEXANDER M., born in Sangamon county, and enlisted July, 1862, for three years, in Co. I, 73d 111. Inf., was wounded Dec. 31, 1862, at the battle of Stone's river, and discharged on account of physical disability. He was married to Mary A. Hutton, and lives in Gentry county, Mo.

Sangamon Couxtt

MARTHA L. born in Sangamon county, married Sept. 5, 1866, to John T. Welch. The have two children, EDWIN H. and HARRY K., and reside in Auburn. Air. Welch was born June 30, 1842, in McDonough county, 111. He enlisted April, 1861, for three months, in Co. D, i6lh 111. Inf. May 24, 1861, the whole regiment enlisted for three years. Dec. 23, 1863, the regiment re-enlisted as veterans. J. T. Welch served through all the enlistments to the end of the rebellion. He is now a merchant in Auburn.

CASSITY, WILL IS, brother to Alexander, was born Jan. 2, 1805, in Bath county, Ky. He was married there Jan. 24, 1827, to Nancy Cartmell. They had two children in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, arriving at Springfield Oct. 10, 1829. They had one child in Sangamon county. Of their children -

LEV I, born Jan. i, 1836, in Sangamon county, enlisted Oct. 20, 1861, in Co. B, loth 111. Cav., for three years. As a non-commissioned officer he commanded a section of one of the batteries attached to the regiment at the battle of Prairie Grove, Ark., Dec. 7, 1862, and lost his left arm in that engagement. He was discharged on account of physical disability, Dec. 31, 1862. Lev! Cassity was married April 23, 1863, to Nancy Drennan. They have one child, JOHN F., and live three and a half miles southeast of Chatham.

Willis Cassity, after coming to Sangamon county, lived a few years in Logan county, and a few years in Missouri. He and his wife now live in Ball township.

CASSITY WILLIAM, cousin to Alexander and Willis, was born in Bath county, Ky. He was married in Nicholas county, Ky., to Honor Wells, a native of Pennsylvania. They had five living children in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the

CASS, ROBERT, was born in 1768 or '9, in Iredell county, N. C. His father, James Cass, was born in England, and when he was six or seven years of age was pressed into the British navy, and trained to a sea-faring life. Being separated from his relatives at so early an age, he never understood his own name, and called himself James Cast. He came to Philadelphia, and finally settled in Iredell county, N. C. After raising a family there, he moved with his children to Clarke county, Ky., and there met two Englishmen by the name of Cass. After becoming acquainted, he found that one of them was his brothei', and the other his cousin, and for the first time learned that the family name was not Cast, but Cass. His son Robert, whose name heads this sketch, having always been called Cast, did not think it prudent to resume the original name, but related the facts in the case to his children, and his descendants have very generally returned to it. Robert Cass was married Feb. 26, 1790, in Iredell county, N. C., to Lucy Rik-v. They had one child there, and moved to Clarke county, Ky., where they had four children, and Mrs. Lucy Cass died, Feb. 13, 1809. Robert Cass was married in Clarke county, April 26, 1810, to Mary Boggs, and had two children there. The family then moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Oct. 2, 1826, in Buffalo Hart grove. Of his seven children -

JAMES, born Aug. 12, 1397, m Clarke county, Ky., and married there Nov. 20, 1817, to Ann Hood. They had eight children, and came to Sangamon county in 1829. Mrs. Ann Cass died, and James Cass married Amanda McKinney. They had four children, and he died. His widow and living children reside near Mt. Pulaski. His son JOHN, born Sept. 22, 1820, in Kentucky, was married Feb. 28, 1847, in Sangamon county, to Mary J. Burns. They had thirteen children. ARTANECIA, born Feb. 5, 1849, was married April 15, 1873, to G. \V. Edwards, and lives at Buffalo Hart Grove. AMON, born Sept. 3, 1851, lives with his mother. ALEXANDER, born Nov. 6, 1853, was married near Springfield, 111., Nov. 3, 1875, to Delia Fenton, and lives at Farmer City, DeWitt county, 111. LUCY A., born April 30, 1855, was married March 13, 1872, to Herbert White. They have one child, Olive May, arid live at Farmer City. ALVI, JOHN L., ISABEL, IDA, ANNA

TROMAS F. w., live with their mother. John Cass died Jan. 17, 1872. His widow and children live near Buffalo Hart station, or Farmer City, 111. FRANK D, born Dec. 6, 1832, in Sangamon county, was married April 29, 1858, to Sarah G. Landis, who was born April 8,1833, m Indianapolis, Ind. They have one child living, EDWARD K. F. D. Cass studied medicine in Mt. Pulaski, teaching school in the meantime. He graduated at Rush Medical College in 1864. Was appointed assistant surgeon of the I5ist 111. Inf. in 1865, served a short time and resigned. Dr. Frank D. Cass resides at Mt. Pulaski, 111., and is engaged in practice there.

ARCHIBALD, born Dec. i, 1799, in Clarke county, Ky., married there to Deborah Mershon. They had three children in Kentucky, and came to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving Oct., 1828, at Buffalo Hart Grove, where they had three children. Of their children: ROBERT, born Nov. 20, 1821, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, Aug. 20, 1840, to Sarah J. Lawson. They had four children. MINERVA j. and ORLANDO w. died under two years. FLORENCE F., born May 17, 1852, died August 24, 1869. NOAH MATHENY, born July 9,

1857, lives with his parents, near Buffalo Hart Station. SARAH J., born Oct. 27, 1826, in Kentucky, married m Sangamon county, in 1842,10 George Ridgway,have four living children, MARY c., ROBERT,JOH \ and ALLEN, and live near Lockhart, Texas. WILLIAM L., born Aug. 15, 1829, in Sangamon county, died Aug. 20, 1846. The other children all died under six years. Archibald Cass died Sept., 1852, and his widow died later, both in Sangamon county. He was a soldier from Sangamon county in the Black Hawk war in 1831-2. He was also a member of Co. D, 4th 111. Inf., and served one year- in 1846-7, in the' war with Mexico. He was a nurse in the army, and practiced medicine the latter part of his life.

NINIAN R., born April 8, 1806, in Clarke county, Ky., married in Sangamon county to Mary Wade, They had seven children. THOMAS F. died in 1849 at Mt. Pulaski, aged twenty-three years. GEORGE W., married Martha J. Turley, have nine children, and live near Lincoln. EMILY married Daniel Dunn, had two children, and died in Missouri. Her children: THOMAS A., resides at Mt. Pulaski. MARY E. resides with her aunt, Mrs. Jones. LUCY E., born March 28, 1836,111 Logan county, married Strother G. Jones. See his name. CAROLINE A., born August 16, 1838, is unmarried, and resides at Lincoln. SARAH AGNES, born in 1840, married Simpson Constant, had one child, CASS CONSTANT, and she married Frederick Bush. They have two living children, NELLIE E. and CARRIE B., and reside at Mt. Pulaski. ROBERT enlisted for three years, in 1862, in an Illinois regiment, and died August, 1863, at Murfreesboro, Tenn. Mrs. Mary Cass died Dec. 31, 1848. N. R. Cass married Mrs. Elizabeth Swing, whose maiden name was Laughney. She had one child, Belle W. Swing, by a former marriage. She married T. T. Beach, who is a practicing lawyer, and lives in Lincoln. Ninian R. Cass died August, 1872, at Mt. Pulaski, and his widow resides with her daughter, Mrs. Beach, at Lincoln.

to Sangamon county in Oct., 1826, married Jan. 17, 1830, to Melinda Burns. They had nine children in Sangamon county, namely: ELIZABETH E., born Nov. 14, 1830, married Nov. 8, 1849, to Michael Finfrock. He was born May 3, 1820, in Chambersburg, Pa., went to Miami county O., with his parents in 1836, and came to Saugamon county in 1843, Mr. and Mrs. Finfrock have seven children, BOWEN C., HELEN M., CHARLES M., PAUL H., IRVING G., WILLIS and ERNEST s. reside with their parents, four miles southeast of Buffalo Hart Station. Mr. -Finfrock was a member of the Sangamon county Board of Supervisors at the first term in 1861-2, and again from 1872 to 1876. MARY C., born May 8, 1833, married March 31, 1858, to Benjamin F. Edwards, who was born July 12, 1823, in Madison county, N. Y. They have four children, GAYLORD c., JOHN p., BENJAMIN F., Jim., and MARY B., and reside two miles southeast of Buffalo Hart Station. LUCY A., born August 31, 1835, married April 20, 1869, to Dr. Leslie Gillette. They have three children, LESLIE B., FANNIE T. and CEOGIANA, and reside at Buffalo. LEWIS, born March 10, 1838, married Dec. 24, 1862, to Christiana Lawson. They had four children. The eldest, WILLIAM s., and the youngest, ALFRED, died in the second year of their ages. CLARENCE F. and ARTHUR F. reside with their parents, five miles southeast of Buffalo Hart Station. PAULINA J., born Oct. 4, 1843, married Oct. 13, 1864, to Alfred Shrieve, and resides near Elkhart. HARDIN, born Sept. 16, 1845, married Oct. 10, 1866, to Hattie N. Landis, have two children, PHILIP and LEWIS B,, and reside one and a half miles southwest of Buffalo Hart Station. SCOTT, born Nov. 20, 1847, MARION, born April 12, 1850, and HARRY, born born Feb. 3, 1854, live with their parents. Ambrose Bowen Cass and his wife reside half a mile southwest of Buffalo Hart Station, and within one fourth of a mile of where his father settled in 1826. He was a soldier in the Black Hawk war, both in 1831 and 1832, from Sangamon county, and was in the battles of Bad Axe and Wisconsin.

