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EARLY SETTLERS OF SANGAMON COUNTY - 1876
By John Carroll Power

These biographies were submitted by a researcher and evidently abstracted from the 1876 History of Sangamon County, IL. Errors could occur, so one should always verify the correctness by obtaining copies of vitals and performing all necessary research to document what is contained herein.



ARMSTRONG, THOMAS, was born Jan. 27, 1785, in Augusta county, Va. He was there married, Nov., 1815, to Jane Burgess, who was born June 3, 1796, in Greenbrier county. They had seven children in Augusta county, and moved, in 1827, to Logan county, Ohio, where they had two children, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Oct. 21, 1840, in what is now Cotton Hill township. Of their children--

MARY W., born March 24, 1816, in Virginia, married in Sangamon county to James I. Dozier. See his name.

SARAH J., born May 11, 1817, in Virginia, married Daniel Keys; had one child, SARAH. She married Robert Jones, and resides in Kansas. Mrs. Keys died Sept. 28, 1844. See his name.

ABEL, born Oct. 30, 1818, in Virginia, came to Sangamon county in 1840. Is living with his third wife, near Newton, Jasper county, Ill.

ELIZA, born August 8, 1820, in Virginia, married in Sangamon county, March 1, 1849, to George Brunk. See his name. She died Oct. 4, 1860.

THOMAS D., born April 4, 1822, in Virginia, married in Sangamon county, January, 1849, to Jane Woozley. They reside in Christian county.

NANCY, born Feb. 13, 1824, in Virginia, married in Sangamon county, in 1846, to Moses A. Jones. See his name.

CAROLINE A., born Dec. 14, 1826, in Virginia, married in Sangamon county, March 1, 1849, to Rape Funderburk. See his name.

ANGELINE, born Nov. 15, 1833, in Logan county, Ohio, married in Sangamon county, to David Hall. They have three children, and reside near Newtonia, Newton county, Mo.

JOHN B., born June 9, 1839, in Logan county, Ohio, raised in Sangamon county, married near Pana, to Sarah King, and resides in Christian county.

Mrs. Jane Armstrong died Feb. 13, 1843, and Thomas Armstrong died Feb. 15, 1859, both in Sangamon county.



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