Chambers, Henry

CHAMBERS, HENRY B., born Jan, i, 1809, near Dover, Del. He was married in Delaware to Elizabeth Bodie, and moved to Adams county, 111., in 1831, and from there to Springfield, in 1840, where Mrs. C. died, April, 1854. He was married Jan. 25, 1855, to Mrs. Elizabeth A. Turner, whose maiden name was Earnest. They had seven children -

Elizabeth E., James H. John B., William R., Jacob

CHANDLER, ROBERT, was born about 1812, in Kentucky. He was left an orphan at eight years of age, and was bound to Russell Fletcher, who took him to Overton county, Tenn., and from there to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the spring of 1832. He married Ellen Parmenter, who died, and he married Elizabeth Carter. They had eight children in Sangamon county -

CHERRY, BENJAMIN, was born Jan. 26, 1790, in Franklin county, Ga. VVhen he was seventeen years old his parents moved to Overton county, Tenn. Benjamin was a soldier from Tennessee in the war of 1812. In the fall of 1819 he came to Sangamon county, and soon after went to work for Edward Clark, who came about the same time. Elizabeth Strickland was born May 12, 1799, near the sea coast, south of Charleston, S. C. Her parents moved to Tennessee, and from there to St. Clair county, 111., thence to Sangamon county in 1819, and Elizabeth came in the spring of 1820. Benjamin Cherry and Elizabeth Strickland made arrangements to celebrate the 4th of July, but could not obtain the license from Edwardsville in time, and they were married July n, 1820. They had

BENJAMIN, Jun., married Eliza Barnes. They had four children, and moved to Pike's Peak. Mr. Cherry died there. His widow and only living child, CHARLES, live in Springfield. He is employed at the watch factory.

CHILD, STEPHEN, was born June 12, 1802, in Waitsfield, Vt. His parents moved to Barnstown, Lower Canada, in 1806, and in 1815 to Hartland, Windham county, Vt., where they both died. In 1820 Stephen went to Potsdam, St. Lawrence county, N. Y., and engaged in teaching. He was there married, March <j., 1826, to Hannah Lyman, who was born Sept. 15, 1808, in Brookfield, Vt. They had two children in New York, and came to Sangamon county as part of a colony of fifty-two persons, arriving Oct. 26, 1833, in the village of Sangamo. They had three children in Sangamon county. Of their five children -

JOHN L., born March 23, 1827, in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., married in Sangamon county, Feb. 17, 1859, to Mary E. Anderson. They have two children, FRANKIE and CHARLEY, and reside near Farmingdale.

MARY L., born Sept. 27, 1831, in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., married in Sangamon county to George B. Seeley. See his name. They reside in Abilene, Kan.

Mr. Child was a farmer and teacher all his life. He was an original abolitionist, and as an agent of the underground railroad, he assisted hundreds of colored people in their flight from bondage. He conducted a company of twenty-one at one time. It was his custom to go as far as he could travel in one night and return, but on some occasions he has gone as far sixty miles, and then left them in the hands of friends who would conduct them onward. The last time the writer of this, conversed with Mr. Child, he expressed special satisfaction that he had assisted so many human beings on their way to freedom, and gratitude that he had lived to see the day that there was not a slave in the United States of America.

Churchill, George

CHURCHILL, GEORGE, was born about 1766, in Virginia. His parents died when he was quite young, and he went to Woodford county, Ky., where he was married to Sarah Arnold, who was born in that county about 1 780. They had eleven children in Shelby county, Ky., and the family moved to Sangamon county, 111., arriving in the fall of 1827, near what is now Mechanicsburg. Of their children -

MARY, married in Kentucky to William Threlkeld, brought up in large family, and never moved to Illinois. Their daughter SARAH J. is the wife of William P. McKinnie. See his name. MARIETTA, born Jan. 31, 1829, in Shelby county, Ky., married there, Jan. 14, 1847, t° Joseph H. Agee. They had two children born there, and in the fall of 1851 moved to Sangamon county, where seven children were born. Of their children: EDWIN ii., born in Shelby county, Ky., resides with his mother. 4 MAUY H., born Jan. 29, 1851, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, Oct. 3, 1871, to Ambrose B. Cass, Jun. They live at East Lynn, Cass county, Mo. ALICE A. married Jan. 16, 1873, to Robert W.Jess, a native of Bellfast, Ireland. They live at Riverton. LIZZIE T., EMMA and j. ALVEY reside with their mother. The sixth, seventh and eighth children, viz: LUCYJ., WILLIAM s. and CEPHAS L., all died under eight years. Joseph H. Agee died Sept. 25, 1865. The father and three children all died within nineteen days. Mrs. Marietta Agee and her family reside two miles east of Riverton.

LUC1NDA, born in Kentucky, married there to William Crimm, and both died in Southern Illinois, leaving seven or eight children. The three eldest were

JOHN A., born March 6, 1800, in Shelby county, Ky., married there to Sarah Scoggin. They had three children, came to Sangamon county, and settled near Mechanicsburg, where they had six children. Of their children. JOEL, born July 19, 1823, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Lucretia J. Bondurant. They had eleven living children. MARTHA A., MARY L., ELIZABETH j.,

John T., Thomas A., Joseph W., Jesse

Mr. C. and family moved to Kansas in 1865, an(^ m x^75 ^turned to Illinois, and live in DeLand, Piatt county. WILLIAM, born April 4, 1825, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Elizabeth Lemon. They reside in Monmouth, Polk county, Oregon. ANN, born Jan. 22, 1827, in Kentucky, died in Sangamon county in her eighteenth year. GEORGE, born August 15, 1829, in Sangamon county, went to Oregon, and there married Hannah E. Sherel. They have three children, and live in Linn county, Oregon. WILLOUGHBY, born Dec. 23, 1831, in Sangamon county, went, when a young man, to the Pacific coast, and lives in Oregon. SARAH E., born Jan. 4, 1834, in Sangamon county, resides with her sister, Mrs. Smith, in Illiopolis. JOHN, born Feb. 15, 1836, in Sangamon county, enlisted July 19, 1861, for three years, in Co. I, 41 111. Inf., re-enlisted as a veteran, Jan., 1864. He was promoted to Sergeant, July, 1863, an<^ to 2<1 Lieut., Nov., 1864. Was with Sherman in his " march to the tea," and was honorably discharged, June, 1865. He was married Feb. 14, 1867, in Sangamon county, to Mary M. Graham. They have one living child, ANNA, and live three miles north of Illiopolis. LOUISA, born April 25, 1838, in Sangamon county, married April 10, 1860, to Reuben Smith, who was born Nov. 4, 1833, 'm Duchess county, N. Y. They have three living children, GEORGE, ADA and HERBERT, and live in Illiopolis. MARY, born Dec. 17, 1840, died in her eleventh year. Mrs. Sarah Churchill died Dec. 30, 1840, and John A. Churchill married July 3, 1842, to Mrs. Elizabeth

Underwood, whose maiden name was Lemon. She was born March 29, 1808, in Georgetown, Ky. They had two children, JULIA, born July 1 2, 1843, in Sangamon county, lives with her mother. LEMON P. died in his sixth year. John A. Churchill died Feb. 4, 1845, anc* n's widow and daughter reside in Mechanicsburg.

AL VAH, born in Kentucky, married there to Burnetta Samples, moved to Indiana, and from there to Sangamon county, in 1832, settling near Mechanicsburg. They had four children, and moved to Iowa; from there to Oregon in 18^53, where he died.

LR WIS, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Mary A. Cooper. They had eleven children and moved to Iowa; from there, in 1853, to Oregon, with his brother Alva. He died Jan. 13, 1869, leaving a widow and children.

WILL O C GHB T, born Feb. 1 5, : 809, in Shelby county, Ky., married Oct. 6, 1834, in Sangamon county, 111., to Elizabeth J. Humphreys. They had six children in Sangamon county, and in 1851 moved to the Pacific coast. Mrs. Churchill died at Delles, foot of Cascade mountains, in Waco county, Oregon, and Mr. C. mar ried in Oregon, August 1 1, 1852, to Matilda A. Price, who was born Jan. 12, 1828. They had six children. Of his children by the first marriage, GEORGE H., born May 13, 1837, in Sangamon county, married Catharine Reed, in Oregon. OWEN H., born June 16, 1845, in Sangamon county, 111., is in Montana. DAVID H., born March 31, 1843, in Sangamon county, married July 23, 1875, to Minnie Lord. They live in Helena Citv, Montana Ter. MARY J., born Oct. 21, 1845, m Sangamon county, was married in Oregon to John M. Roach. They live in Clackamas county, Oregon. MARTHA A., born August 22, 1848, in Sangamon county, died April 18, 1864, in Oregon. Children of the second wife, all born in Oregon: OLIVER D., born May 19, 1853, JAMES E.,born May 18, 1854, LAURA B., born May 8, 1856, near Harrisburg, was married June 18, 1874, to George Jordan. They live near Harrisburg, Oregon. THOMAS A., born July 27, 1857, and MINNIE D., born July 6, 1859, lives with her parents. Willoughby

MAJR7WA, born July 16, 1815, in Shelby county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, June 16, 1833, to Griffin Fletcher, who was born Dec. 23, 1810, near Mt. Sterling, Montgomery county, Ky. They had ten living children. MARY A., born Sept. 20, 1836, married H. C. Stiver, Sept. 28, 1855, in Sangamon county. They have four living children,

Mr. Stiver moved to Texas in Dec., 1872. SARAH J., born Nov. 15, 1838, married Zachariah Pope, in 1854, in Sangamon county, and died May 3, 1857. RHODA E., born Jan. 4, 1841, married Levi S. Ridgeway, in Sangamon county, Feb. 16, 1857. They had four children, IRA H. and IDA s. (twins), CATHARINE E., ABBIE and LOR A. Mr. Ridgeway died August 30, 1868, and Mrs. R. and family live near Decatur, 111. DAVID C., born March 3, 1843, m Christian county, married in Sangamon county to Mary A. Garvey. See sketch of the Garvey family. JAMES L., born Nov. 3, 1845, is a grocer in Decatur. JOHN W\, born Dec. 2, 1847, married May 10, 1869, to Emma Clevenger, in Abington, Knox county, 111. They have three children, MAY D., THERON and STELLA, and live in Decatur, 111. ABEL P., born Feb. 15, 18^2, and MARTHA J., born May 24, 1854, live with their parents. Griffin Fletcher and wife reside in Decatur, 111.

EL VIRA A., born Sept. 24, 1817, in Shelby county, Ky., was married Feb. 6, 1834, in Sangamon county, to John Garrett. They moved to the vicinity of Pittsfield, Pike county, 111., in 1834, and had seven living children. BENJ. F., born in 1835, married in Pittsfield to Anna E. Adams, June, 1867, and live in Newton county, Kansas. MARY E., born in 1838, resides with her mother. LOUISA A., born in 1843, married S. Woolfolk. MARTHA A., born in 1846, lives with her mother. SARAH E., born in 1848, married July, 1872, to Robert Howard. They have one child, FLORENCE B., and live in St. Louis, Mo.

LOTHARIO, born in 1850, and ELIZA J., born in 1853, live with their mother in Pittsfield, Pike county, 111. In 1866 Mr. Garrett sold out, with the intention of moving to Kansas. He left home alone with a load of goods, and was murdered in Bates county, Mo., in Nov., 1866.

CC7L VI N S., born June 30, 1824, in Kentucky, married July 31, 1845, m Sangamon county, to Hester F. King. They had nine children; three died in infancy, and GEORGE W. died, aged ten years. HENRY H., born Jan. 14, 1847, married in 1873 to Lizzie Grubb, and resides neat- Baldwin City, Kansas. PERMELIA A., born June 5, 1849, married William Houston. See his name. FIELDING A., SALLIE and AMANDA P., reside with their parents, near German Prairie Station.

George Churchill died May 15, 1837, and Mrs. Sarah Churchill died Oct., 1847, and both were buried near German Prairie Station, Sangamon county, 111.

CLARK, DAVID, born Aug.28, 1776, in Essex county, N. J. Came to Kentucky in 1798, and was there married in 1800, to Rachel Rutter. They had two children; one died in infancy, and Mrs. Rachel Clark died in 1804. David Clark moved to Cincinnati, O., in 1805, and made brick for the first brick house built in that city. He returned to Somerset county, N. J., in the same year, and was married there in Feb., 1806, to Sallie Winans, who was born Oct. 25, 1788, in that county. They moved to Miami county, O., in 1809, and from there to Sangamon county, 111., in 1829, settling on Sugar creek. After two years they moved to Wolf creek. They had six children, one of whom died in infancy. Of the other five -

Rev. RICHARD W., born June 16, 1808, in Somerset county, N, J.. was married in April, 1828, to Margaret Clark, a native of Fayette county, Ky. They have five children living. SALLIE A., born Jan. n, 1831, in Sangamon county, was married in 1848 to Ezra Clark. They have six children, HATTIE A., LODORSKA in Sangamqn county, is married, and resides in New Mexico. ELIZA, born Nov. 9, 1841, in McDonough county, was married in Logan county, 111., to Jonas Shupe, May 13, 1858. He was a native of Ohio. They had one child, MARY E., who resides with her uncle, Dr. John Clark. Mr. Shupe died Jan. 13, 1865, and Mrs. Shupe was married Feb. 5, 1871, to John R. Ayers. They have one child, LENA, who resides with her parents in Mt. Pulaski. JOHN W., born Nov. 13, 1845, *n Logan county, 111., was married Dec. 28, 1874, in Chesnut, Logan county, to Emma Sterritt, a niece of Enoch Moore, of Springfield, recently deceased. Dr. John W. Clark is a practising physician at Milford, Iroquois county, 111. MARY E., born Oct. 16, 1847, was married March 31, 1866, near Mt. Pulaski, to Benjamin Harding. They have four children, MAY, ELIZA, ELLIS and RICHARD, who reside with their parents near Mt. Pulaski. Rev. Richard W. Clark died Aug. 29, 1854, and his widow died Dec. 21, 1867, both in Logan county, 111.

JOHN, born Nov. 25, 1810, in Miami county, O., studied medicine there. Came to Sangamon county with his father, remained one year, returned to Ohio, where he was married, Aug. 29, 1830, in Miami county, to Eliza Tremain, who was born May 24, 1810, in New York. They came to Sangamon county, and followed farming until 1842, when he moved to Mt. Pulaski and engaged in the practice of medicine. He was County Commissioner four years for Logan county, and Justice of the Peace seventeen years, during which time he married eighty-four couple. He has, since 1828, been a member of the M. E. church, and a trustee of the same, in Mt. Pulaski, from the time the church was organized at that .place. Dr. John Clark and wife reside in Mt. Pulaski.

CARMAN W., born May 20, 1815, in Miami county, O., married March 29, 1838, in Sangamon county, to Harriet Crocker, step-daughter of David Riddle. She was born Aug. 2, 1817, in Lebanon, St. Clair county, 111. They had seven children; one died in infancy. MARY W., born March 24, 1842, in Sangamon county, was married Oct. 17, 1866, to Alfred C. Wilson. They have four children, HARRIE, HARRIET H., CARMAN R.

JOHN, born April 22, 1848,111 Sangamon county, died July 29, 1866. DAVID T., born June 27, 1850, in Sangamon county, was married Jan. 27, 1876, to Lucy Powel. They reside in Mt. Pulaski. RICHARD H., born March 26, 1854, in Sangamon county, was married Dec. 22, 1875, to Mary E. Boggs. They reside in Mt. Pulaski. ALFRED R., born July 31, 1857, in Sangamon county, and MARION, born July I, 1862, in Logan county, reside with their parents in Mt. Pulaski.

SALLY H., born Sept. 27, 1817, in Miami county, Ohio, was married Oct., 1834, to John Riddle, in Sangamon county. They have four children, all born in Sangamon county, ELIZA C., MARY E., FRANCIS A. and SALLIE W., and reside near Barclay, Sangamon county.

ELIZABETH, born Dec. 15, 1830, in Miami county, Ohio, was married Dec., 1847, to Alfred Gideon, who was born in Champaign county, Ohio. They have one child, DAVID C., born Nov. 27, 1847, was married Sept., 1868, to Sallie Row, a native of Ohio. David C. Gideon is a practicing physician at Watseka, Iroquois county, 111.

David Clark was a local M. E. preacher for about forty years. His wife died Dec. 3, 1843, and he died Jan. 6, 1847, both on the farm near the present town of Barclay, Sangamon county, 111.

wife, Nancy, came to what is now Salisbury township, Sangamon county, in 1821. They brought seven children, all of whom married and raised families. Their eldest daughter, Phebe, married John N. Campbell. See his name. Barzilla Clark died Sept. 23, 1840, and his widow died April 19, 1843, both in Sangamon county.

CLARK, ELISHA, was born in 1797, married in Indiana to Sarah Gard. They had three children in Indiana, and came to Sangamo, Sangamon county, in 1823. They had nine children in Illinois. Their daughter -

CLARK, PHILIP, was born March 25, 1787, at Rye, England. He was married there to Elizabeth Gravett. They had five children, and Mrs. Clark died. Mr. Clark left his children there, and came -to America in 1817, landing at Boston, Mass., and traveled by land and water to New Orleans, returned to England, and in company with his brother Edward, embarked at London in August, 1818, and landed at Baltimore in October following. They traveled on foot from Baltimore to Pittsburg, and from there to New Orleans by water. They returned the same way to the vicinity of Harmony, Ind., to visit the family of a relative by the name of Morris Burkbeck, who had emigrated from England a year or two before. He afterwards came to Illinois, and was Secretary of State under Gov. Coles. The Clark brothers went up the river to Shawneetown, and from there across the country to St. Louis. They recrossed the river into the American bottom and stopped with an Indian ranger, who told them about the Sangama country. They started for it, and arrived in November, 1819, on the Sangamon river, two miles north of Rochester. Philip Clark was married in 1823, in Indiana, to Martha Jessup, an English lady, who died without children, in Sangamon county. He married in Sangamon countv to Polly Whitford, in 1835. Philip Clark had his five children sent from England. They embarked at London May i, 1824, and were received in New York by an aunt on the iSth of June. The three daughters and one son arrived in Sangamon county in February, 1825. Of those five children -

MARrE.,\>orn in i8io,at Rve, Eng., arrived in Sangamon county February, 1825, married in. 1832 to Samuel Hines. They had three children in Sangamon county, and moved to Iowa, where they had three children. They reside near Cox Creek Post Office, Clayton county, Iowa.

PHILIP, Jun., born Feb. 20, 1812, at Rye, Eng., embarked at London May i, 1824, landed at New York city June iSth, was bound - by an aunt who came before them - apprentice in New York to a tailor, who treated him cruelly, and he ran away, went to Boston, obtained employment in a glass factory, saved some money, went by water to Philadelphia, walked from there to Wheeling, Va. ; worked his way down the Ohio river, and up the Mississippi river to St. Louis, on a keel boat. At St. Louis he fell in with Elijah lies and Richard Smith, both of whom knew his father, and he came with them to Spr -igfield, arriving Oct. 15. 1824, to the surprise of his father. He was married May 19, 1836, to Christiana Campbell, on Richland creek. They had four children near Rochester, Sangamon county. He went to California in 1849, and returned in March, 1850, moved to Clinton in November of the same year, where three children were born. Of their seven children, MARY, born Dec. 18, 1839, married in Clinton, Jan. 19, 1857, to Robert Millard, have five children, and live in Clinton. JOHN G., born August 28, 1842, died in his twentysecond year. PHEBE, born March i, 1847, married John Armstrong, and died July 5, 1868, in Clinton. SARAH F. lives with her parents. LOUIS P. died, aged four years. CHRISTIANA and MATTIE F. live with their parents, in Clinton, 111.

MAR CARET, horn March 28, 1814, at Rye, England, married in Sangamon county, about 1834, to Daniel McClees. They had seven children in Sangamon county; four died in the same county, all grown, or nearly so. JOHN and HENRY were both Union soldiers. MARY J. married John Spence, who died of disease contracted in the army. She lives in Springfield. CHRISTIANA married Mr. Pettv, and resides in Round Prairie, Sangamon county. CHARLES resides with his parents. Mr. McClees went to California in 1849, came home in 1853, returned, and his wife did not hear from him for fifteen years. They now reside at Port Angelos, Washington Territory.

HENRTR., born April, 1818, at Rye, England, married in Sangamon countv, in 1842, to Jane Trotter. They had two children ; both live in Sangamon county. Henry R. Clark resides near, Bolivar, Mo.

the milling business. The site they selected was a favorable one, on the main Sangamon river, about two miles north of the present town of Rochester. The Legislature passed an act declaring that rive navigable, and they abandoned the mill site. They went to a point on the South Fork, near where Edward Clark lived and died, and put a saw mill in operation in 1824, and a flouring mill in 1825. That was the first mill that did good work in this part of the country. Soon after they came to the country, Philip went to Lisle's band mill, and remained three days and two nights to get two bushels of corn ground. They then bought a hand mill in St. Louis for their own use, but it kept about thirty families in bread for two years, until their own mill on South Fork was completed.

CLARK, EDWARD, was born Feb. 16, 1790, in the ancient town of Rye, Eng. It was the principal one of the three independent ports, which, together with the Cinque, or five ports, obtained charters granting special privileges from the British Sovereigns, in consequence of their having fitted out a fleet and conquered the Danish and Scandanavian freebooters, thus breaking up the system of piracy which had for years been devastating the English coasts. The office of Lord Warden of the Cinque ports, is one of the most ancient in the kingdom, reaching back to the time of Edward the Confessor, about the year 1050. Edward Clark's grandfathers on both sides were named Clark, but were no relation to each other. They were both sea captains, and his father, Henry Clark, was intended for the sea, but could never overcome the tendency to sea sickness, and engaged in other pursuits, chiefly mercantile and milling, to which the subject of this sketch was trained in early life. His brother Philip, having visited America in 1817, Edward sailed with him from London in August, 1818, and landed in October following. They arrived in what became Sangamon county in Nov., 1819, and located on the Sangamon river, about two miles north of the present town of Rochester. For the route traveled, see his brother Philips name.

he arrived there, learned that a law had been enacted by the legislature, in session at Vandalia, and approved by Gov. Bond, Tan. 30, 1821, providing for the organization of a new county, to be- called Sangamon. The clerk declined to issue a license, and Mr. Clark insisted that as he was ready to marry he did not like to be delayed. The clerk told him that if he was determined to marry, he could go home, have the marriage ceremony solemnized, and after the county was organized, have it done again. The county was organized April 10, 1821, and after that a license was obtained and the marriage again solemnized by the same minister who officiated the first time, Rev. Rivers Cormack, of the M. E. Church. They had eight children, all in Sangamon county, namely -

Mary J., Sarah V., Edward S.

HENRT P., born Nov. 2, 1823. He was married Dec. 15, "1853, to Nancy T. Williams. They have four children, MARY J., SARAH V., EDWARD S., and WILLIAM T., the three eldest in Rochester, and the fourth in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Henry P. Clark lives one and a half miles southeast of Rochester.

MART JANE, born Feb. 25, 1825, married Feb. 25, 1845, to James Richardson. They had three children. Mrs. R. died Sept. 6, 1857. Mr. Richardson is married again, and resides in Taylorville. Her youngest son, Abraham V. Richardson, lives at the homestead, near Rochester.

EDMUND J., married Feb. 19, 1857, to Cassander Lovelace, who was born Sept. 9, 1838, in Shelby county. They have six living children, WILLIAM F., LOUISA J., REASON E., JASPER N., JOHN S. and ALVIN W., and live at the family homestead, two miles west of Rochester.

BENJAMIN F., born Oct. 15, 1838, enlisted July 25, 1862, in Co. I, i I4th 111. Inf., for three years. At the battle of Guntown, Miss., June 10, 1864, he brought on disease by excessive fatigue, and died March i, 1865, in military hospital at Memphis, Tenn. His brother, Henry P., brought his remains home, and they were interred near Rochester.

WILLIAM T., born Nov. 16, 1842, enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, in Co. G, loth 111. Cav., for three years, re-enlisted as a veteran, served to the end of the rebellion, and was honorably discharged Nov., 1865, at San Antonio, Texas. William T. Clark lives in Oregon.

NANCT ANN, born March 16, 1845, and died Jan. 21, 1856. By looking back at dates it will be seen that four members of the family died from Dec. 15, 1855, to March 18, 1856. Disease, typhoid fever.

Mrs. Nancy Clark died Sept. 26, 1853, and Edward Clark died Jan. 10, 1875, both on the farm two miles west of Rochester, and within five miles of where he settled in 1819.

Wellington was in command of the district where Edward Clark lived when both were young men, and Mr. Clark knew him well. Mr. Clark witnessed the launching of the British ship, Victory, at the Chatham dock yarks. It was on board that ship that Admiral Nelson was slain at the battle of Trafalgar, after promulgating the famous order which has became historic: "England expects every man to do his duty."

Edward Clark was a man of precise business habits, better suited to an older community than the one in which he spent the greater part of his long life. He was just in all his dealings, and was a model Christian gentleman. He was a man of varied and extensive reading, and had accumulated a miscellaneous library from the standard works of the most distinguished authors in the English language.

CLARK, O RAM EL, was born August ii, 1792, in Lebanon, Connecticut, taken by his parents to Berkshire county, Mass., in 1797, and from there to Cooperstown, N. Y. He enlisted and served as a non-commissioned officer in the war of 1812, and moved to St. Lawrence county ^N. Y., in 1817. He emigrated in 1818 to Kaskaskia, 111., and in 1819 removed to where Athens, Menard county, now stands* He was the third man who settled on the north side of Sangamon river. In 1820 he returned on foot to visit his parents in New York. On returning to his home in Illinois, he married Jane C. Stewart, on Fancy creek, in Sangamon county. In 1821 he bought the preempted right to a -farm from John Dixon (afterwards founder of Dixon, 111.,) on Fancy creek, ten miles from Springfield. He remained here until the death of his wife, in 1832, when he again visited his parents in New York, returning to Illinois in 1834. Of his five children -

WILLIAM A., born Jan. 4, 1829, on Fancy creek, Sangamon county, was apprenticed to the drug business in Springfield. Was a salesman from 1851 until 1853, when he emigrated to California, crossing the plains. He was married in Redwood City, Cal., Sept. 18, 1866, to Rebecca E. Teague, who was born July I, 1849, in Springfield, Mo. They had two children, viz: GEO. W. and EDWARD O. The latter died June 16, 1875. William A. Clark and family reside at Redwood City, San Mateo county, California.

EDWARD O., born Dec. 3, 1831, in Sangamon county, married Feb. 14, 1855, in Waverly, 111., to Virginia F. Harris, who was born March 8, 1835, in Morgan county, 111. They have one child, ESTHER C., and reside near Carlinville.

Oramel Clark was married the second time, Oct. 28, 1836, to Judith W. Davis, of Elkhart, 111. She was born August 12, 1802, in Union county, Ky. They moved to Springfield in 1838, and had five children, viz -

E ME LINE, born August 20, 1838, in Sangamon county, was married in Springfield, March 23, 1863, to Col. N. Martin Curtis, who was born May 21, 1835, in

De Peyster, N. Y. He enlisted April, 1861, was mustered into the United States service May 15, 1861, as Gaptain of Co. G, i6th N. Y. Inf., and became Lieutenant Colonel of the 1426. N. Y. Inf., Oct. 21, 1862, and Colonel -Jan. 21, 1863; Brigadier General by brevet Oct. 27, 1864; Brigadier General, Jan. 15, 1865, and Brevet Major General. The last two promotions were for gallantry displayed in leading the troops in the capture of Fort Fisher, Jan. 15, 1865, where he lost his left eye. General Curtis was several times severely -wounded. The Legislature of New York passed resolutions, April 5, 1865, thanking Gen. Curtis and the officers and men of his command (who were all New York troops), for their achievements on that occasion. Gen. Curtis was appointed, August 14, 1866, Collector of Customs for the District of Oswegatchie, and Special Agent Treasury Depaitment March 4, 1867, which position he still holds. They have three children, EMMA P., MARY W. and FLORENCE R. Gen. Curtis is a breeder of fine stock, and resides on his farm near Ogdensburg, N. Y.

CLAYTON, JOHN S., was born August 2, 1802, in Caldwell county, Ky. Elizabeth Clayton was born May, 1806, in the same county. They were there married in 1824, and had one child in Kentucky. The family moved to Morgan county, 111., where one child was born, and moved back to Kentucky, where two children were born, and they again moved to Morgan county, 111., in 1833 or '4, and after a few years spent there, moved to Sangamon county, in what is now Ball township, where they had seven children.

Jane, Gilbert, Amanda E.

married in Sangamon county to Elizabeth Scott. They have six children, RUTH JANE, GILBERT, AMANDA E., PERLEASY, EMMA and SHELTON L., and reside in Ball township, near Chatham.

ALEXANDER, born Sept. 16, 1829, in Morgan county, 111., married in Sangamon county to Mary A. Marshall. They had two children, CHARLES E. and HENRY N., and Mrs. Mary A. Clayton died, and he married Theresa J. Penix. They have four children, MELISSA J., ADA M., MARY A. and JACOB B., and live in Ball township, four and a half miles southeast of Chatham.

MINERVA y., born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to John Ogden, who died, and she married William Smith, and lives near Moberly, Randolph county, Mo.

A., Sarah E., Franklin L.

MARQUIS D., born March 16, 1834, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, August 29, 1860, to Susan A. Matthew. They had eight children, three of whom died young. The other five, CHARLES A., SARAH E., FRANKLIN L., THOMAS E. and MANFORD E. live with their parents, three miles north of Pawnee.

GEORGE M. married Miss J. Patterson, who died, and he married Harriet E. Debow. They have .one child, NETTIE FLORENCE, and live in Cotton Hill township, three miles north of Pawnee.

CLAYTON, JOHN C., was born about 1808, in Caldwell county, Ky. He came to Sangamon county in 1829, with his cousin and brother-in-law, John S. Clayton. He was married at Alton to Ginsey Clack. He moved his family to

Champaign county in 1856, and died there the same year, leaving a widow and four children. His son Elias was a. member of an Illinois regiment, and was killed in battle at Little Rock, Ark., in 1864. A daughter is married, and lives in Missouri.

CLEMENTS, GEORGE, was born in Amherst county, Va. ; was married to Lizzie Holliday, who was a native of Virginia also. They had six children in Virginia, and the family moved to Garrard county, Ky., and from there to Sangamon county, 111., arriving early in 1830 in what is now Woodside township. Of the children -

JOHN, born May 13, 1800, in Virginia, married in Kentucky to Elizabeth Turpin, came with his father to Sangamon county. They had three living children. HENRY D. married Eliza Skane, had two children, and she died. He lives in Sangamon county. LUCINDA married William Barger, and resides in Mechanicsburg. ELIZA married Isaiah Pryor, and live in Missouri.

THOMAS, born Nov. 22, 1802, in Amherst county, Va., married Sindicey Harris, August 2, 1822. They had eight children. AMERICA, born July 21, 1823, married John C. Cloyd. See his name, LOUISIANA, born July 16, 1826, married John A. Miller. See his name. JAMES A., born Nov. 18, 1828, in Ky., married Permelia Hatten, who was born in 1826, in Garrard county, Ky. They reside four miles southwest of Chatham. ELIZA A., born in Sangamon county, Oct. 22, 1832, resides with her sister, Mrs. Matthew Cloyd. FANNY, born Oct. 13, 1833, in Sangamon county, married Oct. 18, 1848, to Matthew Cloyd. See his name. GEO. W., born Oct. 14, 1835, died, aged ten years. SINDICEY J., born August 28, 1837, died March, 1854. THOMAS R., born May 6, 1839, married Sept. 4, 1861, to Elizabeth Ellison, who was born in Carthage, O. They have two children, ADA and JAMES H., and live in Chatham township. HENRY H., born Jan. 3, 1841, married Emily Sparks, has three children, and live near Topeka, Kansas. Mrs. Sindicey Clements died Feb. 21,

1842, and Thomas Clements married in 1844 t° Mrs. Alcey Baucom, whose maiden name was Neville. Thomas Clements died March, 1855, and his widow resides with her daughter, Mrs. T. Gordon Cloyd,

CLIFTON, ELIAS, was born in Sussex county, Delaware, and married there to Sally Carlisle, a native of the same county. They had five children in that county, two of whom died young. The family moved, in 1802, to Fayette county, Ky., where one child died, and in 1816 they moved to Clarke county, Ind., and from there to Sangamon county, 111., arriving Dec., 1834, in what is now Rochester township. Of their two children -

CLEMENT, born about 1794, in Delaware, married in Clarke county, Ind., to Nancy Martin. They came to Sangamon county a few years later than his father. Mrs. Clifton died in 1845. He went back to Indiana, and married Mrs. Susan Williams, whose maiden name was Huckleberry. They had one child, ELIAS, who died aged fifteen years. Mrs, Clifton died, and he married Melinda Alsop. She died in 1855, and he in county, Delaware. She was married in Fayette county, Ky., April 27, 1816, to Uspshear D. Spicer. See his name. He died, and Mrs. Spicer married Adam Saftly. See his name.

CLINE, JOHN, was born Jan. 2, 1798, in Frederick county, Va. His parents died when he was quite young, leaving four children. Their grandfather, George Sutherland, took them with him to Madison county, near London, Ohio, in 1802. In 1819 he prepared to visit the western country on horseback. Levi Cantrall wa* about moving to Illinois, and Mr. Cline engaged to drive his four-horse team, and they arrived in the American bottom in November. Mr. Cantrall purchased a supply of corn there, and moved to what became Sangamon county, arriving in Dec., 1819, in what is now Fancy Creek township. Mr. Cline drove the team, and arrived at the same time. He intended returning to Ohio in the spring, but when the time came he decided to raise a crop, and while thus engaged he was married, July 20, 1820, to Mrs. Lucy Scott, whose maiden name was England. He made arrangements to visit Ohio in fall of 1820, but his wife being sick, he deferred it, and has not yet made his visit. Mrs. Cline had one child by her first marriage -

WILLIAM, born Oct. 8, 1821, married Sept. 6, 1842, to Eliza Canterberry. They had four children. MARIA L. married August 14, 1862, to Charles S. Jones, who was born July 19, 1844, in Ohio. He enlisted a few days before his marriage, in Co. C, H4th 111. Inf., for three years. He was wounded June 10, 1864, at the battle of Tupelo, Miss., and was discharged on account of physical disability. Mr. and Mrs. Jones have one child, SCOTT, and live in the extreme southwest corner of Logan county, Post Office, Williamsville. JOHN N., born August 23, 1846, married July 29, 1867, to Dulcina E. Primm. They have one living child, NINIAN o., and live five and a half miles west of Williamsville. ASA M. married March 12, 1873, to Melissa McClelland, and live in Fancy creek township. WILLIAM F. lives with his father. Mrs. Eliza Cline died vSept. 7, 1871, and William Cline married in 1872, to Maria J. Purkins. They have one child, EDWARD E., and live in Menard county, near Cantrall.

GEORGE W., born April 8, 1823, married Elizabeth Primm, and died Aug. 14, 1845, about four months after marriage. His widow married Jacob Barnsback, and resides near Edwardsville.

MATILDA A., born May 3, 1825, married Andrew Lynch, had seven children, and he died, and she married David Jones. They have two children, and reside in Menard county.

E LIZ ABE TH, born August 24, 1826, married James A. Turley, and he died Jan., 1852, leaving one child, ALMEDA, whe married Joseph M. Smith, and resides near Cantrall. Mrs. Turley married George T. Sales. See his name.

JAMES, born July 17, 1837, married Eliza Hall, have four children, MARY E., IDA F., LUCY O. and HENRY A., and reside in Fancy creek township.

CLJNKENBEARD, WM., was born Feb. 12, 1808, in Clarke county, Ky. He came to Sangamon county in 1825, remained one year, returned to Kentucky, and came back to Sangamon county in 1829. He was married April, 1835, to Lavina Elder. They had ten children in Sangamon county. The fourth, fifth and seventh died under six years. Of the other seven -

WILLIAM H., born August 13, 1838, in Sangamon county, married August 14, 1864, to Ann J. Brachear. They have two children, HARVEY and LESLIE, and live near Pleasant Gap, Bates county, Missouri.

CLOYD, DAVID, was born about 1766, in Botetourt county, Va. He was married there, moved to Culpepper county, and from there to Washington county, Ky., about 1815. He moved in company with his sons Thomas and Samuel, and his daughter Polly - who married Henry Lucas - to Sangamon county, arriving October, 1825, in what is now Curran township. David Cloyd died about 1839, and his widow in 1844 or '5, both in Sangamon county.

CLOYD, THOMAS, son of David, was born Jan. 14, 1798, in Botetourt county, Va., and went with his parents to Washington county, Ky., in 1815. He was married there April 27, 1820, to Ann Withrow. They had three children in Kentucky, and in 1824 moved to Fayette county, 111., where they had one child, and from there to Sangamon county, arriving October, 1825, in what is now Curran township, north of Lick creek, where they had two children. Of their six children -

JOHN CAL VIN, born Sept. 6,1821, in Washington county, Ky. He was married in Sangamon county to America Clements. They had two children, one of whom died young. DICEY married James H. Jones, and lives in Henry county, Mo. Mrs. America Cloyd died, and J. C. Cloyd married September, 1848, to Sophia L. Lanterman. They have eight children. CHARLES married Elizabeth J. Branham, has one child, ELIZA M., and live in Curran township. ELEANOR married Asbury M. Branham. They have three children, WILLIAM c., CORD F. and a daughter, and live in Curran township. NANCYJ., CORDELIA, WALLACE R., GORDON, AMANDA M. and JOHN C., Jun., live with their parents, three miles southeast of Curran,

F., Ann M., Henrietta, Alice

MATTHEW,\>ovn Sept. 10, 1825, in Fayette county, 111., married in Sangamon county, Oct. 18, 1848,10 Fanny Clements. They have nine children. ROBERT T. lives with his parents. ELIZA J. married William F. Smith. See his name. WM. O. lives with his parents. JULIA F. married May 27, 1873, to Benjamin F. Caldwell. See his name. MATTHEW F., ANN M., HENRIETTA, ALICE and SAMUEL, live with their parents in Chatham township.

THOMAS GORDON, born June 7, 1827, in Sangamon county, married Sept. 27, 1849, to Priscilla J. Baucom, who was born Dec. 31, 1831, in Madison county. They have three children, THOMAS, JOHN C. and ANNIE E., and live near Chatham. Although Thomas G. Cloy was but three and a half years old at the time, he remembers one incident connected with the " deep snow" of 1830-31. That was seeing his father drive' a team over a stake and ridered fence, and it troubled him greatly, fearing that the team would go down through the snow and become stranded on the fence.

Mary E., Sarah E., Virginia

JOSEPH D., born Dec. 5, 1831, in Sangamon county, married Dec. 16, 1852, to Sarah M. Byers, who was born Oct. 13, 1833, in or near Shepherdstown, Va. They had nine children; one died young. MARY E., SARAH E., VIRGINIA B., JOSEPH D., Jun., THOMAS E., WILLIS, MARGARET F. and LAURA reside with their parents, half a mile north of Chatham.

CLOYD, SAMUEL, brother to Thomas, was born Nov. 20, 1802, in Culpeper county, Va. He was taken by his parents to Washington county in 1815, and to Sangamon county in 1825. He was married May i, 1832, in Sangamon county to Eliza Clements. They had but one child -

MARY A., born Oct. 15, 1832, on Lick creek, Sangamon county, married March, 1860, to John S. Highmore. She died Sept. 9, 1872, leaving two children, ELIZA A. and MARY E., who live with their father in Rochester. See Bowling family.

COATS, RALPH J., born May 3, 1817, in Wyoming county, New York, came to Springfield Oct. 9, 1840. He was married in Livingston county, Michigan, May 14, 1845, to Amanda N. Wood, who was born in Wyoming county, New York, April S, 1823. They returned to Springfield, 111., where they had two children -

ABEL A., born August 4, 1846, in Springfield, enlisted May, 1864, in Co. E, 1 33d 111. Inf., for one hundred days. He served full term and was. honorably discharged with the regiment, Sept. 24, 1864. He was married in Springfield; Oct. 30, county, 111. They have four children, all born in Springfield. NINA B., RALPH W., CHARLES A. and MERWIN W. Abel A. Coats is in the grocery business, with his father, and resides in Springfield. PERSfS E., born Jan. 6, 1849, in Springfield, was married there, Nov. 19,

1868, to Charles D. Timothy, who was born Jan. 3, 1842, in Franklin Grove, Lee county, 111. They have three children living, CLARA I., WARREN A. and NETTIE B. Mr. Timothy enlisted Feb. 3, 1864, in Co. G, 75th 111. Inf. On arriving at Springfield he was detached under Gen. Oakes in the mustering in and out department, and was honorably discharged March, 1866. He was elected a member of the Board of Supervisors for 1875, and resides two and a half miles north of Springfield.

Ralph J. Coates was elected Alderman of Springfield in 1857, for three years, was re-elected in 1860, 1864 and 1871. He ' is now, and has been in the grocery business in Springfield, 111., for eighteen years, and resides there.

R. J. Coates' father was a soldier in the war of 1812, for four months. He died in Springfield, 111., August 9, 1874, at the age of eighty-seven years.

COE, EBENEZER, was born August 25, 1812, in Loudon county, Va., and came to Sangamon county, 111., with George M. Gi'een, in 1839. He went back to Virginia in the fall of 1843, and was married in Loudon county, Sept. 17, 1844, to Jane Grubb, a native of that county. He returned to Sangamon county in 1851. Mrs. Coe died near Roches- - 27 ter, May 10, 1860. Mr. Coe was married March 26, 1861, in Loudon county, to Mrs. Julia A. Edwards, whose maiden name was Conard. They came soon after to Sangamon county, and Mrs. Coe died Dec. 22, 1869, leaving four children -

Ebenezer Coe was married Dec. 13, 1870, in Decatur 111., to Harriet Lanham, who was born July 25, 1830, in Sangamon county. They live one mile east of Rochester.

COLEMAN, MRS. ABIGAIL, whose maiden name was Robertson, was born in Surry county, N. C., and was married there to Theophilus Coleman, who was born in Virginia. They had four children in North Carolina. Mr. Coleman became a soldier in the war with England in 1812. He nevei returned, and his family never knew his fate. Mrs. Coleman, with her four children, moved in 181510 Cumberland county, Kv., and to Sangamon county, 111., arrived in the fall of 1820 on Richland creek, in what is now Salisbury township. Of her four children -

SARAH, born Jan. 6, 1801, in North Carolina, married in Kentucky to Joshua Crow, came with her mother to Sangamon county. They moved to Cass county, where she died many years ago, leaving seven children.

JANE, born Jan. 28, 1806, in North Carolina, married George K. Hamilton. See his name. He died, and she married Alexander C. Purvines. See his name.

JOHN /?., born Feb. 29, 1808, in North Carolina, married Nancy Harris, had two children in Sangamon county, and moved to Crawford county, Mo., where they had four children, and Mrs. Coleman died. He married again, had four children, and is now a widower and resides in Missouri.

Coleman, Jonathan

COLEMAN, JONATHAN B., was born Nov. 16, i8n,in Rutherford county, Tenn. When he was about seventeen years old he came to Sangamon county with his uncle, Charles K. Hutton, arriving in what is now Auburn township Oct. 15, 1827. He was married Nov. 10, 1835, to Mary Dodds. They had five living children, all born in Sangamon county, namely -

JAMES W., born Nov. 21, 1838, married Margaret Bowman, had two children, CHARLES U. and BELLE, and Mrs. C. died. Mr. Coleman married Elizabeth Mengle. They have two children, and live in Christian county.

JOSEPH E., born March 5, 1841, enlisted July 15, 1861, in Springfield, for three years, in what became Co. B, nth Mo. Inf. He served full term and was honorably discharged Aug. 12, 1864. He married Lydia Dawson. They have one child, LETA, and live in Springfield. Mr. Coleman is a traveling salesman for a queensware house in St. Louis.

COLEY, WILLIS, was born Feb. 14, 1792, near Ballston Springs, N. Y., and when he was a child his parents moved to Cazenovia, Madison county. Willis was there married in Feb., 1818, to Lucinda Chapin. His father owned some land in the military tract between the Illinois and Mississippi rivers. Soon after Willis was married his father sent him out to see it. He came on a raft down the Alleghany and Ohio rivers to Shawneetown, thence to St. Louis by keel boat. He went on foot to the military ti'act, and returned to Edwardsville July 4, 1819, he started from that place, on foot and alone, for his home in New York. At Terre Haute, Ind., he secured cooked food, and traveled two hundred miles to the Maumee river, without seeing any other human beings but Indians. He arrived at Cazenovia August 7, 1819. March 4, 1820, he started with his family, consisting of himself, wife and two children, accompanied by five or six other families. They moved by water fo Shawneetown, 111., where Mr. Coley lived three years. He then moved in a wagoi. drawn by two yoke of oxen, and in March, 1823, arrived in what is now Loami township, where they had three children. Of their five children -

A. Jarrett. She died Feb. 13, 1870, and Robert W. Coley died March, 1872. Their daughter LA VINA is the wife of John A. DeWitt, and lives in Springfield. Their son WILLIS lives in Loami.

Lucinda, Robert E., Ellen

CHARLOTTE, born August 15, 1819, in New York, married in Sangamon county to Reuben Moore, and moved to Texas in 1852. Reuben Moore died in 1863, leaving a widow and seven children. LUCINDA, ROBERT E., ELLEN and POLLY are married, and live in Texas. LAURA, their third child, married Lott Mason, and lives in Auburn, Sangamon county. EDGAR and WILLIE, the two youngest, live with their mother, near McKinney, Collin county,

HUBBARD S., born in Sangamon county, married March 4, 18^2, to Susan Jacobs. They have two children, ANNIS and MAY, and live in Oswego, Labc'tte county, Kansas.

JAMES M., born August 23, 1832^11 Sangamon county, married Oct. 28, 1858, to Caroline Greenwood. She died six weeks after they were married. Mr. Coley married April 19, 1860, to America Gibson. They had two children, LEWIS

Mrs. Lucinda Coley died at Loami, and Willis Coley was married Sept., 1851, to Mrs. Philena Jenkins, who was previously Mrs. Kidder, and whose maiden name was Sprague, a native of Windham county, Vt. After a residence of just half a

COLBURN, PAUL, was born about 1761, in Hollis, Hillsboro county, New Hampshire. He was married in Massachusetts, to Mehetibel Ball, who was born about 1757- They had eleven children born in Sterling, Worcester county, Mass. In 1809 the family moved to the vicinity of Hebron, Grafton county, N. H., where they remained until Sept., 1815, when Paul Colburn and his wife, his son Isaac with his wife and two children, his son William and his wife, they having been married but a few days, and his unmarried daughter, Isabel, started from Hebron in wagons to seek a new home in Ohio, at that time the " far west." On reaching Olean, at the Alleghany river, they found the river too low to bring all their goods on boats, as they had intended. They sold their wagons and teams, put their remaining goods and their families on a raft, and started down the river, reaching Pittsburg on the evening of Dec. 24, 1815. Ice was forming in the river, and they were compelled to stop there for the winter. While they were in Pittsburg, Paul Colburn was joined by his son Ebenezer, who had been serving in the United States army in the war with England, then just ended. In the spring of 1816, Isaac and Ebenezer went up the Alleghany river and made a raft of logs suitable for making shingles, and partially loaded it with hoop poles. They expected to have gone down the Ohio river in June, but the whole season was one of unusual low water, and December arrived before they reached Pittsburg with their raft. The whole party went down on the raft to Marietta, O., where they engaged in farming and other pursuits. Ebenezer was married in Marietta, and in the spring of 1820 Paul Colburn and his wife, Isaac and his family, and Ebenezer and his wife, embarked on a raft, leaving William to close up the business at Marietta. They landed their raft at Louisville, Ky., and left Isaac there to work up and sell their lumber. The other members of the family continued down the river to Shawneetown; Paul Colburn, his wife and daughter remained there. Ebenezer and his wife went on to join some relatives of her's in Monroe county, 111., about fifty miles south of St. Louis.

In August of that year Isaac Colburn and his wife died at Louisville within two days of each other, leaving six children among strangers, and on the first of November Mrs. Mehitibel Colburn died at Shawneetown. About the time of her death William Colburn embarked with his family on a boat at Marietta, floated down to Louisville, and took on board four of his brother Isaac's children, one having died, and another been placed in a good home. He then went to Shawneetown and joined his bereaved father and sister, arriving Dec. 24, 1820.

In March, 1821, Paul Colburn, his daughter Isabel, William Colburn, wife and three children, the four orphan children of Isaac Colburn, and a Mr. Harris, started in a wagon drawn by four oxen for Morgan county. They traveled through rain, mud and unbridged streams for about five weeks, which brought them to the south side of Lick creek, on what is now Loami township, where they found an empty cabin. From sheer weariness they decided to stop, and Mr. Harris, the owner of the wagon and oxen, went on to Morgan county.

Soon after their arrival Wm. Colburn gave a rifle gun for a crop of corn just planted, and in that way began to provide food. He secured a team and went after his brother Ebenezer, and brought him and his wife to the settlement, arriving in October, 1821.

Having succeeded in bringing so many of his descendants to the new country, and witnessed their struggles to gain a foothold and provide themselves with homes, Paul Colburn died Feb. 27, 1825, near the present town of Loami. Of his children who came to Sangamon county, we will notice each under separate heads, beginning with the daughters -

COLBURN, SALLY, born June 15, 1789, in Sterling, Mass., married there to Daniel Woodworth. They came some years after the first of the family arrived. They lived many years in Springfield, and both died in Sangamon county. Their daughter - worth lived in Springfield. A rain storm came on suddenly and caught him away from home. He started on a run, with his head down, hat drawn over his eyes, and body bent forward. It so happened 'that Governor Ford found himself away from home in the same shower. Throwing himself in a similar attitude, he started on a run also; but there was this difference, they were running in opposite directions, and when both were at full speed, they came together with a square butt, like a couple of sheep. Each, on the spur of the moment, thought it was intentional on the part of the other, and each assumed a belligerent attitude, but before a blow was struck, both discovered that it was an accident, and with a hearty laugh, hurried on.

CpLBURN, ISAAC, born in Sterling, Mass., married in New Hampshire, and himself and wife died at Louisville, Ky., in 1821, leaving six children, one of whom died in infancy.

LA VINA came to Sangamon county in 1836, married in Springfield to Jacob Nott, who died, and she married John Letterhose, and died in Loami.

Colb'Urn, William

brother to Isaac, Abel and Ebenezer, was born June 3, 1793, at Sterling, Mass., married Aug. 15, 1815, at Hebron, N. H., to Achsa Phelps, who was born at that place July 9, 1 796. They came to Sangamon county, 111., arriving April 5, 1821, in what is now Loami township. They had three children before moving to Sangamon county, and eleven after, the youngest of whom died in infancy. Of the thirteen children -

SAMUEL PAUL, born Sept. 15, 1823, in Sangamon county, married Oct. 23, 1845, to Melinda Colburn, had one child that died in infancy, and Mrs. Colburn died Dec. 23, 1865, and he married Nov. 14, 1866, to Mrs. Isabel Lucas, whose maiden name was Colburn. They reside in Loami.

MARGARETP.,\)orn April .7, 1825, in Sangamon county, married Sept. 21, 1845, to Lewis Cotterman. They had two children, WILLIAM A. and FANNIE, and Mrs. Cotterman died Sept. 6, 1853. Her children reside with their father near Linden, Osage county, Kan.

ISAAC, born Feb. 22, 1.827, in Sangamon county, married August 17, 1854, to Julia A. Ensley. They had three children. ACHSA E., born July 24, 1855, died in her eighth year. CHLOE E. and CHARLES E. live with their father. Mrs. Julia A. Colburn died Dec. 25, 1859, and Mr. C. married Sept. 20, 1863, to Mandana Phelps. They had three children, CORA A., CLARENCE E. and MARY O.; all died in infancy. Isaac Colburn and wife reside in Loami.

DANIEL W., born July 2, 1829, married Nov. 28, 1849, to Lucinda Huffmaster. They have eight children. SARAH married William Greer, has one child, and resides with her parents. FANNY married Christopher McLaughlin, who was born Feb. 10, 1846, in Montgomery county, Ky. They have two children, MINNIE and ANDREW, and reside at Loami. Mr. McLaughlin enlisted Feb. 22, 1864, in Co. A, io6th 111. Inf., for three years; was honorably discharged at Springfield, August i, 1865. SUSAN M. married Thomas Huggin, and resides in Curran. JAMES E., MARY M., WINJEIELD S., DAVID L. and

WILLIAM S., born Feb. 20, 1831, in Sangamon county, married July 8, 1853, in Fulton county, 111., to Mary Ensley, who was born May 23, 1831, near Chillicothe, O. They had four children. MILLARD F. died in infancy. LINDA A., born March n, 1856, married Dec. 26, 1872, to Lycurgus L. Smith, who was born June 20, 1849, at Mt. Pleasant O., and reside at Martin's Ferry, Belmont county, O. LUELLA R. and WILLIAM H. reside with their parents at Loami.

W. S. Colburn enlisted at Jacksonville, 111., July 16, 1847, in Co- G> l6th United States Inf., for five years or during the war with Mexico, and was honorably discharged August, 1848, at Cincinnati, O. In the spring of 1850 he started for California, via the Isthmus of Panama. The vessel was bestormed and becalmed, so that he was on the Pacific ocean seven months from Panama to San Francisco. He has traveled in twenty-four States of the Union, and been on fourteen sea voyages. William S. Colburn enlisted June 27, 1864, in Co. F., 28th 111. Inf., for three years; was honorably discharged August 2, 1865. He was detailed as clerk in the medical department soon after entering the army, was promoted to hospital steward, and served as such to the end of the rebellion.

EBENEZER, born April 9, 1833, in Sangamon county, married August 17, 1854, to Nancy A. Huffmaster. They had two children, ADNA P. and CLARISSA A., and Mrs. Colburn died August 10, 1859, and Mr. C. was married August 8, 1862, to Elizabeth Davis. They have five children, DANIEL W., HENRY W., ALPHA D., JULIA A. and INA A., and live in Loami.

LE VI O., born Nov. 13, 1835, in Sangamon county, enlisted July 13, 1862, in Co. F, 5 ist 111. Inf., for three years. He was ist Sergt., and as such, commanded the company part of the time. He was wounded in the arm at the battle of Chickamauga, served until June 27, 1865, when he was honorably discharged. lie was married July 7, 1867, to Christiana Kinney. They have two children, BERTHA O. and WILLIAM E., and live at Loami.

DA VI D P., born Oct. 5, 1837, in Sangamon county, enlisted August 9, 1861, in Co. B, 3oth 111. Inf., for three years, re-enlisted as a veteran, Jan. i, 1864. He was appointed 2nd Sergt. at the organization of the regiment; promoted to ist Sergt.; commissioned ist Lieut., Jan. 20, 1865; commissioned Capt., May, 1865. Commanded the company from Oct. 4, 1864. He served until July 17, 1865, when he was honorably discharged. He was married April 12, 1866, to Tirzah Mengel. They have one child, LEONARD L., and reside at Loami.

JOHN 7\, born Nov. 23, 1840, married June 23, 1 86 1, to Martha J. Back, who was born April 9, 1845, a' Loami. They had four children. JAQUETTA and LILLIE died in infancy. MARY A. and MILLIE A. live with their parents in Loami.

William Colburn died June 10, 1869, at Loami, and Mrs. Achsa Colburn resides at Loami, on the same place settled by herself and husband in 1822, one year before the land was brought into inarket. William and his brother Ebenezer entered land together, and cultivated it for several years. About 1836 they built a steam saw and grist mill at the north side of Lick creek, and machinery for grinding was soon added. It was the first mill of the kind within a radius of ten or twelve miles, and around that mill the village of Loami grew up. They continued in that business for many years, three mills having burned on the same spot. They were not always the owners, but their families were always connected with such enterprises. The sons of Wm. Colburn are now - 1874 - the owners of a mill within one hundred yards of where the first mill was built. One mill has burned where the new one stands.

The hardships endured by them and their families would be difficult to relate. Mrs. Achsa Colburn, now seventy-eight years old, has an unlimited fund ot reminiscences connected with their advent into the county, and the difficulties of raising a large family. A loom was an indispensible article where all were dependent on the work of their own hands for the entire clothing of themselves and families. Mrs. Colburn tried all the men in the settlement, those of her own family included, in order to find some person who could make a loom, but all declined to undertake it, some for want of skill, and all for want of tools. Mrs. C. then procured an axe, a hand saw, a drawing knife, an auger and a chisel, and went to work. She made with her own hands a loom, warping hars, winding blades, temples for the lateral stretching of the cloth, and for spools she used corn cobs with the pith pushed out. With these appliances she wove hundreds of yards of cloth, and made it up into garments for her family. This she did while caring for her family of fourteen children.

Colburn. Ebenezer

COLBURN. EBENEZER, brother to Abel, Isaac and William, was born Dec. i, 1794, at Sterling, Mass., married in 1817, at Marietta, Ohio, to Julia Smith, who was born April 17, 1797, in Suffolk county, Long Island, N. Y. They came to Sangamon county and joined the other members of the family in Oct., 1822, in what is now Loami township. They had two children before their arrival, and five after coming to Sangamon county. Of the seven children -

ADNA A, born August 12, 1818, at Marietta^ Ohio, married April 27, 1839, in Sangamon county, to Lodasca Sweet. They had three children, and Mrs. Colburn died, and A. P. Colburn was married July 28, 1844, to Macca M. Sowell. They had seven children, one of whom died in infancy. Of all his children: ALVA married Hannah VanPelt, and resides at Seneca, Nemaha county, Kan. URSULA, married Charles Jarrett. See his name. GILBERT, enlisted in 1862, in Co. I, 73d 111. Inf., for three years. He was captured at the battle of Chickamauga, Sept. 19-20, 1863, and died in prison at Andersonville, Ga., July I, 1864. THOMAS B. and WILLIAM R. enlisted Sept. 20, 1862, in Co. G, i6th 111. Inf., for three years. They were captured while scouting near Dalton, Ga., May 22, 1864, and taken to Andersonville prison also. . THOMAS B. died June 19, 1864, and WILLIAM R.died August 12, 1864. Thus the three brothers died in the same prison in less than two months. STEPHEN E.,died in infancy. CHAS. C., born Nov. 22, 1849, married Miss Coverdale, and lives at Loami. JULIA J., born May 24, 1851, married Nelson Elmoi^e. See his name. They live in .Sangamon county. JAMES B. resides

WILLIAM, born in Monroe county, 111., married in Sangamon county to Eliza Porter; had four children, and Mrs. C. died, and Wm. C. married Mrs. Ellen Smith, whose maiden name was Clover. They have one child, and reside in Christian county, at Smith's mill, on the Sangamon river, near the line of Sangamon county.

COLBURN, ABEL, was born Sept. 20, i79°» m Sterling, Mass., a brother to Isaac, William and Ebenezer. He was married in April, i8n,at Hebron, N. H., to Deborah Phelps, who was born at Hebron in July, 1794. Mr. Colburn was a soldier from that place in the war of 1812. They had nine children, all born at Hebron, and in 1839 Mr. Colburn came to Sangamon county, and afterwards brought his family. Of their children -

JOSEPH R., born August, 1812, married in Massachusetts, to Ruth Fowler, and moved to Springfield, 111., in 1838. He aided in building the State House, then in course of construction. They had six children; two died under seven years. Of the other four, ABNER K. married in Minnesota to Phebe Walters, and resides in Portland, Oregon. IRA is married, and lives in Minnesota. CHARLES lives with Adna Phelps, near Springfield. FREMONT lives with his mother. Joseph R. Colburn died in December, 1870, and his widow resides at Preston, Minn.

Mrs. F. was married Oct. 8, 1845, at Troy, Wis., to Jeremiah D. Sanborn, who was born Feb. 7, 1818, at Franklin, N. H. Mrs. S. traveled across the American continent on wagons, except in crossing Lake Michigan, and spent five years in Nevada and California, and Mr. S. spent three years there. They reside at Loami.

April 17, 1816, at Hebron, N. H., married Sept. n, 1838, to Thomas Lucas, who was born June 19, 1811, at Romney, N. H. They had five children. GEORGE M. went from Loami to Springfield, and enlisted July, 1861, in what became Co. -C, nth Mo. Inf., for three years; was ist Sergeant; reenlisted as a veteran Jan. I, 1864, and died of disease at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., Nov. 14, 1864. He was commissioned ist Lieutenant, to date from August 18, 1864, but the com mission, did not reach the hospital until the day after his death. FRANCEN*A I. died at thirteen. EDWARD W. enlisted Nov. 20, 1861, for three years, in Co. B, 3Oth 111. Inf.: re-enlisted as a veteran Jan. i, 1864; was with "Sherman in his march to the sea;" served to the end of the rebellion, and honorably discharged July, 1865; was married October, 1866, to Mary A. Starr, has one child, VALLIE M., and resides at Loami. ISABELLA E. died at seven years. LUELLA A. married August, 1867, to James L. Mahard, and died March, 1873, leaving two children, MARY j. and GEORGE M. Thomas Lucas died March 4, 1851, at Loami. His widow married Samuel P. Colburn. See his name.

IRA C., born in 1818, married at Quincy, Mass., Sept. 4, 1838, to Cyrena Chard, a native of Pomfrct, Conn., moved to Minnesota, and had three children. JOHN E. was a soldier in a Minnesota regiment, veteranized, served to the end of the rebellion, and lives in Minnesota. ROMANZA died at seven years.

A CHS A P., born Feb. 17, 1820, in Hebron, N. H., married August, 1838, at Quincy, Mass., to John P. Davis, who was born April 17, 1815, in Boston. They came to Sangamon county with her parents, and had three children. ELVIRA M. married Sanford Withrow. See his name. CHARLES W. died in infancy. LAURA E. married Josiah Jones. See his name. John P. Davis enlisted at Springfield, July 9, 1847, In Co. D, 4th

111. Inf., for one year. He served as Sergeant of that company in the war with Mexico, until July 9, 1848, when he was honorably discharged. He raised Co. B, 3Oth 111. Inf., entered the United States service as Captain of the same, August, 1861. His company re-enlisted as veterans, January, 1864. He was with Sherman in his " march to the sea," and was promoted to Major of the regiment while on the trip. He commanded the regiment several months, and was honorably discharged July 17, 1865. Now resides at Loami, Sangamon county, 111.

NA THAN P., born December, 1826, in Hebron, N. H., married in South Reading, Mass., to Mary J. Eames, had four children, moved in 185510 Minnesota, was a member of the Convention that framed the State Constitution, and has served several terms in the State Legislature. He raised a cavalry company and fought the Indians in Minnesota in 1863. Was Paymaster at one time in the army, against the rebellion. He is a practicing attorney, and resides at Preston, Minn.

Abel Colburn died Oct. 21, 1851, at Springfield. His widow married Adam Barger. See his name. He died, and she resides with her son-in-law, Samuel P. Colburn, at Loami.

CONKLING, JAMES C., was born Oct. 13, 1816, in New York City. At the age of thirteen he entered the Academy at Morristown, N. J., and prepared for college. He entered Princeton in 1833, and graduated in 1835. ^c studied law in Morristown, N. J., about three years, and came to Springfield, 111., arriving in Nov., 1838, and was admitted to the bar the following winter. James

C. Conkling and Mercy A. Levering were married Sept. 21, 1841, in Baltimore, Md. She was the daughter of Judge Aaron R. Levering, of Georgetown,

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CLIN7^ON L., born Oct. 16, 1843, in Springfield, was educated at Yale college, New Haven, Conn., and graduated there in 1864. He entered into partnership with his father in 1866, as J. C. & C. L. Conkling, in the practice of law. He was married March 24, 1867, to Georgiana Barrell, a native of Brooklyn, N. Y. They have two children, GEORGIA and KATE, and reside in Springfield.

JAMES, born Jan. 4, 1850,111 Springfield, 111., was married March 23, 1870, in Covington, Ky., to Fannie A. Lowry, who was born in Springfield, March 23, 1849. They have two children living, MAY and FANNIE. He is a member of the firm of Conkling, Slemmons, & Co., Springfield, 111.

Hon. James C. Conkling was elected Mayor of Springfield in 1845, being the sixth in that office. He was elected representative for Sangamon county in the State legislature in 1852, and again in 1866, when he drafted the original bill for the new State house, and was active in its passage. He is a member of the National Lincoln Monument Association, which has just erected a monument to the memory of Abraham Lincoln. He is the head of the firm of Conkling, Slemmons & Co. James C. Conkling, more than any other capitalist of Springfield, uses his wealth in extensive building enterprises, and for the encouragement of manufactures.

CON ANT, SULLIVAN, was born Feb. 26, 1801, at Oakham, Worcester county, Mass. Lydia R. Heminway was was born November, 1803, in the same county. They were married Sept. 10, 1822, at Shutesbury, Mass., where they had three children, and moved to Amherst, where they had one child. They returned to Shutesbury, and from there started west, Nov. 2, 1830, traveling in wagons to Troy, N. Y., and from there to Rochester by canal, thence by wagon to Olean Point, where they embarked on a raft and floated to Pittsburg. There they took a steamboat down the Ohio, and up the Mississippi river to Chester, Randolph county, 111., where the youngest child died. In January, 1831, Mr. Conant started with his family, in a sleigh, to visit some old friends near Carrollton, Greene county, 111., going by Illinoistown, now East St. Louis. They continued their journey by Jacksonville to Springfield, arriving Feb. 18, 1831. When they left Chester the snow was about six inches deep, but when they arrived in Springfield it was on four feet of snow, being the height of the "deep snow." They had five children born in Springfield. Of their eight children -

ABIGAIL A., born July 5, 1823, at Shutesbury, Mass., was married in Springfield to William W. Lee, who was born August 20, 1822, in Delaware. They had four children. LAURA A., born Oct. 15, 1844, in Springfield, was married* May 7, 1867, to John T. Capps, who was born Dec. 30, 1841, in Clarke county, Ky. They have two children, OLIVE and WILLIAM L. Mr. Capps was a student at Illinois College, Jacksonville, when the rebellion began. He enlisted August, 1861, in Co. B, loth 111. Inf., for three years; reenlisted as a veteran January, 1864; was with Sherman in his "march to the sea;" served until July, 1865, when he was honorably discharged. He graduated Feb. 6, 1866, with the degree of Master of Accounts, at Eastman's National Business College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He is now of the firm of Dickerman & Co., Springfield Woolen Manufactory. LYDIA E., born March 23, 1847, m Springfield, was married Dec. 21, 1869, to S. O. Stock well, a native of Auburn, N. Y. They have one child, CLARA L., and reside in Columbus, Ohio. THOMAS S., born Jan. 9, 1849, in Bloomington, 111., was married in Springfield, May 29, 1872, to Mary J. Eaton. They have one child, ADDIE. T. S. Lee is engaged with his father-in-law in the grain business, and resides in Edinburg. EDWARD W., born March 9, 1853, in Taylorville. He was married in Springfield, Oct. 6, 1875, to Lou. H. Pasfield, adopted daughter of George Pasfield, Sen., and resides in Edinburg. Wm. W. Lee died July 12, 1870, and his widow resides in Springfield.

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Shutesbury, Mass., was married in Springfield, 111., to Mary Sykes. They had two children. JAMES was born in Petersburg, and is in business with his father. KATIE resides with her father. Mrs. Mary Conant died in Springfield, Feb. 12, 1864. Wm. S. Conant was married in Menard county to Eliza Kinkead, and reside in Petersburg, 111. In 1844 W. S. Conant met with an accident from a falling derrick which slightly lamed him. A Mr. Brodie was killed by the same accident. They were raising a pole at a political meeting. Mr. Conant is extensively engaged in the furniture and undertaking business. He was the originator, and is no\v the owner, of Rose Hill cemetery, near Petersburg.

SUSAN E., born March 10, 1827, in Shutesburv, Mass., was married June 26, 1845, m Springfield, to George R. Connelly. See his name. He died, and she married Charles Dougherty. See his name.

LEV I 7., born Oct. 25, 1831, in Springfield, was married there July 28, 1858, to Elizabeth Brodie. They had two children, JOHN B. and WILLIAM S. Mrs. Elizabeth Conant died Feb. 14, 1865, and L. J. Conant was married Mar. i, 1875, at Vincennes, Ind., to Mrs. Sarah A. Baker, whose maiden name was Hargraves. She was born April 24, 1841, in Manchester, England. Mr. C. is in the grocery business, and resides in Springfield.

PHINEAS //., born April 12, 1837, in Springfield, was married June 4, 1857. to Sarah J. Hobbs, who was born Dec. i, 1838, in Jacksonville, 111. Thev have three children, JULIA E., MINNIE L., and PEARL R., and reside in Springfield, 111. P. H. Conant enlisted in Co. C, 1 24th 111. Inf., for three years, and was mustered in as Corporal. Served until Feb. 6, 1864, when he was honorably discharged on account of physical disability. In the spring of 1 866 he was appointed, by Mayor Dennis, deputy city marshal; served nearly three years. Was deputy sheriff under Shoup, and deputy U. S. collector under Harper. Sold goods at Illiopolis about three years, since which time he has been a commercial traveler - 28

CAROLINE A., born Sept. i, 1843, in Springfield, married Rev. Thomas M. Dillon, of the M. E. church. He is in the traveling connection, and resides (1874) in Martinsburg, Clarke county, 111.